_Remove reflections

How to prevent reflections in a glass?

Did some research on how to remove or manually reduce the reflection absorbed in photograph or video. Here is all of the most useful advises from forums. Now is just the matter of testing them.

You'd probably want a polarizing filter, unless it's truly a mirrored sunglass, like mine are. Than you need to put black, gray, or graduated material in front of the lenses (out of the shot) to control the reflection you want.

No they're reflecting the things infront of them that the camera cant see... They're plastic. And i dont have a polarizing filter =S Thanks anyway.

Maybe somebody in the Lighting section can better answer your question. Reflections from Glass and metal is one of the toughest things to solve when it comes to still life photography. Some people use tents that surround the object on all sides including the front. Then they place a hole in the front of the Tent where they can insert the lens. Unfortunately, then the lens reflects off the object. You can remove this reflection using Photoshop, or you can pull your hair out trying to figure out what camera/light angle to use to avoid reflections. Good luck !

a CPL should do the trick.

It's trickier with sunglasses because the surface is curved--still, use a gooseneck lamp or some such as a light source and place it so the light comes in a a 45 degree angle in relation to the subject-camera axis. Do this in a dark room or at night. Play with the light source location to eliminate as many reflections as you can when you look through the viewfinder. Use Photoshop to minimize any remaining reflections.

Rig your own light tent with a sheet or use a translucent plastic laundry or storage box or ....

Black does not reflect, so use black scrim to cover unwanted items that are reflecting. You may also find it useful to do some reverse ray tracing using a screen pointer where the camera lens will be: aim it at various points on the subject and observe where they reflect to. Then make sure they're black. You may find it necessary to use some polarising film on your lights as well as a polariser on your lens. Cross polarisation is a useful technique for suppressing unwanted reflections - used when photographing oil paintings for example. Lighting at 45 degrees can also help reduce reflections into the lens.

I use a piece of 4ft x 4ft black foamcore with a hole in the middle of it for the camera lens when shooting this kind of photograph. You can buy white or black foamcore at most art supply stores. These technique leaves only a small catch light containing the camera lens, which can more easily be removed in Photoshop.