Glares On Glasses!

[KimmyD]

Ok I recently did a photoshoot with a friend and he wore his glasses in some of the shots.
I used two Softbox lights with flash...I started noticing some glares on his glasses from the softboxes and eventually had him take his glasses off.

Is there a way to help prevent this, or is it just having them position their head a certain way or moving the lighting around?

[sk66]

There is always positioning, and a cpl can help...A trick I use is to have them wear a pair of glasses without lenses installed. That's what I did for my self portrait/profile image

[scootermcq]

Angle of incidence = angle of reflection (kindof). With glasses, because they are not flat, the bounce can be a little crazy with some glasses. The quality of the glasses & anti glare coating can help to. I just work the angles until I find where the light is not bouncing back at the camera. If you have modeling lights in your strobes, you can tell as soon as you look through your view finder if you are going to have flare or not. Then you direct the models head until there is no apparent glare.

In this example, the reflection will be bouncing slightly right of the camera, leaving the lenses without any glare.

[SusanH1970]

If you have the person tilt their glasses slightly down (put part that goes over the ears a little higher so the lenses tilt slightly down) it should help. I've done that a lot for clients that wear glasses and it works every time.

[stefantell]

I did all the tricks I could think of before, but most of the times now, I just let the reflection stay in the picture. As long as the coating doesn't turn the glasses blue or green, I think it adds to the photo. I mean, they wear glasses, that is a part of how they look, and so is reflections.

[scootermcq]

Originally Posted by stefantell

I did all the tricks I could think of before, but most of the times now, I just let the reflection stay in the picture. As long as the coating doesn't turn the glasses blue or green, I think it adds to the photo. I mean, they wear glasses, that is a part of how they look, and so is reflections.

I have to say that I wear glasses, and when I look in the mirror (most of the times) my glasses are not showing beacons of glare. It is not how I look, and it does not belong in any picture except for a snap shot taken by dilettante.

The eyes are the gateway to the soul etc, and a distracting glare placed over or extremely close to the eye kills a portrait IMHO. This would be laziness to allow it to happen.