Finally a filmaker that shows how to deal with REAL problems we face, thanks Caleb! :)

I've been trying for months to try to remove those lights from my glasses--even bought contacts which I couldn't use. Professionals tried to help, and didn't know what you are teaching here on this video! THANKS SO MUCH!! You rock!!

I don't think I've ever finished watching one of your videos and said, "Wow, that was a complete waste of my time." You ALWAYS have usable, real-world content, presented in a no-b.s. style, and you always get right down to it. I've been doing this for nearly four decades, and I always pick up something from your videos. Please keep up the good work!

Thanks man, I'll try this out, I've been recording without my glasses very often, but it just wrecks my vision more and more with time.

Very helpful. Thanks from a glasses-wearing KZfaqr. I tried just not wearing my glasses but I felt way too uncomfortable. I appreciate the acknowledgement that folks who wear glasses will want to keep them on. The solutions are very practical.

Keeping this in my "watch later" playlist for future reference. Lots of great tips!

There is still no dislikes and 481 likes.. the reason is, he knows what he is talking about, speaks clearly and most of it all, he is not trying to be funny like most other camera and lighting channel guys. Because as a gaffer, I know that most camera people have the driest sense of humor.

Honestly, sometimes it feels like videography is 80% wrestling reflections and bad shadows while lighting people with glaces. This sums up everything you can do about it perfectly. Thanks a lot and keep going :)

3 years later, this is saving my butt. Caleb is the GOAT.

You can also use a black silk to diffuse the light. It cuts a lot more light but you don’t get that big white reflection.

I'm so glad to find this video! Last night, my husband needed a headshot for a theatre audition and I'm a new "photographer"...so we had a little fun! I used some tissue paper over a desk lamp to soften the light. I wish I saw this video before shooting, but we still got a great photo that he could submit.

Caleb, I would love to see a demonstration of light placement by doing a pull-back so that the viewer can see how you change the placement. The drawing is helpful but a pullback would be super-cool. Love your video informational videos. You have great presentation - short and to the point.

I'm 18 months in video and editing. First time I saw your presentation. Well done! You are so practical and your advice will be applied. I will follow your future videos and work through your previous videos. Thank you so much for you and the positive comments. Even from the comments much could be learned. At the age 61 I learn so much from the younger generation - thank you for sharing.

Very helpful, especially for us amateurs struggling with lighting for zoom interviews.

Ran in that problem today ! thanks so much for the tips Caleb! I'll use your tips in my next videos. thanks again so much

Another tiny hack from my experience: clean the glasses. Dirty glasses reflect even more. 🤓

As everyone in my house wears glasses this advice is invaluable, thanks dude

Thanks. Ps. The old glasses you can´t beleive you wore, suit you :)

Great video very informative and straight to the point !

Bouncing light from underneath to lighten shadows from thick frames is a great tip! Like you mentioned, moving the key light to an extreme angle will require a lot of bounce or fill light.

Great video! Two points of improvement: Try to make sure every sentence or instruction makes sense syntactically. Reading back your sentences to yourself will help you recognize it. At 1:29 you say "One thing you can do is just grab you iPhone and point it at the person and kinda move it around - try to find a good angle." I didn't understand this at first - what am I using the iPhone for exactly? (finding a camera angle?) How exactly is this helping me with the task at hand? I would fix the sentence like this: "A trick to figuring out where to place your light is just turn on your iPhone screen, point it at the person (...)" I know it sounds nitpicky but small changes like this just makes the comprehension smooth and 100% foolproof (: the other thing is that you mentioned in the beginning that distance was a thing to think about, but you never got back to it. Thanks for the quality, helpful video!

Pretty good ideas. I would also add that going one 'stage' further than diffusing the light can sometimes be helpful. Specifically, I am thinking of bouncing off a white ceiling or walls (nothing that is coloured and will give result in a colour cast, of course).

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. I’m going to try these tips today.

I have been there last week with clients, I couldn't do anything about it since I was running out of time with the talent. Thanks for the tip Caled Always useful.

Great video! I have thick glasses and was so frustrated by the shadows by my led lights, now I rig a reflector infront of my LED key light and it's so much better. Love the sunglasses example too, well done.

This is great. Thanks man! I've shot a handful of interviews and people with glasses have been a pain.

I really like these lighting videos. It is clear from the quality of your productions that you have a lot of knowledge in this area. Thanks for sharing.

Thank You for this video. I've been facing the same issues while filming myself with glasses on. I really appreciate these tips. Thanks for the vid and keep content coming.

Thanks for this video! I had this problem too and it was a pain in the neck, especially with chroma keying. I'm definitely going to try your solution out!

What a brilliant, concise, video - really appreciated the 'proof' as you demonstrated the shifting of the light source.

I have a handful of corporate videos I have to shoot this year, this will definitely help out in the coming weeks. Thanks man!

Excellent video, solves a serious problem. Thanks!

Caleb, the quality in your videos is amazing. I love the content and it's helping me get started with video shooting!

Your intros are dope, subtle but impressive! What kind of sorcery is that, you make lights disappear! :D

Dude, you have so many great videos. This one is no exception. I really appreciate you making these videos. I know that they are a lot of time and effort to put together. You are appreciated.

Funny. I was doing a video today of myself and had to reshoot because of glare. Fantastic tips.

Thank you for a great content. And done in a way human being could understand, unlike many other videos that you need to be a geek to understand. Thank you

Great tip, Caleb. I'll be using this going forward

So direct, useful and practical lesson. Thank you

Very nicely demonstrated!

Thank you SO much. Just put my screen-casting studio together and needed exactly what you discussed here. Turns out most of the glare in my glasses was just the computer screen in front of my nose. My studio lights were high as well as left and right... and they were fine. I had a second computer monitor just to my right, so I put the windows background default to black and it was not a problem. I really appreciate the help my friend. thanks - Don

Had a friend who owns a pair of "special glasses" where the edge his glasses is at least 2.5 times as thick as the center part close to his nose. The glasses literally collects light from everywhere and creates a weird distortion at the edge of the glass frame. Since this video wasn't out at that time, I just made him take it off 😂😂😂. Thanks for the great tips! will try it next time: )

Brilliant as always Caleb. Thanks so much.

Great video! I was wondering about that problem and magically this came up on my recommended.

Very practical and helpful video, great stuff Caleb!

Brilliant - why didn't I read this before I did an 8 min recording!!! Just moving the lighting ring to the side makes an instant difference.

Another great video Caleb!

Easiest explanation I found. Thank you!

Great little tutorial - just wondering what the lights you are using the video are?? The soft key light looks great !

Another way to avoid reflection would be to raise the stems by the ears a bit to angle the glass. I use that trick all the time when I can't move the light that much and it really isn't noticeable if the model looks straight into the camera.

This is a great video... I'm looking into lighting options. What are the lighting product(s) that you use? The lighting is great in your video!

Super helpful tutorial. Thanks a lot Caleb!

Simple... to the point, informative - Excellent~! Thank you Caleb

Just researching my vlogging set up and this was a concern of mine - great advice, cheers!

This was an Awesome tip doc. Wow and it makes sense

I regreted buying a ring light as soon as i set it up, lol. Thought id save money on a low budget by getting a light and tripod in one. Real life problems. Thank you!

You do great work. Thank you for another great video.

That was a great idea. Thank you. Still sun glasses sucks... Especially when it's outdoor. It's really hard to hide even the camera from the sun glass. You are doing a great job. Waiting for more exciting tips from you.

very helpful! Funny this video was suggested under a video I made of me with really bad glare in my glasses. The algorithm is helping you :-)

Super useful. Thanks Caleb.

Awesome content! Thanks for this quick tip. I do struggle with my glasses and how to deal with it. To me, the worst are the shadows. Reflections are kinda easy to figure out, but shadows... argh! Thanks again!

Great tips, thank you!

Was literally wondering about this today so perfect timing. Thanks!

Another was to remove the lens from the glasses. That's what the photographer did when he took my portrait. Kinda annoying to do it, but it works.

Hey Caleb, Great video, thanks for the insights mate. Been having issues with this myself, hadn't thought of angling and using a foamboard to offset the dark-side of the face. Cheers!

Thank you. It gonna be very helpful for my work. Greetings from Brazil.

Thank you for telling me about this as I have this problem and I am a beginner with glasses.

Seeing as 75% of our presenters wear glasses this is going to be really useful! Thank you :)

An enjoyable and informative precise of the critical issues.

This was helpful, as always! Thanks for your videos! :D

I think your old hipster glasses look great on you! Thanks for the tips.

Great quick tip! Thanks!

Super great video -- I have seen this problem so much in videos.

Where's your colored sweatshirt?! the red one looks great with your white paper back. Hanes sells the whole rainbow on amazon, I think you should invest :) Love your videos, great work!

I am glad I saw this video. I tried to make a video with my reading glasses on and I ended up not using the footage because of the glare on the glasses. ...Thank you for this video

Thanks Caleb. Great workable solutions from a pro... that instantly upgraded my product.

4:35 Behold, Super Star Caleb!

Thanks for sharing. very helpful explanation. keep it up and God bless!

Excellent video! Thanks for posting this info

"Now I'll go to my older glasses, from my hipster days..." ...puts on identical pair of glasses... "Wow, look at how crazy these look!"

Great tip. Thanks

whatever i look for, you have it. thanks man !!!!!

Amazing tip! Thanks!

You do such a great job, feels like I'm back in film school.

once again great video, thanx. but i still would like to see some of your corporate video or any other work beside this youtube....

This is great info, man- thank you!

This is a very educational video. I liked it. The only problem was that you never showed the type of lights you used to achieve such a good result.

But.... I want to have the glare for that weird anime glasses thing.

I have lots of old glasses that I removed the lenses from and the problem is totally gone and it is totally unnoticeable in the photo or video. The subject just can't see, but for the shoot they don't have to.

Thanks! Just starting to work through how to deal with this in my videos :)

Brilliant, now I know how to avoid my daughters glasses glare when we record for our channel .... thank you

OMG thank you. Short, smart, to the point, great tips. You should teach people how to make instructional KZfaq videos that don't suck! :)

Good stuff dude! Great to meet you at NAB btw.

What light did you use for your Key source?

Excellent tips, thank you!

Really helpful video.

Wow! I just realized how I underestimate proper lighting, thanks!!!

I use a 3 light setup where I have 2 lights slightly off center on each side but very high and angled down to light my table and wines. I have a 3rd light that's typically just about eye-level (maybe a little above) but straight on. They're all NEEWER 176 LED lights with their stock diffuser (not the best, but better than nothing). All 3 lights are basically in a row. I sit at a very long table and can't really do lights to the side. I also recently changed out the bulbs in the small chandelier that's about 6-10" above the shot to the same LED temp for some softer lighting. I've been lucky that this setup actually works. Obviously the side lights and the chandelier almost never reflect as I never look directly at them. But even the straight on light that acts kind of like a ring light rarely ever directly shows in my glasses. If I angle my head up just right you'll catch it. What I've noticed is that almost dead on my pupils you'll see a small white light. Even in the age of Skype/Zoom when I sit in front of my dual screen setup (that also acts as a nice softbox if I use some blank work docs) as long as I look mostly straight on to the camera (I've used various cameras) just about eye level you don't see the computer screens. Of course look up high enough and they show up. My last couple pairs of glasses have had the anti-reflective coating and that definitely helped. I think that AR coating is almost as important as having a soft light source and good positioning. If nothing else, it's easier for the camera to see your eyes. Without it, there's still a general reflection that happens. Obviously you can't control someone else's glasses so light placement and softening them is very important.

Very handy, I wear big glasses so I definitely needed the tips. Thank you.

This helps so much! Thanks!