Hey i wondering if i could have some advice on portraits,

Ive been trying to take portraits of my sister, though i always get the glare of  light on her glasses, which ruins the shot.

Is there anything to stop this happening? or do i need to do more editing on photoshop?

Thanks, Natasha

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Hi Natasha,

I assume there's a reason why you don't want just to take her glasses off.

If you want to take pictures with her glasses on then the trick is to stop the light from shining directly onto the lens. How you could do that depends on the type of light involved. Are you using flash - and if so, do you have a separate flashgun or are you using on-camera flash?

Eileen

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Are you using a flash? You might want to try a flash bracket...like a CB junior. works well for me..

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Another technique is to take two shots - one with glasses and one without. Trick is that the sitter can't move between shots (Nor tog!) Then use PS or your editor of choice and remove the glass from the lenses, by using the none glasses shot!

I think this was one mentioned by Scott Kelby!

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Or you get those really expensive flash proof glasses

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Or, if you was going to that much trouble, remove the lenses from the glasses.  No photoshop needed then

I've read that the non-reflective lenses are great, photographers live them.  I have them but I'm never in front of the camera, always behind!

I haven't tried, but also read, that you should have the sitter facing away from the camera slightly.  That way the flash and reflections aren't bouncing back into the camera.  Obviously if you are using an off camera flash then don't put this at such an angle that the light from this is bounced at an angle towards the camera.

Good luck!

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Thanks for all the advice guys, Really helps.
I might try positioning her in different places; i dont want to take the glasses of because the photo ments to be about her individuality. and no i dont use flash.

Thanks. Natasha

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Glasses are a pain in the neck when it comes to reflections.  In this shot below of my late mother I had to resort to a bit of cloning to get rid of it.  In the film industry we used a spray on substance that dulled everything reflective down.  I'm not sure whether that would be a good idea on someone's spectacles though. 

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Would a polariser help?

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KeithT:

Glasses are a pain in the neck when it comes to reflections.  In this shot below of my late mother I had to resort to a bit of cloning to get rid of it.  In the film industry we used a spray on substance that dulled everything reflective down.  I'm not sure whether that would be a good idea on someone's spectacles though. 

Thats a really good shot, i love the angle

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I've had another look at the shots I took at the weekend of an Awards presentation - and several (Including one of the guys giving out the awards) had glasses on. Not one of them has a problem with flash on the glasses. I bounced off the ceiling, using the slidey up credit card type thing on the flash to push some of the flash power forward.

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adesw:

Would a polariser help?

That's exactly what I was thinking.  A polariser should cut reflections should it not?

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Graeme Mather:

adesw:

Would a polariser help?

That's exactly what I was thinking.  A polariser should cut reflections should it not?

If i knew what one was?! ....im not the brightest spark

Could you please explain. I proabaly have heard of it but not the name, Like many songs you listen to and knew all the words but dont know the artist.

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The short answer is that its a filter that only allows light to pass through in one plane (ie up/down or side to side). The net result is that reflections (which tend to be totally random) are cut down. (You can use them to see under water when sunlight is reflecting off the surface)

http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Polarizer

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Thanks paul, i will look into that.
and thanks to everyone else for the advice!

Natasha

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