Use Red Eye Reduction Flash
Digital Photography Secret 13
by David Peterson
Most newer cameras have two flash modes. Standard and Red Eye
Reduction.
The Red Eye Reduction flash causes the camera to flash multiple times
before taking the shot to get the subject's eyes used to the bright light.
Use this whenever taking photographs of people looking directly at the
camera in low light.
Many people don't realise they needed to use the red-eye flash until
after they look at their photos after the event. So remember to use
red eye reduction whenever taking photos in the following situations :
People looking directly at the camera
Low Light
Using your flash.
It is also possible to remove Red Eye with software programs if you
don't have this feature on your camera. There are a few free programs
available to do this on the Internet. My Image Editing Secrets course
shows a video for how to do this on day 3.
Another option is to use Picasa. This is a free image manipulation program from Google that does a great job of removing red eye. To download for free, click on the image at right.
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