Help with glare on wall?

Hi everyone. First, I'd like to state that I am NOT a pro. I'm an artist, I shoot photos for fun, I've been an assistant and I'm trying to expand my knowledge of lighting. This particular shoot was to show off the shoes, which I painted. (This shot is one of many and was not intended to specifically highlight the shoes, just to use them in context.) My friend is the model and I did her hair and makeup and loaned her the dress. The location is the downstairs of my art studio building, a big massive semi-abandoned place with a filthy/ripped/torn pool table which I couldn't resist using.

My photoshop/lightroom skillz are decent in some areas and pretty sadly lacking in others. This pic is more or less SOOC. (I have a few edits where I've cleaned up the junk over to the right, cropped, etc.) The glare on the wall bugs the hell out of me, and I tried cloning it but it didn't look right and using the burn tool made it look even worse. Any ideas how to get rid of this??

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Oh, and I did henna on her... which you can see on her hand, and it was also on other parts of her. Just in case you thought her hand was dirty or something.

One technique would be to rephotograph the wall with flatter lighting and do a full replacement of that section. This will not be without its challenges either. There might be a trick or two with layer modes I am not really that god in modes so maybe someone else can help in that regard.

Thanks... I thought about that, but I'm not sure I'd be able to do it since the area is now locked off and inaccessible.

Layer mask, reduce the exposure and play around with the blend modes and opacity until you have it looking how you want...

bdpaco wrote in post #15110935
Layer mask, reduce the exposure and play around with the blend modes and opacity until you have it looking how you want...

And possibly a hue/sat layer to bring some color back.


For future reference, that reflection looks like it could have been killed with a polarizer being put on the camera. If that doesnt work, flag it or relight the scene.

I tried to tinker with it and got nothing decent, looks like the red channel is too absent where the flash hit, at least for my skill level of recovery. Not sure if this works or not, but here is a quick and dirty full wall replacement. Obviously texture can vary, Its just a layer and a touch of burning, contrast, and hue/sat colorized.

something is off..I think the angle of the "grain" in the wall is going in a different direction then the paneling in the lower wall..very distracting to me

Yea, could benefit from a dash of the warp or perspective tool perhaps. I've not played much with that. Maybe better to use a untextured wall pattern perhaps. I tried brick before this and the issue you mention was very much evident.

You can keep the texture and just wash out the highlights with transparent paint to keep it looking a little more natural...

I tried a quick touch up with the clone tool.

Thanks everyone, they all look great but Seapup's edit is pretty much what I was looking for. Can you break down for me exactly what you did with that?

I realized later when going through the RAW files that a CP filter would have been helpful, and I actually had one on me (facepalm). But that section of the shoot was very rushed as we had to be in and out in a very short time.

paintedlotus wrote in post #15111159
....Can you break down for me exactly what you did with that? ....

In Photoshop, use the Brush tool, set your preferred master diameter for the brush (I started with a brush size 1/3 the height of the affected area), hardness to 0%, Mode to Normal, Opacity to 10%, Flow to 90%. Alt-Right click and select a dark red color from the right portion of the wall and paint over affected area. Alt-Right click and select a dark red color from the left portion of the wall and paint over previous work to blend in.

Ah, derp. Thanks. That's a method I hadn't even thought of even though I use it frequently on other stuff.

Thanks again

Glad to be of help.