Great Techniques for Hiding Lav Microphones

     Izzy Hyman talks about some techniques to hide lav microphones. Primarily if you don't need to hide a microphone, don't hide it. It is much easier and beneficial to place a mic in a scene rather than inside a shirt. If you need to hide a Lav mic, it is some good locations include, behind a tie, under a collar, on the chest, under a t-shirt, and in the middle of a bra if you have an actress. Izzy tells us some things that can generate sound in a microphone which includes clothing vibration, unstable mic, loose chord, and chest hair.
     Some techniques to avoid this are taping down the chord to reduce the shaking of the chord. Another tip is to tie a loose knot in the wire, so vibrations do not travel up the chord into the mic. Reducing the mic's banging against clothing can be reduced by creating two sticky triangles out of tape, and placing the mic between them to create a cushion to stabilize it. As for reducing noise from chest hair, simply placing a piece of tape over the hair then  mounting the mic does the trick, just have fun removing it later OUCH!
    These are great ways to conceal a microphone and get clean audio. This is really helpful for anyone recording to conceal a mic. It will be exceptionally useful in distance scenes with someone talking.