 - Susan Eginton  Contact Susan Eginton Susan Eginton's Gallery |
Reflection of flash on eyeglasses of subject I recently took photos at a family party and many of the folks wear glasses. The reflection of my built-in flash showed up on the eyeglasses in several cases. Other than ask people to remove their glasses, what can I do to prevent this from happening?
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Brendan Knell |
I think that a polarizer might work. I'll check and see.
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Debby A. Tabb |
SUSAN, USING A POLARIZER MIGHT HELP AS BRENDEN SUGGESTED. BUT, WITH A ON CAMERA FLASH THIS IS DIFFICULT- * SEE ONE OF THE FIST WAYS TO PREVENT THIS IS TO RAISE YOU LIGHT SOURSE HIGHER THE THE SUBJECT. *ANOTHER WOULD BE TO PUSH THIER GLASSES AS FAR BACK AS YOU CAN. *ANOTHER WOULD BE TO HAVE THEM LEAN FORWARD FROM THE WAIST. NEVER, NEVER, HAVE THEM TUCK THIER CHIN, IF YOUR NOT OLD ENOUGH TO SEE THEN GO TO A OLDER FAMILY MEMBER AND WATCH AS YOU ASK THEM TO TUCK THIER CHIN TO AVOID GLASS GLARE- WHAT THEY GET IS SOME THING THEY HATE EVEN MORE---DOUBLE CHIN! I DO HOPE THIS HELPS, DEBBY
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Brendan Knell |
I just tried it, and it does work, you might just have to adjust the polarizer until it's set right. Also, listen to Debby she's and expert(not like Kerry:) ) at things like this!
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Debby A. Tabb |
EXPERT HUH???? THEN WHY CAN'T I EVEN PHOTOGRAPH WATER?? LOL,LOL :-)
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Kerry L. Walker |
I was going to say about the same thing as Debby said. Raise your camera above the level of their glasses and tilt it down a little or have them lean forward slightly. Alternately, if they don't mind, you could remove the lenses from the glasses. Yes, I am an ex-spurt - used to be a stream, now I'm just a drip. LOL at Brendan.
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- Susan Eginton Contact Susan Eginton Susan Eginton's Gallery |
Thanks for all your replies. I'd like to know more about a polarizer, Brendan. I don't know anything about them - it was kind of you to try it out for me. Is it like a filter that you attach to the front of your lens?
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Brendan Knell |
Yes, polarizers are just filters. They can rotate to block different reflections, which can make the sky a darker blue and eliminate reflections. There are two different types of polarizers, linear and circular. Linear are for manual focus lenses and circular are for autofocus lenses. Let us know if you need more info. P.S. Debby hang in there and you'll be shooting beautiful waterfalls in no time!
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- Susan Eginton Contact Susan Eginton Susan Eginton's Gallery |
Thanks so much for the explanation, Brendan! It sounds like a good accessory to add to my camera bag. By the way, I took a look at your gallery - love the waterfall photo and the fireworks. Thanks again for taking time to respond.
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Brendan Knell |
Thanks for your complements on my gallery Susan! The polarizer is a very good accesory to get. I got mine(a Quantaray) for around 30$.
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Pete H |
If you use Adobe PS, you can often fix this problem. Tip: If you ever do a portrait with people wearing glasses...Remove the lenses. :) Pete
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Collette Photography |
How do you fix it in PS? I have PS cs and a portraite with reflections in his glasses, any step-by-step guidence as to how I could fix it would be great!! -Collette-
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Pete H |
Step by step would take some doing. Essentially you use the clone tool and rebuild the eye. If you wish to send me the photo, I'll have a go and log all my manipulations for you. Pete
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