Children with glasses

[CypressPhotog]

I am photographing two small boys with glasses outside at a shady park next week. Flash or no flash? What do I do to avoid the glare?

[LoungeLizard]

Angle the glasses. Even a slight downturn in the glasses/face and you'll avoid the reflection.

[hhscr]

The light will reflect at the same angle that it hits the glasses. Do what you can to make sure that angle is not in the direction of the camera. As the post above says even the slightest change in the glasses or the direction of the light can make a diffrence.

[dp4712]

How about removing the glass of the frame before the photo is taken. Then afterwords the glass can be put back on the lens. The photo is taken with out any reflection coming of the lens.

Just my 2 cents.

Alberto

[CypressPhotog]

Thanks guys for the info. Good luck to me! I did refuse to do a studio session bc I knew I don't have the experience to cut out the reflection there. I will try to do as much with natural and no flash as possible. Alberto, I agree with you...but apparently these kids are blind without the glasses and I don't want to make them uneasy.

[LoungeLizard]

Originally Posted by dp4712

How about removing the glass of the frame before the photo is taken. Then afterwords the glass can be put back on the lens. The photo is taken with out any reflection coming of the lens.

Just my 2 cents.

Alberto

If the glasses are "part of the person" and they define the person, I would not remove them. In other words, if they wear them all the time, then removing them is a portrait of another person.

[wwobbe]

Try using the circular polarizer. It does a remarkable job cutting through reflections.
Win

[Rick Eubank]

If you choose to do additional portraits with glasses, attempt to raise your flash or go to the optometrist and see if they have any eye glass frames with out the lenses you can borrow for the portrait session.

[msthomas]

Try to lift the frames, the part that goes over the ear, about 1/4 to 3/8 of inch off the ear.