Redeye+Avoid+it

Redeye Avoid it

Nowadays it is easy enough to remove red‐eye in a digital image.

However, it makes sense to avoid it happening in the first place.

You can not do much about the position of the flashgun on most compact cameras but a lot of models nowadays have a red‐eye reduction mode.

This is usually a bright light or weak ‘pre‐flash’ before the main flash that reduces the size of the subject’s pupils.

If your camera hasn’t got this facility

Try asking the subject to look at a bright light, just before you take the picture.

Alternatively try covering the flashgun with a paper tissue or handkerchief, which has the effect of diffusing the flash.