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Apr 20 2011
Photographing People in Glasses
By Jodi Friedman, MCP Photoshop Actions
(Photos used in this tutorial were edited with either the new MCP Fusion Actions or the FREE MCP Mini Fusion Photoshop action, that you can download here or here.)
My daughter Ellie, at age 9, just got her first pair of glasses. She was worried children would make fun of her at school, but after wearing them for a few days, she also realized something else… she could SEE!
There was no turning back at this point. She wears them every moment of every day, unless she is sleeping. The good news is that she can see the world clearly. The tough news for her photographer mom: it is way harder to photograph someone with glasses than without them…
And even though I had done tutorials on the MCP Blog on shooting and editing glass glare, I had no idea how challenging it might be when every photo and snapshot I wanted to take, had glasses as a challenge. My first real opportunity to practice on Ellie was during our recent family vacation to the Caribbean on a cruise. Fun sun, lots of reflections, lighting coming from every direction… or so it seemed.
Here are some things I learned from the experience and tips I have for all of you:
- Look for the light. Just as I do when looking for catchlights, I now need to look for glare on her glasses too. This is tricky but watch as the light and glare hits the glasses. Rotate the head slightly as needed.
– Tilts. I am 100% sure Ellie was tired of hearing me say tilt your head down or angle your head this way. Tilting the subject's head down slightly helped to get rid of glare in many situations.
Here is Ellie straight ahead, light glare on either side:
Then I had her angle her head as I watched the light – all better…
The only potential negative is that sometimes the eyes get cut off by the glasses. And the entire eye and lid is not showing through the glass. But this to me is still better than reflections in many cases.
– Consider photo-journalistic shots. If your subject is not looking directly at you, but instead you are just capturing an interaction, you tend to get less glare or it just becomes less important.
Here's a shot where my twins were look at each other:
– Embrace glare. The biggest goal is not to have bright spots of light covering the eyes, but if the light hits on other parts of the glasses, it is not always a bad thing. And even if it does, sometimes the photo still works. How could I possibly dispose of this image just because of the light? And if I asked Ellie to tilt her head, it would have ruined the essence.
– Remove the lenses. You will not see me doing this one. But… many photographers have the subject pop out the glass from the frames. This way you capture the subject how they look, but without glare. This makes it super easy for the photographer, but who wants to remove lenses from a frame? Not me. I'd ruin them…
– Angle the glasses. Another trick photographers often use, rather than having the subject tilt his/her head, is to actually angle the glasses. Instead of resting the back of the glasses on the ears, they are lifted above them, which tilts the glasses downward. I have seen this done well but often times, unless there is a lot of hair to cover up the sides, it can look awkward. I did not choose to do this with Ellie.
– Take your time. Explain to your subject, or customer, that glasses often reflect light and other objects, so you may need to pose them and move them in ways to avoid light from covering up part of their eyes or causing distractions. Take your time while shooting. It is way harder to get rid of glare and white spots on glasses in post processing and Photoshop.
– Take them off. I remember when I got glasses in college. Nobody looking at photos would know I had them. I took them off in every photo. But… with kids, and especially my own 9 year old, I want her to be proud. If I ask her to "take them off," even if it makes photographing her easier, it might send a message that she is not as pretty with them or that it makes for too much trouble. I would never want to damage her self-confidence in that way. So unless she prefers pluck them off, they stay! Also, if you are a professional, unless your customer does not want glasses on, it is not a great idea to suggest removal. To me, it suggests that you are not proficient. Before you start taking money for your photography, make sure you can shoot a subject with glasses if needed.
– Sunglasses. One of the easiest ways to shoot in the sun is when the subject has sunglasses on. This is a great way to handle outdoor snapshots, though it may not be a solution for professional photographers for portrait sessions. Unfortunately, Ellie did not have prescription sunglasses and wouldn't sacrifice vision for photos. So, even when I avoided glasses glare, I sometimes, got squinting since it was so bright. When we got home from our vacation, I ordered her a pair of prescription sunglasses.
– Aim for a more artistic look. Sometimes I would use the glasses to almost tell a story. I would have her look down the way and shoot from above.
– Shoot two and swap in Photoshop. Here is a tutorial on swapping eyes from one image into another, showing you how to take a photo with glasses, then a second without. Then merge parts of each to get a photo with non-glare glasses.
– More editing tricks. While there is no Photoshop action to get rid of glasses glare, there are some things you can do in Photoshop to help.
* Try the burn tool set to a low flow to darken the haze caused by glasses
* Use a Photoshop action like the MCP Eye Doctor to sharpen, lighten or darken parts of the eyes, just where it is needed. Sometimes you will find only one eye needs darkening or sharpening since the light affects one lens more than the other.
* Use the clone tool, patch tool and healing tool, as needed for removal of small bits of flare at a time. These tools can be tricky and time consuming, but also effective.
* On rare occasions, you may have one eye that is fine and one with bad glare. You can duplicate the good eye and sometimes replace the bad one, with good layer masking and transforming.
* If you are not strong in Photoshop, you can always hire a professional retoucher who can make almost any problem go away, for a price.
Jodi Friedman is the woman behind the popular and time saving MCP Photoshop actions. She also offers live online Photoshop training classes for professional and hobbyist photographers.
107 Comments and 9 Replies
Kirsten is Comfortably Domestic On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:01 am
I am SO glad to read this post! One of my sons has glasses, and whenever I photograph him, his glasses have a glare, and I can't see his beautiful brown eyes. I may be photographing him all afternoon, trying your tips. Thank you.
Kelly On Wednesday, April 20 at 3:42 pm
My husband also wears glasses. I try a lot of the tilting tricks. Also, not using flash. I have thought about trying a circular diffuser if it's an outside shot, but haven't gone there yet. Sounds like a good next project though…
Beth B On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:02 am
This is wonderful, and so timely!! I took my 8 yr old out for some photos a couple weeks ago and had my first experience with trying to work around the glare. Much more difficult than I realized. And in some picutres I did ask her to take them off.
I'm going to take all 3 of my kids out for some spring pictures today, so this is perfect timing! I'll be trying some of these tricks with her today.
Alice G Patterson On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:04 am
I've been photographing forever and a day, and I think this is a great post. I appreciate Jodi's ability to dissect this kind of issue. Anytime we can be encouraged to just give a little thought to a potential problem, before we are smack dab in the middle of a session, is so beneficial. Thanks for sharing!
Alicia W. On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:08 am
Great tutorial! I can't wait to try some of these techniques when I take portraits of my husband…and his glasses.
Amanda On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:09 am
There is another disadvantage to popping the lenses out or having the subject take the glasses off that many photographers may not consider. My eyesight is so bad, that without my glasses, I often can't see the photographer. Not having the photographer to focus on often leaves me looking stoned or glazed in photos without my glasses, as I stare off generally into the distance — not exactly the look you're going for in most portrait sessions.
mickdess On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:12 am
Please send this to every school photographer in the world. My son wears glasses and we are in constant school picture retakes because of giant umbrella reflections as eyeballs.
WebSavvyMom On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:15 am
–>I've never thought about the glare of glasses before when shooting. But I do see it a lot with folks wearing sunglasses. We live at the beach, we're all in sunglasses here.
Adriana On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:23 am
Great tutorial! Your daughter is gorgeous! I love the photo of her looking down in black and white. Her glasses really make that photo fantastic.
Janet On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:26 am
I got my first pair of glasses in first grade, and I remember feeling just like your daughter: I could SEE!! I was never so careful with anything as I was with my glasses. I'm 55 years old now and it's still a wonder to me that a little thing like a piece of curved glass in front of my eyes makes such a big difference. Good for Ellie for embracing her new look, which, by the way, is totally cute!
rikki On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:26 am
Great tutorial. I have a 5 year old who has worn glasses since she was 1. Another thing to consider is that if I was to have her take the glasses off to shoot the photo, her eyes would go crossed.
I second what mickdess said. School pictures are pointless for me to order as she ALWAYS looks funny.
Melinda On Wednesday, April 20 at 1:44 pm
I totally agree with you! My 8 year old has had glasses since she was 3, they NEVER come off and when they do her eyes cross right away.
Hurt my heart so bad one day when she was getting pictures taken and the photographer took her glasses off and then kept yelling at her to "LOOK OVER HERE!!" and there she is sitting there looking totally confused, since she has no control over it whatsoever.
Professionally, if you don't know anything about the child, I would never take their glasses off.
Lexi On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:27 am
This will be uesful……
Alan @ it's not work it's gardening On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:28 am
Great tips! Thanks!
Natalie V2 On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:31 am
Thank you… I like how you've approached this, embracing the reality, and making the most of it. Your pictures are lovely, and sincere… very nice!
Vanessa MacLeod On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:36 am
Another tip – is when you're getting your new glasses, ask for an "Anti-reflex coating" to be added to your lenses. A lot of folks don't know about this option – but it makes a HUGE difference to how people see you with your glasses on. In other words – sometimes the lenses appear so totally transparent/clear that the glasses look as though they're just the frame.
Gail On Wednesday, April 20 at 10:23 am
as an optician, that's one of my selling points for Anti-Reflective Coating!
Kristina On Wednesday, April 20 at 10:51 am
I was about to suggest the same thing – my sisters and parents and I all have glasses with this coating, and none of our photos have ever had the glare problem. It costs a bit more but is absolutely worth it.
Chris On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:49 am
A photographer suggested this to me about ten years ago and every pair of glasses I've owned since then have had the coating. It really DOES make a world of difference!
Rachel (rach3975) On Thursday, April 21 at 8:56 pm
Great tips, thanks! I love your attitude toward your daughter keeping her glasses on in photos.
I have the anti-reflective coating on my glasses, but I didn't realize until now that it's why I don't get much glare in photos. My 5 year old will be getting them in a year or two, and I'll make sure to get it for him and try any of these tips he'll stay still long enough for!
Libby On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:38 am
How about using a polarising filter to cut down reflections?
Mandi On Wednesday, April 20 at 1:35 pm
That is what I was thinking.
Heather On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:46 am
Thank you for posting this! I have struggled with this issue. Now I can try some new things!
Jaime On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:48 am
Thanks so much for the tips! I'm about to shoot a wedding, and I learned the hard way while shooting the couple's engagement photos that the groom's glasses had a horrible glare. There will be a lot of head tilting going on at the wedding!
Danielle Thorne On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:56 am
He DOES look like Matt Damon! That's crazy! lol
We just got back from a RC cruise, too. You had the bigger ship though!
Love your blog.
TiffH On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:59 am
I remember having to move my glasses to an angle where they wouldn't glare it was uncomfortable and weird. I always thought why are you making me look funny in my photo, this is going in the year book! but really the only thing making me look funny was the Giant "who's the boss" glasses I wore in the 80's, lol. I also thought the tilt the head was akward but much better than the move the glasses off your ears strategy. And pop out the lens!!! thats just crazy. They are never the same once you do that and then they pop out very easily, like when you don't want them too!
Leesha On Wednesday, April 20 at 10:07 am
SO excited to see this post! I had such problems with glasses while taking some photos of extended family last fall. I had never really dealt glasses before and I had no idea how to get rid of the glare. I ended up just having them take their glasses off, which really takes away part of who they are and I didn't like it. Thank you for the great tips! Now I need to find someone WITH glasses that will let me practice on them.
nancypants On Wednesday, April 20 at 10:20 am
Great tips! I will be able to use some of these very soon!
MEL On Wednesday, April 20 at 10:31 am
I hadn't put much thought into eye-glass glare, however, I like to cut back the glare with my polarizing filter. I never leave home with out it. It still takes time to adjust the filter to take out the glare, but it SAVES TIME in post processing! Thanks for the great tips! I'm going to use these.
LisaE On Wednesday, April 20 at 10:34 am
Thank you! Both of my children wear glasses and I've learned to look for the reflections and have them tilt their heads. But this gives me a few more suggestions.
Beth in Illinois On Wednesday, April 20 at 10:44 am
I can so relate to your daughter when you said the amazing thing is now she can see! I put off wearing glasses for a long time. Finally I went to the movies with a friend and I wispered over to her and said " does the commercials on the screen look fuzzy to her too" She laughed and said Beth I think it's time for you to getsome glasses! World of difference love movies even more.
Mama M. On Wednesday, April 20 at 10:46 am
Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!! I have a 9 year old (same name!!) that also has glasses…she wears them to correct an "over focusing" issue that causes her eye(s) to turn in, so removing the lenses just creates a different problem! I also feel like asking her to take them off gives a negative vibe toward the glasses, and since she'll likely need them for life, I don't want to do that!
Thanks for the tips!
KittyHere On Wednesday, April 20 at 10:48 am
As someone who has worn glasses since she was about 2 yrs old, and is now 51 years old I can say my favorite photo of myself was done in a local photo studio by an older gentleman who had an arrangement with a local optical shop. They popped the lenses out of my frames & the photo was shot like a has a normal person, no tilting the head and getting my awful double chin (yes even an 17). Well 4 years later I went back for a college graduation photo, fully expecting the same process. The older man's son had taken over the business. My high prescription lenses magnify my eyes and the point of view of the younger photographer was I should look the way people see me in real life – to pop out my lenses would be artificial looking. The photo was nice, and as an older woman I am thrilled seeing my 21 year old self — she looked pretty darn good. Yet it does not replace for me the kindness of the father letting me not have to adjust myself because of the glasses.
Your daughters eyes are beautiful. And being able to see is wonderful. May she love all her photos with or without her glasses.
Elizabeth On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:03 am
Great tips! Thanks! I wonder if this is why I always tilt my head in photos.
Lauri On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:04 am
Great tutorial, thank you so much!
BackCountryBelle On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:05 am
Thanks for the great information Jodi, I appreciate all of the tutorials which I use A LOT!
Ruth On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:12 am
Great tips there!
Urban Wife On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:14 am
Great tips! As a glasses wearer myself (and my hubbie, too), these will definitely come in handy in my shooting. I have always been the type of gal to take my glasses off for pictures and even for our wedding, I didn't wear my glasses! Luckily, my vision isn't too horrible but if I tried pulling not wearing glasses now, I would be out of luck. (thanks for staring at a comp screen A LOT!)
brokenresolutions On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:16 am
Thanks for the tutorial! I can't wait to get off work and try some of the tips out. I recently had pink eye in the family and so we are all wearing glasses for a couple more days… so, I can now look at the positive side of pink eye and use it as a learning session and snap some photos!!
BTW, can I borrow you to come to my house and give me free photoshop tutorials? That would be great, thanks. I need all the help I can get. I'm in over my head. I love actions, because it is so easy, but I don't want to rely on them alone and need to know the basics!
Amber B On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:16 am
Thank you so much. My kids started wearing glasses very young (15 months and 8 months). They're glasses are part of who they are, so we always take photos in them. When my oldest had his school pictures taken this year they removed his glasses and I was furious. I really appreciate the tips. Now I'm wondering how hard it would be to remove the lenses and how noticable it would be (they're glasses are very thick and magnify their eyes).
Mindy On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:26 am
thanks for the detailed insight, very helpful! even in situations without glasses
lady brett On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:27 am
all good tips and cool ideas, but i think the best by far is "embrace the glare." the fact is, i don't look like myself without my glasses on, and glare is part of what i look like with glasses on. they're also so strong they make my eyes look kind of little, but i don't want to change that for photos either – i want to look like me!
JoAnn On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:27 am
Thank you so much for these tips. My 14yo son just got glasses and wears them all the time. Thankfully he has the transition lens, so I don't have to worry about squinting in the sun. thank you again for all the tips.
Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:35 am
This Ozark Farm Chick always pops in with a big old spoon when I see your givin' photo advice so I can gobble up all the info I can while I'm here. Thanks…glasses and glare can sure ruin a great photo. Thanks….as always ya never disappoint!!!!
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Necole On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:35 am
Thanks, this was very helpful. Especially since I wear glasses. I have a problem though, when people take my picture, my glasses always look tinted. Is there a way to fix this?
Victoria On Wednesday, April 20 at 12:13 pm
Great post! I love the B&W shot of her looking down – well all the shots are wonderful actually. Beautiful girl!
caroleena On Wednesday, April 20 at 12:53 pm
Thank you for a wonderful post. I'm working up to photo shop; I'm still at photo spaz. Your thoughtful consideration for your beautiful daughter is so sweet~ and she is so lovely.
Charrie On Wednesday, April 20 at 12:56 pm
Great tips, thanks for sharing! I did a family photo shoot last year where the father had the glasses that turn into sunglasses when he goes outside. Needless to say, it was quite difficult to take outdoor shots where all our shooting was done. I ended up taking one picture with his glasses on and another with them off so that way I could swap his eyes out in photoshop later. It was alot of work but turned out really well.
Melissa On Wednesday, April 20 at 1:15 pm
Thank you SO MUCH for featuring this topic! Lots of great advice! But I have to agree that the best advice is to just embrace the glare. My 4.5-yr old son has worn glasses since he was 2.5, and trying to tell him where to look would absolutely ruin any moment I tried to capture. Sometimes I get lucky and the glare is minimal, and sometimes I don't. I love all my pictures of him anyway.
One thing I would mention is that removing the lenses or the glasses off a child will not help *IF* the child is wearing them to correct an eye-crossing problem. This is why my son wears glasses, and without them, his left eye starts drifting toward his nose. He will outgrow this condition by the time he's 8 or 9, but until then he has to wear the glasses all the time. Besides, he looks really cute in them.
And yes, anti-reflective coatings do work really well–for adults. Based on the wear and tear on my son's lenses–which we have to replace annually–any anti-reflective coating would be a VERY expensive waste of money until he gets old enough to stop playing sports/falling down outside (which might be… never! ha). So once again, we just embrace the glare!
Thanks again for sharing!!
Al On Wednesday, April 20 at 1:58 pm
I just bought sunglasses at Walgreens that are designed to fit over prescription glasses. $20–much cheaper than prescription sunglasses! Amazon and some opticians also carry them.
Leigh Ann On Wednesday, April 20 at 2:08 pm
This is so helpful! We've recently made friends with a very sweet family whose twin daughters both wear glasses. They were over for a party this weekend, and I was so disappointed in many of my shots of the girls because of the glare on their glasses. This post is so timely! I'll look forward to testing this new knowledge on them very soon :o) Thanks so much!
allison in houstong On Wednesday, April 20 at 2:18 pm
Just a question/observation. I've worn glasses since I was 9, which means 40 years. Did you have your daughter clean her glasses for every photo? They look immaculate, and I can guarantee you mine do not without warning. And yet, the photos are better because the glasses look so clean–for folks taking a lot of photos of people in glasses, that might be something to check.
Stephanie On Wednesday, April 20 at 2:24 pm
Great tips! My daughter has been in glasses since she was 1, and now more than five years later I can confidently take pictures of her without the glare ruining the shot. Last summer she got bifocals, and so I had to learn all over again how to get nice pictures of her.
The tricky part of her glasses is that she has the kind that darken automatically in the sun. So if we're outside I never get to see her eyes. It helps if I dodge the photo in PS.
Cass On Wednesday, April 20 at 2:28 pm
Non glare coatings will most definetly help reduce glare on the lenses. I work for an optometrist and we are a practice that sells approximately 85% non glare. It works!!! Visit http://www.crizalusa.com/Crizal-Benefits/Pages/default.aspx for more information.
Carmen Henesy, Carmen's Chronicles On Wednesday, April 20 at 2:36 pm
What an excellent tutorial and the pictures of your daughter are such wonderful examples. She is so lovely!
Laura Dunning On Wednesday, April 20 at 2:44 pm
thanks for the info. As a person that wears glasses I understand. Instead of actual sunglasses you could try Transition lenses. I have them and love them, that way she does not have to keep track of two different pairs of glasses. They just get dark when you go outside and are normal inside.
Colleen P. On Wednesday, April 20 at 3:11 pm
You can also get anti-reflective lenses, though I wouldn't with someone that just started wearing glasses. Yes, they're expensive, but they do offer benefits other than just being able to take better pictures-children prone to headaches get fewer of them, and if they're in a classroom with a lot of windows they won't have to deal with the glare from sunlight coming in. When my son was in public school, I switched to AR lenses and it made a HUGE difference in his attention abilities-once he quit fidgeting with his glasses trying to reduce the glare, he got down to business!
Mary S On Wednesday, April 20 at 4:06 pm
You always have these very practical , useful suggestions…written in plain English. I have learned a lot from you. Thank you for offering it!
Betty-Ann On Wednesday, April 20 at 4:10 pm
Hey…my son is 9 and just got his first pair of glasses 2 weeks ago! He wasn't anxious or anything…thrilled was more like it! I was crushed that he's stuck with my lousy eye genes instead of his dad's, but his completely positive reaction to the glasses has softened the blow for me! Thanks for the tips…great post!
Bec On Wednesday, April 20 at 4:42 pm
Thanks for the tips, and for capturing your gorgeous model so professionally! Hey Ellie – I'm way older than you, but I've been wearing glasses a long time too. Isn't it great to see clearly?! You look fantastic.
Laura Mae On Wednesday, April 20 at 4:56 pm
Great tutorial. I will share an old trick that used to work for me….spray the lens with hairspray and that will eliminate soft glare completely and will often "soften" harsher glare.
mia On Wednesday, April 20 at 5:59 pm
you may want to think about the transitions lenses. I have them for both of my kids' glasses and they make life so much easier. Only 1 pair of glasses to keep track of (per kid) and they are always there. They a bit more pricey than regualr lenses but honestly cheaper than 2 pairs of Rx glasses.
Tina (Paisley and Lace) On Wednesday, April 20 at 6:05 pm
Just want to say thanks thanks! Your posts are incredibly helpful and beeeaaauuutiful!
Lisa | Being An American Mom On Wednesday, April 20 at 7:03 pm
Thank you for this post! My husband wears glasses so I need the tips you have shared here. I'll be trying these when we take photos on Easter!
Kerry (newlywedcooks) On Wednesday, April 20 at 7:16 pm
Ugh, wearing glasses has made me the one person in EVERY photograph to look downright horrible.
I loved reading this and will take some new ideas away with me for future pictures.
Or march right down to my eye doctor and demand contacts.
Lisa14895 On Wednesday, April 20 at 7:36 pm
Wonderful tips! I will pay much more attention to glasses glare from now on and will share this posting with my amateur photographer friends!!
Karen On Wednesday, April 20 at 8:24 pm
And if they're wearing transition lenses, like my two sons, take the photos rather quickly – either morning or evening.
Lissa On Wednesday, April 20 at 8:48 pm
Great blog, but I am struggling what to do with the lenses in glasses that darken with light, sometimes with flashes and strong indoor lights. People like to keep their glasses on, because it's not normal for them to take them off, so what do I do with senior photos of people, weddings, family portraits. Please someone help me!! Thank you!
Karen Cupcake On Thursday, April 21 at 8:15 am
Lissa, its a little weird but I take a picture of that person in the pose (usually its a grown up) with them on, then I have them take the glasses off, and I shoot it again, THEN I move over digitally the eyes of that person from the one I took with the glasses off. It works perfectly! though its a bit of work . I also ONLY DO IT on the ONES they order prints from .. this does not work in a journalistic setting clearly……..but usually this is happening to me when I am doing a huge family photo Inside (the flashes make it "transition" too… ) or outside… and its usually some uncle or father, that is grown up enough to do the smile right in two photos so I can do the artwork easily!
Carol Norwood On Wednesday, April 20 at 8:54 pm
This has been very helpful to me! I have an almost 7-year old granddaughter, Ella and she wears glasses. Like you, I would never as her to take them off. Although I get good pictures of her all of the time, your tips about slanting her head will help in the future.
Your children are beautiful and you got great shots of your vacation. Tell Ellie she looks absolutely beautiful with her glasses! Carol
Tara Kieninger On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:13 pm
I remember reading on your Facebook wall when your daughter got her glasses. Crazily enough my daughter got glasses that same week. We went in for a hard blinking problem and came out with glasses, not even suspecting there was a problem with her vision. Anyway, your article is very timely and I can't wait to put your tips to good use. BTW, your daughter looks gorgeous in her specs!
Tori On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:22 pm
Thank you! I've been asking for a tutorial on portraits with glasses for a long time. Usually it seemed like getting the light in the subject's eyes just meant gettng reflections in the glasses! Great tips here. As a glasses wearer, I'd be hesitant to spray glasses with hairspray, because it can be difficult to remove. Especially if the lenses have coatings you don't want to scratch or rub too much.
I'd love to hear from more photographers if a polarizing filter really does work to eliminate reflections.
Erin On Wednesday, April 20 at 9:47 pm
Thank you so much for posting this! My husband wears glasses and almost everyone else in his family does, too. These tips will be so helpful in keeping the glare out of future photos!
Silvia On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:10 pm
Thanks for the great photography tips. I will use them. I don't think I have one single decent photo of my dad when he's wearing glasses.
Your daughter is so darling.
Donna B. On Wednesday, April 20 at 11:32 pm
We are going to take some photos this weekend. We homeschool, so these will be the official "school" photos for her this year. She's 11, and has had glasses about 8 months. We got the non-glare coating on them, so I'm wondering if those still produce a glare in photos? We have not taken many photos of her with glasses, but I haven't noticed any glare.
Diana On Thursday, April 21 at 5:20 am
All I could think about in this post was how beautiful your daughters are.
Amelia On Thursday, April 21 at 7:30 am
PLEASE do not have the person get just frames to take pictures. Way back in the 80's I was told to do this for my senior pictures. The optometrist was nice enough to let me borrow a pair of frames for my photo shoot. It wasn't a fun session- I could not see anything I was constantly tripping and could not see where the photographer was telling me to look. Also looking back on my pictures, my eyes are not in focus, One is looking directly at the camera and the other is drifting.
Amy On Thursday, April 21 at 8:58 am
Great tips! I'm going to use them when photographing my son.
Shells On Thursday, April 21 at 10:30 am
This post was very helpful and I will definitely be using it. Do you have any advice on a large group photo with many wearing glasses?
Homeschool on the Croft On Thursday, April 21 at 11:51 am
All our 'menfolk' have glasses – 2 sons and a hubby – so this is great advice. Thanks
Debbie On Thursday, April 21 at 3:05 pm
Thank you so much for posting this! Such wonderful, useful information! Bookmarking for later! :0)
Granola Girl On Thursday, April 21 at 3:32 pm
My senior high school pictures had me in glasses. In one shot they had me take them off and hold them in my hand…for some reason my mother just loved this. In another one they had me pull the glasses way low on my nose and look over them all sassy. My mom thought it was just FABULOUS.
Casey Ward On Thursday, April 21 at 4:50 pm
Just a hint for Mom… The next set of glasses you have to get for Ellie, look into Crizal lenses. They are a photographers dream come true…. They are anti-reflective and are AWESOME!! I had a pair many years ago and have a photo of me and my best friend both in glasses at the same angel and mine look like they have no lenses and hers are glaring real bad. Anyway just thought I'd share, and yes the tilt is VERY important if they are regular lenses!
bridget {bake at 350} On Thursday, April 21 at 5:12 pm
SUCH a helpful post! I have a son & hubby with glasses….thank you!
David On Thursday, April 21 at 8:47 pm
I've worn glasses (no contacts) since 3rd grade, so I've always been sensitive to this. Thanks for a great piece — some tricks I new, but happy to learn a few new ones!
jennifer crouch On Thursday, April 21 at 9:43 pm
I really found this post helpful. My daughter now has transition glasses. I find difficult to shoot sometimes as the minute we go outside they turn dark like sunglasses. All of my shots of her you never really get to see her eyes. I recently told her to start taking off her glasses for some pictures so I can see her eyes!!
Sarah Garrison On Thursday, April 21 at 9:44 pm
Thanks for this! My 2 1/2 year old daughter has worn glasses since she was 7 mos old. She can see, so we don't take them off either! She's adorable in them, but we did have a really hard time taking professional photos. The girl was keen on how hard it would be to get good ones, and had her tilt the head down. Many of the photos were not very good because her eyes were full of glare, or not fully visible. I also didn't like how she photoshopped them after the fact…maybe she wasn't very good at editing? They looked fake. We paid a lot of money to get 1-2 nice ones, and a few pretty good ones. I feel the exact same way about taking them off, and don't want to send the wrong message. Even though Grandma wants them OFF in all the pictures. Can't please the mother in law, just yourself in these cases! Good tips though!
Sherri On Thursday, April 21 at 10:49 pm
thank you for this. My 2 year old daughter wears glasses, and photos have been a challenge. Any suggestions for outdoor photos when the subject wears transition lenses?
jennifer crouch On Monday, April 25 at 5:03 pm
I waas wondering the same thing. I posted about that a few before you. I will sometimes have my daughter take off her glasses so I can really see her eyes. I would be open to what others do.
Mrs. R On Friday, April 22 at 1:21 am
Wait, is that a little girl with a little Louis Vuitton bag? Too cute!
diane b On Friday, April 22 at 2:46 am
Great shots and tips especially as we both wear glasses. The trouble with ours is that they go dark in the sun. So we always have sunglasses on in the light. Its a bother.
Calli On Friday, April 22 at 10:39 am
I too have 9 year old twin girls! One of my twins also has glasses and the other doesn't…
Thank you! Thank you for such an informative post. I struggle with shooting pictures of Lily that capture the beautiful sparkle she has in her eyes and her personality. In real life her glasses don't get in the way for me. I love that she can see well with them. We've even had fun buying cute glasses that she loves. But it's so much easier for me to photograph her sister Emma and really capture her. It's very frustrating. Your tips are SO appreciated.
Dusti On Friday, April 22 at 10:51 am
Thanks so much! My oldest daughter has been wearing glasses for a year now (got them right before kindergarten) and sometimes I feel like I miss so much of her personality behind the glare of her glasses. She has such beautiful, soulful eyes and I don't want to miss them, but I don't want her to take off her glasses because it's really part of who she is now too! I really appreciate this tutorial! God Bless!
Laurel Robertson Butler On Friday, April 22 at 11:12 am
Thanks for all your hard work and articles. Soooo helpful.
Karin Griffin On Friday, April 22 at 11:27 am
Thanks Jodi! This is a very important aspect of photography and great useful suggestions! Thanks for sharing!
Michelle Kersey On Friday, April 22 at 11:47 am
I have glasses and my mom and sister do too. Whenever we get pictures taken, my mom is always telling me and my sister to take our glasses off. I hate it, I'm not ashamed that I wear glasses and it does hurt self-confidence to be told to take them off.
I haven't encountered a client with glasses on, but I love the tips and will have them in my back pocket when I get a client that's wearing glasses.
Waiting for Bulgaria On Friday, April 22 at 1:26 pm
I always take off my glasses for pictures, but I'm almost 30 so I know that it is not a reflection of who I am. But I also teach school, and when I'm photographing my students or other kids in my family I never ever ask them to take off their glasses. I think it will send the message that you look better without glasses, and that is the last thing I want them to think. Kids are very sensitive about glasses. Thanks for saying that you don't ask people to remove their glasses.
Heather On Friday, April 22 at 3:13 pm
Wonderful tips! Thanks for sharing
texasphotochick On Friday, April 22 at 6:34 pm
Has anyone mentioned a circular polarizer? If you know you're going to be shooting a lot of someone in glasses, it can come in handy. It works by blocking the reflected light rays (glasses, windows, water, sky). It's a great tool to have in your bag of tricks. And you can get them for many point and shoots too.
Julie Daniels On Saturday, April 23 at 10:17 am
She is beautiful! Such confidence in her eyes! I have to show these photos to my 7 year old daughter who hardly ever wears her glasses. Thanks for a great tutorial.
Marie M.C. On Saturday, April 23 at 1:00 pm
What a great post! Love your daughter's glass frames, very stylish. I started wearing glasses when I was six. I was dumbfounded. I could see! A miracle. I was so young it never occurred to me that the world was anything but fuzzy. My mother figured out there could be something wrong with my eyes when my first grade teacher called to tell her I couldn't see the black-board unless I was standing a foot from it. I never took my glasses off — unless my mother was taking photos. If you looked at my childhood photo book there is only one picture of me in glasses. My second grade school picture. Mother wasn't there to tell the photographer to take my glasses off. From then on she insisted I take off my glasses — no matter who was behind the camera. It never affected my sense of worth, I just thought it was silly. I'd look at my pictures and felt I wasn't "me" without my ever present glasses.
I love the idea of glare-free glasses. I wonder if they help in glare reduction for the one wearing the glasses? I'm pretty sure my eye doctor gave me lenses with some kind of glare-reduction — for me. Also, it is VERY important of children (and all of us) to to wear good quality dark glasses. Not just for prescription lenses. Not just for fashion or to prevent wrinkles in our fifties. My eye doctor told me so! I assume he knows what he's talking about and not just trying to sell them! Is there an eye-doctor out there to explain? I think it might help prevent early cataracts or something, but not sure? FYI: I don't own a dark-glasses company.
April On Saturday, April 23 at 1:56 pm
I didn't read through the comments, so I am not sure if this was mentioned or not. I work with optometrists, and we recommend anti-glare lenses to our patients. These help reduce the glare in photos and help those wearing them to see clearer.
Stefanie On Saturday, April 23 at 5:05 pm
Thank you!! My little boy just got glasses at age 6 months. I have a life time of taking pictures of glasses!! I love your tricks, I have been looking for advice with glasses!! Thank you!!
Christina On Saturday, April 23 at 9:37 pm
Great tips! My daughter is 10 and in the same situation…I feel the same as you about asking her to remove her glasses, and only do it every so often, and I am always thinking,"I hope that doesn't send her a wrong message." The glasses kids have today are so cute, though…mine were awful! Your pictures are wonderful, and your daughter is adorable.
Patti On Saturday, April 23 at 11:05 pm
She looks cute and nice. You are a good mom. We are so lucky.
Jeannie On Sunday, April 24 at 2:32 pm
Your daughters are beautiful, photos exceptional and advice excellent. I wore glasses from the age of 7 and I love the look of small children with specs; makes them look extra-bright and "cared for" IYKWIM.
Rhonda On Monday, April 25 at 7:11 am
I love checking out your Photography wisdom…I get so much good advice …like the glasses wow…this really helps me out! Keep it coming …this girl is photography wisdom hungry!
Jessica On Tuesday, April 26 at 12:50 pm
Thanks for the tips!
By the way, where you on the Allure of the Seas back in the beginning of March? I was on the ship with my husband to Nassau, St. Thomas and St. Maarten, and your kids look extremely familiar to me…it's a little weird and caught me by surprise!
Jennifer On Wednesday, April 27 at 9:55 am
Thanks for your thoughts, especially on not asking people to take off their glasses when taking their picture. My 8 year old daughter is just like yours, new glasses, loves them, wears them all of the time because she loves to see! I had been asking her to take her glasses off for her pictures, but after reading your suggestions, I have stopped and probably have saved myself some money for future self esteem therapy. It's her new look and part of her life. I will embrace it! Thanks!!


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Well, Mr. Secretary, it's a great privilege that I have as the chief of mission here to welcome you to the largest United States mission globally right now, Embassy Kabul.
You have been a tireless advocate over your tenure as the secretary of Defense to increase the expeditionary capabilities of our civilian forces overseas. Just over the last two years, Mission Kabul has grown from a little over 200 civilians to now well over 1,100, on our way to a growth of 1,400.
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With great pride on behalf of a terrific team of Afghans and Americans who comprise Embassy Kabul, Mission Afghanistan, let me introduce the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America, the Honorable Robert Gates. (Applause, cheers.)
SEC. GATES: Well, good morning.
And thank you, Ambassador Eikenberry -- Karl -- for having me here today. This getting close together, I just have two warnings for you: avoid PowerPoint, avoid acronyms. (Laughter.) Don't get too close. (Laughter.)
I know that President Obama was very sorry he couldn't make it here to Kabul and visit here at the embassy and meet the embassy staff, and I'm not much of a consolation prize. But I am grateful for this opportunity to see all of you in person and thank each and every one of you for your service, especially during the holiday season.
This embassy has accomplished extraordinary things over the past two years. You've more than tripled the number of U.S. civilians in country while dramatically expanding your operations. As we say over at Defense, you've built the plane while flying it.
Many of you never expected that your vocations would lead you to this place and this kind of mission, and yet you've stepped forward in our nation's and this nation's hour of need. Your work is the linchpin of the president's strategy. We must implement the president's pledge that the U.S. is committed to a long-term, enduring partnership that will help the Afghan people build the peaceful, prosperous, strong and independent country they want.
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Our military was designed to defeat other armies, navies and air forces; not advise, train and equip them. Likewise, our civilian agencies were designed primarily to manage relations between states from the capital, rather than to get out in the field and help at the ground level. But today we face a global security environment where, unlike the Cold War, the most likely and lethal threats -- an American city poisoned or reduced to rubble -- will likely emanate from a fractured of failing state rather than an aggressor state.
The work you and our men and women in uniform are doing together now will not only be the key to succeeding in this conflict, but, I believe, critical to helping our agencies learn how best to collaborate to protect the country we love in the future.
A personal hero of mine, George Marshall -- who was unique in history -- in our history as the only person to have served as both secretary of Defense and secretary of State, and mastermind of the great partner capacity-building operation, the Marshall Plan -- had a key understanding of how the different organs of American power can and should work together.
He said something, which I think has great significance for your work here. He said, "Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos," and that ultimately "military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars." No one has ever said it better or more succinctly.
Thank you. (Applause.)
Now, like I tell our young soldiers, I'd be happy to take a few questions. I'm making no promises about whether I'll know the answer. (Laughter.)
Anybody? Don't be shy. Yeah.
Q: Is it on?
Mr. Secretary, I don't have a question, but I just want to say thank you very much for your support for more resources for the State Department. There aren't many voices in Washington making that appeal, and the people in the State Department really appreciate your support. Thank you. (Applause.)
SEC. GATES: Well, as I've told -- as I've told both Condi Rice and Secretary Clinton, in a way, I see this as payback. There's a little-known story about the second secretary of Defense, whose name was Lawrence -- Louis Johnson. And the rumor has it that Louis Johnson was just as crazy as the first secretary of Defense, James Forrestal.
And the U.S. Defense budget had dropped from $99 billion in 1945 to $10 billion in 1947. And Louis Johnson wanted to run for president in 1952, and he wanted to run on a platform of cutting military spending. So he wanted to take it down to six (billion dollars) or $7 billion. And it was the then-Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, working behind Louis Johnson's back, ensured that the State Department supported sustaining the Defense budget. So, like I say, 60 years later, it's just payback time. (Laughter.)
Another question? Yes.
Q: Sir, my name is -- (name inaudible) -- working for the Political Section.
My question is, in the light of the withdrawal of U.S. forces or -- and other coalition from Afghanistan in 2011 beginning in July, how would you define victory here? Like, the Afghans, they do not have that much confidence on their own forces so far. Thank you.
SEC. GATES: Well, first of all, their armed forces, the Afghan armed forces, have not only increased in number in the last year, but really have increased in quality.
I'll give you one example. Those qualifying on marksmanship, believe it or not, a year or so ago was like 35 percent. It's now over 90 percent. And so both the numbers and the quality are increasing.
The other thing -- as we have said until we're blue in the face -- we aren't all leaving in July 2011. And I think one of the most significant things about the Lisbon summit was its embrace of President Karzai's goal of a turnover of lead security responsibility across the country to the Afghans in 2014. So this is going to be a gradual process between July -- actually perhaps spring of 2011 in terms of transition, but also in terms of whatever drawdowns there are beginning in July of 2011 through 2014.
So everything isn't -- I got a question from an Afghan at the press conference last night who implied that we weren't going to transfer or transition anything until the end of 2014, and then everything would be transferred. Everybody needs to see both the drawdowns and the transition of security responsibility as a process that will begin in the spring and the summer of 2011, but continue from then on. And it'll be a gradual, conditions-based process.
Yes, ma'am.
Q: Sir, every generation takes lessons from the wars that it fought. Clearly, the Vietnam generation took lessons from that war. What lessons would you hope that our generation takes from this conflict?
SEC. GATES: Well, I think that the lesson that we -- from the standpoint of the Department of Defense, I think the lesson we have taken from both Iraq and Afghanistan is the need for a whole-of-government effort; that it isn't just -- that the kinds of conflicts that we're in and most likely to be engaged in in the years to come are going to be those where both a civilian and a military component are required.
And I think that just as over the past 10 years or so CIA and the military have made huge strides in learning how to work together again for the first time since Vietnam, in some ways I think that's true of the civilians and the military as well. And I think it's a lesson -- just like I'm trying to make sure the Army doesn't forget what it's learned in the last 10 years in terms of counterinsurgency, it's important that neither the civilians nor the military unlearn the importance of this collaborative way of doing business.
One more? Yes, sir.
Q: Sir, if I can follow up on that, two years before I came here, I was working with OSD Partnership Strategy in stability operations. And, as you know, we were trying to figure out, in places where you don't have the broad appropriation and authorization that we have here in Afghanistan to work together and other places of the world where we'd like to be a lot more preventative so we don't have to have this much effort, but getting the legal authorities right so that we can work together in other places of the world -- I know this has been an ongoing issue. I know you had proposed pooled funding as an idea. But just -- has there been any progress with the Congress in terms of changing authorizations that allow our various departments of the government to work more effectively, so that perhaps we don't find ourselves in a massive effort like we find ourselves here?
SEC. GATES: Not a lot. It's both an authorities issue and a funding issue. And we do have some authorities -- 1206, 1207 -- that have enabled us to work together and in essence have dual key operations. But the hardest thing for us to sell to legislators is what we in the military call phase zero operations: getting into a place that's got problems, and addressing those problems, building the capacity of that government, both civilian and military, so it can deal with those problems, so that we don't subsequently have to send in our troops and 1,100 people in an embassy to try and fix the problem with them.
It is, frankly, a characteristic of democracies that preventive action when action would be relatively cheap and relatively painless is pretty rare. We seem to have to wait until we've got a crisis on our hands before we can do anything. But my hope is that particularly if State and Defense are in lockstep and go onto the Hill together working on these issues, we can gradually get support for the kind of operations that, compared with what we have done in Iraq and what we have done here in Afghanistan, are trivially cheap by comparison to a U.S. military operation.
So getting people on the Hill and the American people to understand that these phase zero operations, these preventive partnership-building programs, are truly worth their weight in gold. And we'll just have to keep working at it. There are clearly some people up there on the Hill that understand this. And I think if we can -- if we can partner with them in trying to get the rest of them to understand, that maybe we can make some headway.
You know, when I gave the Landon Lecture at Kansas State, it was a little bit like the man-bites-dog story; nobody could remember a Defense secretary defending the State Department's budget before. And maybe if we have more man-bites-dog stories, then we can get some peoples' attention.
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An eastbound Ethanol train is seen blasting under the NYS route 30 bridge and is seconds away from passing under the photographer and his two year old son and "New Railfan Companion" who is now ta... (more)
As I mentioned a few months ago with a NS OCS shot that I uploaded of this location. This scene looks a lot different today than it did in June of 2011. New signals have been placed in front of th... (more)
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NREX #4211 is seen running light up to CPF #503 in the pouring rain while the photographer is trying to shield himself under a tree and take an image at the same time. What we do for a picture.
What a gorgeous site to see rolling south down the A&S compared to the Filthy CP and NS power one can find on any day.
Time was running short for Soo Painted Six Packs in 2010. God only knows how many are left now. Any Idea?
NE-1 is seen passing "The Home Front Cafe" a popular meeting place for folks from off the Hill and from the Village as trolls through the crossing at Main Street with a cut of loaded racks in tow.... (more)
Commonly referred to by dispatchers as the "Train From Hell". The Tech Train is seen heading south, Leaving in its wake endless work and headaches for the MOW, T/E and Dispatchers on the A&S.
939 thunders south past a waiting NREX #4211.
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On my way home to plow my driveway I again caught the boys at Route 7 Bridge in my town of Duanesburg. I previously shot them at Atlamont. Who new a year later the racks would be gone. The GE trai... (more)
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The new edition of Rotman's graduate algebra text comes from a different publisher at a slightly lower price. See Marion Cohen's review of the first edition, with which I concur: this is an excellent book containing much more than what is likely to be covered in a standard graduate course. It certainly fulfills the author's vision of a book that contains "many of the standard theorems and definitions that users of Algebra need to know." (The "many" in that sentence is characteristic of the author's careful writing.)
Rotman has completely rewritten the book for the new edition. Some of the changes are:
The best features of the first edition are retained, including Rotman's humane and elegant approach to mathematical exposition: things are explained in both words and symbols, there are historical (and even autobiographical) remarks, and the etymology of some unusual terms is explored. Most importantly, the author often takes the time to put on paper the kind of "here's how to think about it" advice that mathematicians often share with each other only orally.
In the introduction, Rotman says that "each generation should survey Algebra to make it serve the present time." His Advanced Modern Algebra admirably fulfills that goal.
Fernando Q. Gouvêa is Carter Professor of Mathematics at Colby College and the editor of MAA Reviews.


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Pre-Show Review for NAMM SHOW Events at MALONE'S BAR & GRILLPosted by Bruce Forrest in Music News, tags: Anaheim Ca, Blackout, Challenge 1, Concussion, Death Alley, Electric Sun, Hard Rock Heavy Metal, Heretic, Metal Bands, Metal God, Michael Schenker, Multitudes, Namm Convention, Pre Show, Rock Heavy Metal, Rockers, Scorpions, Studio 1, Uli Jon Roth, Van Halen
It's the week of the annual NAMM Convention in Anaheim, CA. Many of you readers may be lucky enough to attend, while the rest of us, well, not so much. But, that aside, Malone's Bar & Grill and House of Metal have a couple of shows that all of us are welcome to, provided you are lucky enough to nab tickets, that is.
Underrated metallers Heretic will be steamrolling in on Friday night. Originally formed in the L.A. area in '85, the band reunited (albeit only 2 original members) after a long breakup, releasing last year's Time of Crisis. Six other concussion-inducing metal bands will be on the bill, including the awesome Death Alley Motor Cult, the winners of last year's House of Metal God's Challenge 1.
The following night, Saturday, Malone's will continue the hard-and-heavy process. That's the night the amazing Uli Jon Roth will be there.
For some reason, the ex-Scorpions guitarist has flown under the radar, never really receiving the credit, he has earned. You can scour over the multitudes of Top Guitarist lists from any hard-rock/heavy metal website, or guitar-related magazine, and Roth seems to always be missing, at least in the U.S. But, he doesn't need to justify his talents, by being categorized on a list. His Hendrix-meets-classical-meets-experimental style of playing just doesn't fit into the safe (read: "commercial") territory where Clapton, Van Halen, and Page reside. Roth replaced Michael Schenker in The Scorpions in 1973 when he moved onto U.F.O. The 4 studio/1 live outing Roth recorded in the early years of The Scorpions was closer to Roth's style of playing, in that they displayed a hint of things to come, and, of course, prior to the German rockers later commercial releases (Lovedrive, Blackout, etc). Roth went on, and explored his talents, recording 3 albums with Electric Sun, and 5-solo and classical-music releases. Some of his material was near brilliant, though some flirted with self-indulgent pretentiousness. Regardless, Roth always showed there was a lot of exploration in his blood, by displaying his mind-boggling guitar techniques that truly need to be heard live to be believed.
It's the 40th anniversary of Roth's joining of The Scorpions so he will be arranging his set list, based upon a random draw, each night of this tour, of 30 old-school Scorpion songs. Therefore, each show will vary, so who knows what will actually be performed. Bonus: the show will be recorded for an upcoming live release.
All due respect to Malone's, but it isn't exactly a large arena, so what better way to see this amazing guitarist, than in such a small venue, up-close-and-personal? I expect this show to be packed to the rafters.
The ass-kicking Stonebreed are on the bill, in addition to Brand New Machine (from Texas), featuring ex-Bang Tango/Beautiful Creatures/Faster Pussycat guitarist Michael Thomas. Cry Wolf, DevilSeed and At Last round out the bill.


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For a long time, St. Louis barbecue has been synonymous with St. Louis-style ribs. The problem is that St. Louis-style ribs don't involve a meat-cookin' genre; they're a butcher's cut. If you're in search of a style of barbecue distinct to our city — in the way that dry rub belongs to Memphis or beef brisket is the specialty of Texas — you aren't going to find one. We're a barbecue mutt. In our variation, however, lies our strength: Where there is no hard-and-fast tradition, the only expectation is good barbecue. And over the past few years, our pitmasters have met those expectations and then some. Barbecue legend Mike Mills opened a location of his 17th Street Bar & Grill in O'Fallon, Illinois. The Memphis-style barbecue at Pappy's Smokehouse was an instant smash, drawing long lines of locals and tourists who had gone out of their way to visit. Pappy's pitmaster Skip Steele then opened Bogart's Smokehouse, serving unique creations ranging from prime rib to pastrami. There is good barbecue all the way out in Chesterfield at PM BBQ and in an unassuming stretch of the Grove in Forest Park Southeast at Flavors BBQ Sports Bar & Grill. If you want to know what St. Louis barbecue is, circa 2011, well, you'll just have to try them all.