Tip: important rule when photographing spectacle lenses

Friday 22 February 2019, 14:41 by Frank Doorhof | 6,772 views | 1 comment

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People often ask me how I make sure my studio lights aren't visible in spectacle lenses. I've created several campaigns for opticians and they always asked if they could keep their glasses on.

They were a little surprised when I replied: of course, otherwise I'm photographing frames, not lenses. Essentially, you photograph frames, but you understand what I mean, without lenses in the frame it simply looks strange.

So what's the trick?

Well, it's actually incredibly simple. Always remember that the angle of incidence is the angle of reflection. This means that when you visualise the path of your light, you need to make sure you don't shoot along the same line as your light path, because then you'll see the reflection.

In practice, this often means that I place my lights a little higher and point them more downwards to minimise the chance of reflections. When you position them correctly, you can even have your model look up, as in the image above.

So remember the golden rule: Angle of incidence is angle of reflection.
It's really very important!

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