 Janet Mayer |
How to shoot subjects with glasses Hello-Are there any tricks to shooting subjects with glasses? All the other flashes (including mine)make terrible white spots that you cannot correct in Photoshop. Thanks!
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Steven Chaitoff |
Hey Janet, this isn't really a trick, but just something to point out I guess. If your flash is very close to your lens, like a built in one for example, the light will go out and bounce straight back into the lens, creating the glare. However, if the flash is far from the lens or at some angle, it'll bounce off the glasses to some direction and not back into the lens. So basically, if at all possible, try to get the light source as far as possible from the lens; that's why a lot of wedding photogs bracket their flashes way up or bounce it around, for more natural, non-glare/non-red eye kinda light. If you have to use a built in flash, just try to shoot glasses so they aren't exactly parallel to the lens i.e. so they don't reflect light straight back at you. In your composition, just be conscious of this; people can still look into the camera without their glasses facing the camera. Hope that'll help
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Kim Moyle |
In the same way you can also raise the earpiece of the glasses about 1/2 an inch above the ear on both sides. It will sometimes be just enough to reflect the light in a different direction, and its easy to pose around so you can't see that the glasses are tilted.
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Janet Mayer |
thanks for the help-to be more specific, I don't control the subjects and am using external flash with other photographers also flashing. so, I can tilt my own flash upward, but can't really do anything about the other photographers...
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Jef Franklin |
Hi Janet, sound like you are shooting in a candid setting. This does limit your opptions. The odds of another cameras flash going off at the same time is slim since flash duration is around 1/100th of a second for many cameras. But, it can happen. As for your flash I suggest an off camera bracket. get it as far away from the lens as you can.
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William Koplitz |
The simplest way is to have the subject look down slightly.
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Sharon Cahn |
Thanks for the great question, Janet. The answers are helpful if you are able to get your subjects to prepare for the picture. It is a real pain to have to take the time to correct in Photoshop, but it can be done for important pictures. I'll watch my angle more now so maybe I'll have less work later.
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John A. Lind |
Janet, (a) As already mentioned, elevate flash above lens using bracket that allows keeping it directly above the lens. 10-12 inches above center of lens is not uncommon. (b) Use flash handle to elevate flash (can leave shadows down and to the side behind subjects). (c) For candids, avoid situations when subject is facing straight at you (and the flash). Note: -- John Lind
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