Farishta 727

Glasses: Zenni 665918
[L=R: -8.00]

Farishta 725 - 726

Here's a bit of a novelty, showing the entirely different feel of plus (below) and minus glasses (above) on a young lady's face. I experimented with this effect in the photo shoot with identical twins Nathalie and Kimberley but this is the first time the same model shows the effect of fairly strong glasses for long sight and short sight in identical frames. See for yourself which version you prefer - it might have come out in a different manner with a longsighted model. Farishta has a minus six prescription and she is clearly more at ease with the minus glasses. The sweet little smile tells it all, even though the -8.00 lenses are too strong.
Last year, a young Irish model called Leah told me after the shoot that she would be getting her first pair of glasses within a week or so. Leah posed for me in both plus and minus glasses and after seeing the fruits of our work she wrote, "I hope I will get the plus glasses!". Her wish was fulfilled but of course, there is no way she could have changed things if her eye exam had come out different. My project is not just about frames, it's about the effect of lenses as well. Each prescription has its down sides but also its unique attractions and it's up to the lady in question to focus on the attractions and produce the best effect. Thank you so much, Farishta, for showing both attractions!

Farishta 724

Lovely Farishta showing the mighty power rings in the "party glasses" made by Zenni, Rx -8.00. The frame had long disappeared from their catalog but now it's back, in three slightly different colour settings.

Farishta 723

Farishta posing in what I always refer to as the "party glasses". She recognized them from a photo shoot in the summer of 2011 and I presumed that she posed in them on that occasion but my catalog does not confirm this.

Farishta 722

Glasses: Zenni 221218
[L=R: -8.00]

Farishta 721

During the first part of the photo shoot, Farishta used her contact lenses to reduce the blur created by the positive lenses. We agreed that she would do the second part of the photo shoot without contact lenses as this section was all about minus glasses. We took a long break after the first part (no no, it did not last a fortnight) and then it was time for the Zenni glasses. I clean forgot about the recently acquired pair with the +5 lenses but Farishta managed quite well to pose in them without her contacts, bridging a gap of over ten diopters. Hat off for Farishta!

Farishta 720

After Farishta kindly accepted my suggestion to pose in vintage + glasses from my collection, I ordered this Zenni pair fitted with +5.00 lenses to mark the transition to the second phase of her photo shoot.