Glare on glasses

[Dawna]

My daughter wears glasses and every time I photograph her there is a glare on her glasses. What can I do to prevent this? Any tips or suggestions?

[inkista]

Whichever direction the light source is coming from, have her look the other direction.

Strobist: Lighting 101: Lighting for Glasses

This does, however, assume you're using an external off-camera flash. Welcome to the cult of the Strobist.

[kencaleno]

Just get her to tilt her glasses downward slightly,by raising the bows behind the ears, just so the flash isn't hitting the lenses full-on square.Ken

[Dawna]

Originally Posted by inkista

Whichever direction the light source is coming from, have her look the other direction.

Strobist: Lighting 101: Lighting for Glasses

This does, however, assume you're using an external off-camera flash. Welcome to the cult of the Strobist.

I am just starting so I don't have an external flash ...yet! Maybe Santa will be good to me!

I guess for now I will have to try Ken's suggestion.
Thanks for the help.

[kirbinster]

Why not just take the glasses off for the photo?

[nathanbarlow]

seems to me that a circular polariser would do the trick - it stops reflections from water, dont see why it wouldnt work for glass.

[Dawna]

Originally Posted by kirbinster

Why not just take the glasses off for the photo?

Well that would be OK if she just needed them for reading but since she needs them for eye crossing that's not an option. Besides she wear them all the time it wouldn't reflect HER if she wasn't wearing them.

Circular polariser, forgive me, but is this a lens cover that goes your current lens?

[elkidogz]

get a cover for the flash to take the harshness away.

[nathanbarlow]

Originally Posted by Dawna

Circular polariser, forgive me, but is this a lens cover that goes your current lens?

It is a filter - which goes on like a "lens cover". You either have to get the right filter size for the lens, or get the largest you can afford and get stepping rings to use on your lens

Typically is used for eliminating relections and stuff for landscapes or water scenes. Works much like polarising sunglasses - any light in particular plane of polarisation is stopped.

[kencaleno]

Originally Posted by nathanbarlow

It is a filter - which goes on like a "lens cover". You either have to get the right filter size for the lens, or get the largest you can afford and get stepping rings to use on your lens

Typically is used for eliminating relections and stuff for landscapes or water scenes. Works much like polarising sunglasses - any light in particular plane of polarisation is stopped.

You forgot to add that a polariser only works at 30 degrees to a glass surface, it won't work straight-on. There again, if the lenses of the spectacles are curved,the polariser will only work on a small area of the lenses- just like using a polariser on ultra-wide lenses.The original poster does not have auxiliary flash so she needs to use pop-up flash of camera,so straight-on can't be avoided.The easiest way,as I suggested is to tilt the glasses downward ever so slightly-it works.Ken