Shooting Someone With Glasses
So after borrowing my nephews studio light kit, I wanted to test some lighting out. I shot my oldest daughter who wears glasses, but after shooting her, I noticed that there is a shadow around the frames. How do you get rid of the shadows around the frames? Is this something that you just have to play around with? I wanted to post some other shots as well.
1. Glasses Shot
2. My youngest daughter hamming it up.
1. Glasses Shot
2. My youngest daughter hamming it up.
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The only possible cure is to make the key light as soft as possible (imagine shooting outdoors on a cloudy day), but that would require rather large modifier (4..6 ft).
A gimmicky way out is to take a shot with glasses, tell her to hold the pose, carefully remove the glasses, take another shot and then blend two frames in PS. Depending on your PS skills may or may not work.
Finally, a third way: when a life gives you a lemon - make a lemonade. Have here lowering her specs down her nose in a "sexy secretary" way and look over them.
HTH
BTW, both are much improved from the shots you've posted.
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You mean like this?
Nik, the PS option is a good one that I've actually used before though it can be tricky for many reasons.
I wonder if a huge Octabox like the beast from Elinchrom would kill any shadows...as they say the bigger the light source the softer the light....
But then I guess the nice contrast of shadow to light would be lost like those shown in the posted images
OP, I think these are actually rather nice, shadows notwithstanding! Cute girls.
Would it work to try a completely different light setup ie the one that Alex has been playing with, ie butterfly or clamshell? As it stands, you have the lights coming from either side so they are casting a shadow on either earpiece; by switching the direction of the light, perhaps it might help on that score? One light high above the camera (either behind it or a bit to one side), and a reflector underneath the subject to bounce the light back up and fill in the shadows.
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I guess I will have to break out my dual 500 watt hallogen construction work lamps next. That truely is a beast.
It's not really the wattage, it's the size of the modifier, which makes the light source larger. So your two construction lamps will basically be small light source, but high lumen output. They will still cast harsh shadows because the actual point of light is small. Now, bounce those off a large white wall, then your light source just got bigger.
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The dual 500wt work light was my first studio lighting evar...
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I was just being sarcastic on the dual 500 watt lamps.
Well, you really don't have to be.. As they say, it's not the light, it's how you use it...;-)
Here are a few from three years ago, all taken with the darn 500wt worklight (cause I didn't have anything else :cry):
1. Spanish Guitar:
2. Moonlight Breeze:
3. Desire:
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