Eye Glasses

Glasses are right behind hair as an accessory. And they do transform the look of a person. As always, the dark shades are the hippest thing going.

The biggest problem with glasses is that they block our view of a person's eyes, particularly the small fashionable ones. This is hard to solve unless the person just takes them off.

Next, the glasses create reflection. Play with the angles so the glasses don't reflect light into your lens. If you are shooting with on-camera direct flash, this means you have to have the person face slightly sideways.

Bottom Line: What kind of glasses matters, as does no glasses.

105mm, f13, large studio softbox to the right (which you can see in the mirror glasses)

big tortoise shell

big wire rim

pink

looking over

red

mirror

dark

Mardi Gras

big tortoise shell

big wire rim

pink

looking over

red

mirror

dark

Mardi Gras

big tortoise shell

Left

Right

Big tortoise shells. Makes her look a bit bookish.

Round wire-rim. Even more bookish than tortoise shells.

Little pink glasses. Less bookish, more dorky.

Little pink glasses, down the nose. Probably because some hair also came down, she suddenly looks enticing instead of dorky.

Big colored glasses imply a big personality.

Colored mirror glasses. See the big reflection of the soft box used for lighting. Anything reflective is 10 times harder to shoot.

Real aviator glasses. She suddenly becomes a player in a Hollywood heist movie.

The rhinestone look — makes her expression look more exotic.

Big tortoise shells. Makes her look a bit bookish.

Round wire-rim. Even more bookish than tortoise shells.

Little pink glasses. Less bookish, more dorky.

Little pink glasses, down the nose. Probably because some hair also came down, she suddenly looks enticing instead of dorky.

Big colored glasses imply a big personality.

Colored mirror glasses. See the big reflection of the soft box used for lighting. Anything reflective is 10 times harder to shoot.

Real aviator glasses. She suddenly becomes a player in a Hollywood heist movie.

The rhinestone look — makes her expression look more exotic.