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[dakegra]

ok chaps. How does one take photos of someone wearing glasses, somewhere where you *need* flash, without the flash bouncing back and killing the photo?

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[thebabynancy.livejournal.com]

It's all about the lighting.

If you understand where the light sources are - or are not - it gets easier to plan and adjust how you take the picture.

You can avoid reflections by lighting one side of the face and shooting a 3/4 angle.

Knowing where the light source is, you can bounce it anywhere except back at the camera... kinda like billiards... only not.

Alternatively, you could ask all those wearing glasses to lower their chins a bit to minimise the light the bounces back at you.

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

ta. :-)

[nextian-cutie.livejournal.com]

Have them turn their head slightly to the side and point their chin down a hair. That's usually enough to change the angle of incidence. How far you need to turn their face will depend on their prescription, how large the lenses are and any coatings they may have on the lenses.

But by following the angle of incidence and using the curvatures of the lenses, you can sometimes get the flash to bounce away from the lens.

[watsonk.livejournal.com]

take the glass out of the glasses :P

[jugglebug.livejournal.com]

or sandpaper the lens.
This may meet resistance from the owners

[nalsa.livejournal.com]

At an angle. Get them to look to one side, and fire the flash towards the other side.

[perdita-x.livejournal.com]

Like others have said - tilt the glasses or remove them. Even a slight move can make them not ounce the light to the lens.

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Bounce flash

Or a diffuser