How to avoid glare in eyeglasses. Photographing people with glasses and minimizing reflections
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- Опубліковано 25 лют 2017
- Photographing people with eyeglasses - especially in the studio can be tough. You want to avoid glare in eyeglasses, but you also want to do cool lighting and you don't want to see reflections of your lights in the glasses. Photographing people with glasses doesn't have to be that difficult, but it is an important portrait photography technique to master if you want to get rid of glare and make great images of people wearing eyeglasses.
The challenge of photographing people wearing eyeglasses is not a new one - and the best solution that is available today is to understand how light works. In fact that is the same solution that was available decades ago when I first photographed a person wearing glasses.
Throughout my career I have come across lots of photographers who think they have tricks for photographing people with glasses. The most common one is to tilt the glasses down and honestly, that is the dumbest idea ever unless the person wears big oversized glasses - the moment you start to tilt them down - physics guarantees that the top of the glasses start to encroach on the top of the eyes and make the eyes appear smaller. I have also seen people teaching miracle photoshop techniques that don't really work that well. Honestly - you don't want to be wasting time in photoshop trying to fix glare.
Certainly if your subject only wears glasses some of the time and they are willing to remove them for the photograph - that solves your problem. Don't be afraid to ask your subject if they would prefer to be photographed with the glasses on or off. Most people don't wear glasses by choice so your not going to offend the person if you ask politely.
We all understand that light basically travels in a straight line. So the angle that a beam of light hits a reflective surface - that's called the Angle of Incidence. The angle of incidence determines the angle that the light will reflect any from that surface - that's called the Angle of Reflection. The Angle of Reflection will always be the same as the Angle of Incidence.
All of this means that light is fairly predictable, so as long as you remember this one simple rule of physics - you will always be able to keep your camera out of the the reflected light when you are photographing someone with glasses. So the solution is to make sure that the angle of the light hitting your subject is different from the angle that you are photographing them at so that the reflected light misses you completely.
That sounds pretty simple right? Actually it is. The real challenge comes in the fact that most eyeglasses are not flat surfaces - they are curved - so you will actually have several angles of reflection for every light source. That is why one of my favorite techniques is bounce flash
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Keeping it simple as always Joe! Thank you!
Great video, clear, concise and to the point with wonderful illustrations and examples. Dude you rock!
I just stumbled upon one of your videos Joe and I must've watched about 10 after that one after the other, they are that good. You have such an awesome way to present concepts, Thanks.
Thanks Joe, I appreciate the help every time
Fabulous Joe, I enjoy and also learn by watching your videos. But this one is exceptionally awesome. Hats off to you.
All I can say is thank you so much. I love your teaching; very practical and easy to understand.
Great advice and well presented!
clear, simple ,and straight to the point , Thanks for that awesome explanation
Great tips for shooting a person with glasses. I have another a trick that really helped me the most and I don't have to do any fancy lighting techniques to get the right shot. If the person really wants to be photographed with their glasses because that's how they like themselves being photographed I just ask them to go to the place where they bought their glasses and have them remove the lenses from the frame. This is the best way to shoot a person with glasses because even though you gave good tricks you still have the problem where the eyes look bigger or smaller depending on what degree of prescription they have. A persons eyes with a -8 prescription will have tiny little eyes and why photograph someone that their eyes look tiny when in fact they have really beautiful without glasses but are deformed by the glass prescription. everyone I have done this has spare glasses so removing the glass from the frame is real easy and you can control the shadows caused by their glass frame. In your examples of changing the light position to avoid glare caused weird shadows around the eyes or chin or other places because you wanted to get rid of a lens reflection. Your method has pros and cons, my method is flawless. If the client is paying good money for your services there is no other way of doing this without removing the glass and photographing them with the frame only. Perfect pictures and no issues and their eyes look real instead of distorted by the lens. :) If they must be photographed with their glasses on, save the headache and get them to remove the glass :)
Thank you Joe. Very helpful!
What a simple and informative video! Thanks so much!
Great tips Joe and I cannot think of anything you missed on this topic! Thanks.
Thank you Impostertot! I really appreciate the kind words!
Great tips. Thanks a million!
You are a great teacher that inspires me. Thank you Joe!
Thank you Sandeep Acharya! I really appreciate the kind words!
Best practical advice on this subject I have seen. Thanks Joe.
You're very welcome John C Burzynski!
Joe, this might be one of the best lighting tutorials I've ever seen. Wow man! I grew up in a photo studio and somehow didn't connect the dots on this.
Thank you for the kind words jared Goforth! Glad you enjoyed it!
I was a preschool photographer and we were taught to also raise the light to avoid the glare .. it took me forever to get it right but eventually I did .. so I really enjoyed seeing you suggested the same thing
I finally found out the solution to the thing i was looking for more than 3 years. Thank you so much Joe , your work is excellent !!
Thank you Thodoris Boubas! I really appreciate the kind words!
Thanks a million Joe! I've been having this issue lately. Now i will put your advise in practice!
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Just became a big fan!! What a terrific video - you don't waste a word and it's stuffed to the gills with relevant information. Thanks.
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Great joe! Thanks for the info!
Thank You! You simple resolve my problem.
I always love your videos!
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WOW - Thank you Facundo Peralta! I appreciate the kind words and support!
Joe, as always great video thanks. love all your videos but for me these shorter videos are great to break up my busy day with a little photography learning when I do not have the time for the hour long ones you have been making.
Thank you for the feedback CARL MUMFORD!
thank you. that was very informative.
thanks Joe for this grat information
Thank you Joe, this is a brilliant reflexion on how to fix the glasses problem. With you it is so easy to learn simple but effective tricks to make beautiful lighting.
You're very welcome MonsieurGrill! Thank you so much for the kind words!
Awesome advice. Love your approach to photography! Problem solving. Understanding how light behaves is critical to our art.
Thank you induplicable!
I did not know this, but will bear it in mind when taking family pics and making videos. You're an absolute star. Many thanks.
Thanks for commenting happymevids!
Thanks Joe, as always another outstanding educational video.
Glad you enjoyed it Jerry Brooks! I appreciate the comment!
Excellent as always. Thank you Joe.
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Ditto - wish I would have seen this earlier! Such a pain in videos. Great content as always!
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Very well done and throughly, but simply, demonstated.
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Your videos are so awesome!
thank you Joe for this valuable information!!
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Mannnnnnnnnnn I needed this! You helped me out a lot!
This is the best explanation and easiest solution to the problem with glasses I have seen. I photograph shiny objects I engrave on, metal, glass etc. This will make my life easier giving me more lighting options. Thanks Joe.
You're very welcome Ron Snayberger! I am glad you enjoyed it!
What a GREAT, GREAT tip !!!! Thanks as always !!!
You're very welcome Eric Woody! Thank you so much for the kind words!
Lovely Video. This was really informative. Your teaching style is superb which makes watching your video entertaining.
short and sweet tips. thanks for sharing.
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I love the heater close to the model!! Thats being considerate!
The models comfort always comes first Troy Hall (Bear)! Thanks for commenting!
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You have well and truly earned yourself a new subscriber! Thank you!
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Great advise....thank you
You're very welcome Tony tFuntek! I appreciate the comment!
Excellent tip! Thanks Joe!
Thanks for commenting Robert Stein!
Started photography recently. I’m not late. And also added to Playlist.
Joe thank you, went to a PPA workshop and have learned 3 times more from you and your video's in a few months..
Thank you for the kind words Keith Johnson !
Joe, this was pretty good!
I discovered this solution practicing self portraits on myself. I got tired of seeing the octa in my glasses. I had low ceilings in my room so I couldn't extend the light stand as high I I do in the studio. I sat lower, and the reflection in my glasses started moving up! I sat lower and lower and it was gone completely.
This video, especially with the multiple set ups and the resulting photo, is problem solving gold! Now I've got to tune in to your videos and see if you have solutions to my other problems...Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it Claude Leguerre! I appreciate the comment! Many more videos to come!
your channel is probably one of my favorites out there. I've learned much more from you than any class.
Sorry to hear that you are not learning more in class Fives - but definitely glad you are learning here.
Joe Edelman at least I am learning :)
Excellent information! I have a shoot this coming weekend that I'm now prepared for in this area. 👌🏾
Awesome Rhonda Gaines!
Thank you for this. Very helpful.
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This has helped me tremendously - Thank you.
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Great technique, I just tried it on my lighting and it worked fantastic.
Awesome Steve Young! Thanks for commenting!
these tips helped me create a better online profile picture of me. Thanks Joe!
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Very helpful video - thank You so much.
You're very welcome Aline Kalleicher! I am glad you enjoyed it!
Great video Joe! Love the straight and simple approach.
I am wearing Glasses myself, so I am 100% aware of the issues.
Maybe one point to add at the end, Ask the subject to clean their galases. Nothing so anoying to have grease marks on the glasses to be removed in Post :)
Thnx for sharing this video!
Regards
Stephan
Glad you enjoyed it Herr Laux! I appreciate the comment and indeed - that point was so obvious I left it out - and probably should have included it.
Great video. Thanks for the suggestions
Thanks for commenting Rode Toussaint! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you, Joe! I recently saw a video with Peter Hurley who suggests to do the glasses tilt trick. Already then I thought that it looked strange and that there should be a better solution. Now I know that there is one and that Peter Hurley simply isn't flexible enough to change his lighting setup.
You're welcome HerrDenzel! Thanks for commenting!
Fantastic, Joe! I greatly appreciate your videos, but this one is exceptional! Great job! And many thanks!
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Excellent. Thank you. As a causal photographer who will shoot flashes from on top of the camera, this happens to me a lot. But I will remember to use bounce flashes more.
You're welcome Dustin Hecker I appreciate the comment!
Great video. Practice the basics.
Practice makes perfect Steven Muncy! Thanks for the comment!
Most Excellent Topic! Lowering the glasses/chin is definitely the easy way out! I'm not a fan of the glasses arms casting shadows from side lighting though, I try to avoid that if possible.
Awesome Melnick Studios Inc.! Thanks for commenting!
Joe, great content as always. I have been looking for a Mannequin with reflective eyes for ages. Which one do you use? Thanks.
Thank You, very useful tips.
Glad you enjoyed it Marco Silva Navarrete! Be sure to follow me on Instagram - instagram.com/joeedelman - I post a lot of behind the scenes images and clips!
Wish I saw this sooner .
Sorry I didn't get to make it sooner aous poules, but glad that you like it! Be sure to subscribe so that you don't miss any videos!
Tip worked perfectly for my shoot this weekend!
Awesome Rhonda Gaines ! Glad it helped!
thank youuu so much for this video!! now i finally know to handle glasses in pictures :D
great video, great tips. thank you.
You're very welcome albertr915! Thank you for the kind words!
Thank you for great tutorial.
You're very welcome Alex López! I am glad you enjoyed it!
found this accidentally.... very helpful thank you.
what i was looking for that isn't anywhere but must be pretty simple is..... I have just started wearing glasses and trying to figure out how I can shoot pictures while wearing them? Do I take them off? then on again after taking camera away from the eye?
Simple thing but changes 35 years of how I have always taken ;-)
very helpful information......
Thank YOU
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So good! Thank you!
You're welcome Alan Kim, Jr. I appreciate the comment!
I love your Videos Joe. I can watch this for hours
Glad you enjoy them Bastian Guth! Thanks for the kind words!
Awesome video, Haven't had to deal with glasses glare yet, but I like to be prepared. No fear now, thanks! Subbed.
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Great advise, my training mannequin has always had glasses to make things harder lol. I never wanted to get caught out with this problem with a real life subject 😃
Glad you enjoyed it dunnymonster! I appreciate the comment!
Well explained!
Thanks for the feedback Rick94rr! Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video does this also apply to reflectors placed at the bottom as a main light not full light as shown in other you tube tutorials 🙈
And again a very good tip.. Thank you
You're very welcome ferdy sos! Thank you so much for the kind words!
great video!
so odd, I love all your videos!!
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I've just started taking portraits and, as fate would have it, I've had some images with reflections in eyeglasses and some that did not. I was trying to figure out what was going on and I saw this video. Problems solved; thanks!
Brilliant Advice as ever, thank you :)
Thank you for the kind words RoscoPeeko !
Later in the day after watching this video, I was listening to photography podcast and this topic came up. One of the contributors gave the "move the glasses down" suggestion. So ironic. Once again, great problem solving on your part!
Unfortunately that is one of those solutions that has been handed down for decades Marty Scheall! Thanks for commenting and for the support!
excellent ! thank you very much
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Very very informative!
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Thank you joe! This helped me a lot !
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Joe Edelman yes! Eye did!
Thank you Joe Edelman for this great problem solving video with Demonstrations .
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ooh awesome! So simple
Thank you! Joseph Barber Photography Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Joe
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just starting out to do portrait photography excellent tips liked and subscribed. if you stand back and think it's not rocket science. keep them coming my friend
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Again nice video Joe. As a glass wearer and photographer I'd also suggest getting the subject to clear their glasses at the start of the shoot as well. Grubby glasses suck :-) Not sure if anyone else pointed this out.
Hopefully that would be a given, but I completely agree Paul Higgins Photography! Thanks for commenting!
Nice tutorial I really enjoyed your video.
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Thank you so much
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I subscribed, when I heard his 20/80 explanation. :D
Ahhhh Grasshoppa, your knowledge has made me a better shooter. Thank you.
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Hahahaha i just love the way you present your videos. Got a chuckle out of that 0:26 secs.
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