Need help! Albino bridesmaid...Bride is worried about photos.

I have a wedding I am doing in August and the bride just informed me that she has an albino bridesmaid. She showed me a picture and the young woman is extremely white, cotton tail white hair(as we say in the southern U.S.), and pink tinted eyes since the iris has no real color other than the blood from veins that make it look pink. Every photo taken of her she has completely red eyes and is totally washed out. Red eye reduction on cameras don't really work for her either. The bride is worried it might make her photos look bad or that it might be difficult for me during editing.
I have tried to find tips on lighting or suggestions on how to photograph an albino person, but I have found nothing.

Has anyone had any experience with this? Suggestions? Thoughts? Am I going to spend hours fixing her eyes in photoshop regardless of what I do?

Thanks to anyone who has some suggestions. I appreciate it greatly!

other than the chorus of "shoot RAW" which will ensue (and I assume you already know), dial your contrast way down in picture styles and watch your histogram.

only fix the eyes on the images that prints are ordered from. If you're giving the wedding images on CD, well... it's probably best to explain to the bride the limitations of technology and the amount of time it would take to individually retouch all the eyes.

OR make everything black and white. :P

Thanks for responding! And yes, I anticipated the "shoot raw" suggestions would be on here! Luckily, the bride is an understanding friend and she knows I can't spend every moment fixing each eye all the photos. The bridesmaid who is albino also has a lazy eye. So, I will already be trying to catch her eyes when they are facing foward at the same time. Hopefully it won't be too big of a deal.......plus side is that the bride likes black and white photos alot, so maybe she'll order mostly black and white! lol.

I was just checking to see if there were any lighting techiniques that might help the situation.

Thank you for your suggestions!

starrynigh8 wrote in post #8258562
The bridesmaid who is albino also has a lazy eye.

This sounds more and more like a black and white wedding.

bric-a-brac wrote in post #8258484
other than the chorus of "shoot RAW" which will ensue (and I assume you already know), dial your contrast way down in picture styles and watch your histogram.

only fix the eyes on the images that prints are ordered from. If you're giving the wedding images on CD, well... it's probably best to explain to the bride the limitations of technology and the amount of time it would take to individually retouch all the eyes.

OR make everything black and white. :P

if he shoots in RAW there will be no point in changing his picture styles... since they dont do anything to the images while shooting in raw

Honestly, don't make her "un-albino" in the photos. Just get good photos of her. It's not like she doesn't know that she's albino, you know? She has albino eyes - just photograph them well! Does the bride expect you to give them a different color?

We're photographers - not magicians. We photograph real people - we don't turn people into other things. Just get good photos of her and you're doing your job Don't get pressured by the bride to make her something she isn't

Bobby

bnlearle wrote in post #8265839
Honestly, don't make her "un-albino" in the photos. Just get good photos of her. It's not like she doesn't know that she's albino, you know? She has albino eyes - just photograph them well! Does the bride expect you to give them a different color?

We're photographers - not magicians. We photograph real people - we don't turn people into other things. Just get good photos of her and you're doing your job Don't get pressured by the bride to make her something she isn't

Bobby

Nicely said, Bobby. I tell all my brides that I shoot real life and I don't brush out moles, birthmarks or tatoos.

canonnoob wrote in post #8265436
if he shoots in RAW there will be no point in changing his picture styles... since they dont do anything to the images while shooting in raw

the more you have set in camera, the less you have to do in post.

bric-a-brac wrote in post #8265921
the more you have set in camera, the less you have to do in post.

you dont get it... if he shoots RAW.. NONE of the camera settings apply to the final image... so things like the picture styles and such are useless...

I agree with Bobby, we're here to capture moments and you should capture her for who she is.

Bryan

canonnoob wrote in post #8267687
you dont get it... if he shoots RAW.. NONE of the camera settings apply to the final image... so things like the picture styles and such are useless...

You're both correct (in a way). Usually, the raw converter will start with the picture style and the white belance as written by the camera in the raw file. You can then change things to your liking. If those values are correct (i.e. they have the values you like) then your workflow is much faster because you don't need to change anything.

arnie12 wrote in post #8267723
You're both correct (in a way). Usually, the raw converter will start with the picture style and the white belance as written by the camera in the raw file. You can then change things to your liking. If those values are correct (i.e. they have the values you like) then your workflow is much faster because you don't need to change anything.

bingo. RAW is a safety net; the more you get right to begin with, the less work you make for yourself when you get home.

bnlearle wrote in post #8265839
Honestly, don't make her "un-albino" in the photos. Just get good photos of her. It's not like she doesn't know that she's albino, you know? She has albino eyes - just photograph them well! Does the bride expect you to give them a different color?

We're photographers - not magicians. We photograph real people - we don't turn people into other things. Just get good photos of her and you're doing your job Don't get pressured by the bride to make her something she isn't

Bobby

I 2nd that!

Hmm, if I were an albino bridesmaid and heard the bride was worried about my physical appearance ruining her photos, I'd shove the cake in her face myself!!

Seriously.

Again, what does she expect you to do? I'm honestly curious?