Bianca 017

Powerful, striking posing by Bianca in 1980's varifocals

by Cazal. The same adjectives apply to the frame and the

synergy between model and glasses is no less than superb.

The lenses have -1.50 cylinders but the axis of the cylinders

differ with almost 90 degrees which makes all the difference

in the world. Each eye dismisses the intruding cylinder and both

eyes together fabricate an image close to plano glasses. Each

photo shoot benefits from experimenting during earlier shoots

and this is a fine example. Marleen was one of the best models

on my first weblog. She was willing to pose for me but she had

an impossible Rx with extremely strong cylinders (-4 and -3)

pointing in the same direction. Even in a collection of some 2000

glasses there were only three pairs that came fairly close to her

prescription so I had to think of a trick that allowed me to come

up with more glasses. The solution was simple: look for glasses

with three or four diopters difference (Sph) corresponding with

Marleen's Rx with and without cylinder. It worked surprisingly

well, with one notable exception that puzzles me till this day.

What happened to Bianca when she put up the Cazal varifocals

is a simple but effective variant of the remedy used during my first

photo shoot with Marleen in the late spring of 2010. Here Bianca

produces a wonderful natural look and only the change in the shape

of her eyes tells that significant cylinders are involved.