Friday, October 31, 2008

glass glare

This boy has trouble with glare on his glasses... the first set, you can see how I minimised it... but I could not take it all away. The second shot I did not save the original so you can't see how bad it was but that is an eye that I had to redo the lash line. Here is another example of glare removal, using the same techniques...

This is the original...



Now can this count as a tutorial, so I am off the hook for a while!! :)

3 comments:

Carin said...

Very good job! I have not had to work with glare on glasses but I sure appreciate all you have done to correct the problem. great job

Judy said...

WHOA!! That is fantastic~what you did! I'm impressed and greatly encouraged because for some reason I am the opposite of Carin, I get so much of it!! I've often thought to myself, someone needs to work on a quik fix for glass glare, just like they have one for red eye. Thanks for posting the examples.

Cy said...

There is a fix for glare. Be aware of the source of light when you take the picture. Also, unless you are taking candid shots, you can have the subject tilt their head slightly and watch the results in the view finder.

When a pro takes a portrait of someone wearing glasses, they move the light around so its reflecting is not into the lense, which is why you see reflections. If the reflection is off the eyeball, you can use it to your advantage, but you can probably never get rid of it.

Cy