PHOTOBILL71 Loc: Corinth, Ms

Morning,
I've been working on in photo shoots folks on how to keep the reflection of lights out of the persons glasses. I've tried getting them to slightly move head down, up, sideways, but many many times still get the reflections. I try to work with my key light at 45 degrees to my left side...any one have any surefire suggestions or techniques to keep the glare down?? Attached I hope is a shot recently but notice small glare at top of glasses.

chaprick

For this shot I would raise light and slightly lower chin (slightly I said). That should take care of it. You could also raise or lower the camera some if raising the light is not an option (inches....not feet). I do find myself using the clone tool sometimes.

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

[quote=PHOTOBILL71]...I've been working on in photo shoots folks on how to keep the reflection of lights out of the persons glasses..../quote]
sometimes feathering the light will help

chaprick

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:thumbup:

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Way back when I did a lot of portraiture (70's and 80's), I hated dealing with eyeglasses. My solution was to hit the local optometrists and ask for donations of old glasses or discontinued frames. I had a collection of about 70 pair and would have my customers find a pair they liked, or were close to their actual glasses, and then shoot them in just those frames with no glass in them, problem solved. Sometimes I would actually remove the glass from a clients glasses if they were metal frames because doing so with a jewelers screwdriver was easy, I even returned their glasses to them properly cleaned as well. Eyeglass reflections were never an issue after that.

jim quist Loc: Missouri

This is what I do and it works.
Put the camera on a tripod.
You take two pictures.
One with the glasses on and one with the glasses off.
In photoshop you have the pic with the glasses on, as the top layer.
erase the glass and leave the frames.

It helps if you have another person standing very close to your subject. As soon as you take the first picture the person with the glasses places them on your subject. The real trick is making sure your subject is very still.

chaprick

Wow I wonder how Big Daddy Don Blair did it without Photoshop...

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

To eliminate glare from eyeglasses, have the subject raise the temples (stems) of the glasses about ¼ to ½ inch above the ear. Careful framing will hide the adjustment and the tilt should be enough deflect the reflection.

splatbass Loc: Honolulu

When I had my high school senior pictures taken (35 years ago, but who's counting) they recommended borrowing a pair from an optometrist without lenses, which I did. But it was a small store and a different day and age. I'm guessing Lens Crafters won't give you the same customer service....

Leitz Loc: Solms

It all has to do with the placement of your light(s). The glare on the glasses is almost as distracting as the discolouration on the subject's left side. I should think this would have been visible in your viewfinder, unless you were using a strobe or electronic flash with no modeling light.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

For those of you in Central California, here is a source for eyeglasses that might be helpful. Denio's is a large farmers market, swap meet and yard sale all rolled into one. Parking was $1 the last time I was there. If you parked in their lot, admission was free; otherwise it was 50¢.

One old gent had a small booth where he sold glasses, no pair over $5.00. He had glasses from the 19th century there. He got all his glasses "free", that is he paid anyone who brought him a bagful of glasses 5¢ to 25¢ per pair. (I've seen him sit down with a supplier (12-15 years old) and negotiate over a pair of glasses like he was on Wall Street; the kids loved him and learned from him.

He would take the lenses out of some glasses and sell the frames to people who needed that frame for a new part. I'm sure he would love to negotiate the sale of a collection of frames without lenses. It's all nickel and dime stuff for him, and he has thousands of pairs of glasses. He keeps them in the back of his Escalade.

Note that he does have some antique frames and lenses that he keeps in a special case and shows only to collectors or museums, but these items are high dollar artifacts.

Look him up. He is a delightful person. Ask him about the contents of the silver and glass flask he carries and ocassionally accesses.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Nothing to add...you are doing the right thing; changing the angles.

Keep at it.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

That was my initial thought, although I wondered how the photo would look.

I recently saw a science series from Korea (I think). The narrator wore black-rimmed glasses with no lenses in them. It was very strange.

Al Beatty Loc: Boise, Idaho

Hi Group,

Like MT, I used to shoot a lot of portraits in the 70s & 80s and had many pairs of glasses without lenses to avoid the glare. The other thing this solution fixes is the client who has a very heavy glass lens in the frames that distorts the eye/face behind - no lens and no distortion. Take care & ...

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

I wonder if there isn't some kind of temporary spray you could spray on the lenses that wouldn't harm the lenses?
Perhaps hair spray?