Hi,

I have the task of photographing items in a small Surfing museum and am having a real difficult time with the upright longboards and several shortboards because of the reflection on the shiny surfaces. You can quite easily see your face in some of these things.

I’ve looked at many tutorials online about overcoming the problem of reflective surfaces but all involve shooting at an angle with vellum paper or having large white card. I have a circular polarising filter which sometimes works well for shooting items in glass cabinets but doesn't really do much for the boards.

Would anyone have any ideas they would like to share with me please as to how I can shoot head on an minimise reflections? I won't be using a flash and may get a couple of soft boxes if it helps.

Thanks,

Andrew