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Hi can any of you help me out Im doing a wedding shoot in two weeks and the bride wants to wear her glasses they are dark rimmed ones .
obviously I feel she should not wear them but she says they are part of her im concerned about flash reflections as because of the time of year a lot of the images shot will be indoors .
Has anyone got any tips on how to avoid glass reflections .
Thanks Sue
The time of year shouldn't stop you taking outdoor shots, you may be lucky and get a really crisp sunny day. Depending on the time of the ceremony, you will still be able to shot outdoors even if it is overcast. Shoot with off camera flash, or if the venue has floodlights or outside lighting, use those to create light and shade within your image. With regard to shooting her with her specs on, get her to tilt her head down very slightly. If you are using flash, bounce it up and over your shoulder (as long as the walls/ceilings are light coloured) this will spread the light and you will see on the preview screen if you get specular highlights visible, then you can ask her to tilt down, or shoot her from a slightly higher angle. If you are shooting the head and shoulder portraits, then look for good ambient lighting within the venue. You may just get enough reflection from her white/ivory gown to lift the shadows in her face. If not, use a large reflector to pick up the skin tones more.
Good luck, let us know how it goes,
Trudy
I've found that using a diffuser like the Gary Fong eliminates reflections on glasses even using your flash on hotshoe.
For shots, get her to lift the arms of the glasses slightly causing the lenses to tip very slightly forward - this directs the reflected strobe away from the origin.
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/04/lighting-101-lighting-for-glasses.html
HTH
What on earth is wrong with her wearing glasses! no photographer should ask someone to remove them, what would you do if it was a portrait shot and the glasses re part of his or her personality eg. Elton John, I sometimes ask myself (without being rude) that some amateur photographers are not better leaving the pro to do his work. I don't do weddings but on one occasion shot a friends as a wedding present. It has become an incredibly difficult task due to everyone standing behind the photographer instead of in front of him, so never again. sorry for this rant but I'm a member of the grumpy group and it's Monday morning;
Indeed, it is up to the photographer being a professional to have the technique to cope with the situation at hand.
Is this your first wedding?
sadly many wedding clients and guests wear glasses and get (very inconveniently) miffed if asked to remove spectacles or any other article; just make it a rule to never point your flash directly at any person; the advice to ask your bride to slightly tilt her glasses down is a sound idea that works though beware of making her look like a grumpy old epz member wearing pince-nez on the bridge of his/her nose.
G' luck with your wedding.
Quote: Indeed, it is up to the photographer being a professional to have the technique to cope with the situation at hand.
Quote: What on earth is wrong with her wearing glasses! no photographer should ask someone to remove them, what would you do if it was a portrait shot and the glasses re part of his or her personality eg. Elton John, I sometimes ask myself (without being rude) that some amateur photographers are not better leaving the pro to do his work. I don't do weddings but on one occasion shot a friends as a wedding present. It has become an incredibly difficult task due to everyone standing behind the photographer instead of in front of him, so never again. sorry for this rant but I'm a member of the grumpy group and it's Monday morning;
Calm down and try to be helpful, comments like this just put people off asking questions on the forums, without questions being asked we can't learn none of us no matter how experienced can know everything, if you don't know then don't just post a comment for the sake of it, if you do know then enlighten us.
I have before now begun to ask a question and before posting it deleted it due to these type of comments.
The vast majority on here do help in lots of ways and seem to do so gladly no matter how complex or basic a question, that surely is the way forward? These are the people that compel me to tell every photographer I meet about Ephotozine and how good it is, lets not ruin it by being nasty or grumpy.
Thankyou all for your advise some helpful some not. I dont claim to be the best photographer in the world but I was asked to do this wedding because of the style of photos I capture . Im just trying to make sure I have all options covered and want the best possible images for my client . I have seen many very professional photos taken by people with many more years experience than me that still had flash reflection in glasses so even they make mistakes and especially with reacto lite glasses the groom looked like he was from the mafia .
Also this is the first time I have posted on this forum but negative comments will not encourage me to ask again . After all we all surely strive to get the best images possible and for the information of the grumpy person the bride is having a mix of pics with glasses on and off !!!!!!!!!
Don't let it get to you Sue, you did the right thing asking - and managed to get the answers you needed. With an audience of so many, there are always going to be polarised opinions so it's just a case of being prepared for that when you ask the question.
Just remember that whilst every opinion is valid, it is after all only that 'an opinion' - it's up to you what you choose to do with it.
Hope the wedding goes well, enjoy it.
Chris
Quote: Polarising filter??
Will have some effect but may not work on its own. A second filter over the flash at 90 degrees to the lens filter would polarise the primary source (indoors) and could remove all reflections if they really are a problem. IIRC though cross-polarisation costs about 4 stops so some flash compensation maye be required if the TTL reading doesn't get it right.
I think the team banned forum topics like race and religion
Having read some of this thread, I think they should ban weddings too
People asking honest questions getting kicked in the teeth - just depressing and will end up killing the site.
It's understandable Ade. After all, when you are perfect and never suffer from uncertainty how could you possibly understand the weaknesses of us mere mortals!
I hope the wedding goes well. Don't let the minority put you off asking for advice.
Ian
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