Bride & Groom Wearing Eyeglasses.......

I have been shooting weddings a very LONG time and I have always asked the BR & Gr to remove glasses to avoid glare. However, there are some couples that want to leave them on. Not an easy task avoiding eyeglass glare and will happen on a lot of their pictures. Just curious as to what other photographers are doing today. Thanks

i NEVER ask them to remove the glasses.

You have to be smarter than the problem. Have the client slightly lower the chin, slightly turn the head to keep the flash from reflecting. I have been doing it so long that I can see the reflection as it happens....gotta train your eye and its stupid easy to avoid....be smarter than the problem is the answer

It's kind of weird to ask someone that always wears glasses to remove them. They won't look like themselves.

Learn how to light the person such that you don't get the reflections. There are tons of articles online that will show you how to do it.

Just wondering if a polarizing filter would help some? In my experience, they often do a great job with reflections at the cost of ~1/2 the light being lost.

My experience isn't weddings, but pictures of stuff behind glass or plastic. I haven't tried it on glasses, just thought I'd ask.

No light from the direction of the camera - ie no flash, nothing bright directly behind you.

Its not good to use the same pose with their heads adjusted so there is no reflection.

Use a light source that does not reflect so much from the glass surface. I have the issue with red eye for our cats. That is why I use the Lightsphere (http://www.amazon.com …e-Universal/dp/B00127VAW​2) when photographing. Sure it puts out a lot of light but it is good, even light.

What should be avoided is directed light because the lenses of the glasses will catch that light and create hot spots.

Just a thought.

You don't need to use the same pose all the time. You just have to understand light and how it falls... it is no different in principle to understanding how light falls in full midday harsh sun. You observe the light and shoot accordingly.