You don't need to invest in studio lighting to produce many types of studio-like effects. In this image of a chocolate woman's shoe, instead of using a studio softbox to expose the shoe, I simply placed it on a piece of black velvet and photographed it in the shade on my back deck. That produced the soft and diffused type of lighting I wanted. For the red spot light in the background, I used the gradient tool in Photoshop after the background was selected. The reflection, which could have been done with black Plexiglas, instead was created by using a Photoshop technique in which I copied the shoe image to the clipboard (Edit > copy) and then pasted it into the image, used Edit > transform > flip vertical, and then moved it into the place. Finally, I darkened the reflection using Image > adjustments > levels.
Finally, I added the rose petals with a simple cut and paste procedure. The petals were also photographed on the black velvet in the shade.
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