How to eliminate Red-Eye

Red-eye is the curse of the amateur photographer. You think you’ve taken the perfect photo, everything fell into place at the right time, you had the camera, you caught the moment. You think this is going to be an excellent photo, one worthy of printing on canvas in fact.

Then, when you see the final snap it’s not quite the photo your were hoping for. The old problem of Red-eye has surfaced once again as your subject is inflicted with a nasty red tint on their eyeballs.

But it is avoidable, you can take photos and avoid getting Red-eye altogether.

Red-eye is caused when the flash from your camera reflects in your subjects eye and is bounced back into the camera lens, causing the distinctive red glow. It can easily be avoided however, as the light is actually bounced back in an almost straight line. All you need to therefore is angle that line. For example, if you take the photo from a different level to your subjects eyes, such as from below or above, the light will not bounce back in the same way.

You can also have the person look at the camera, but not directly at the lens. This will mean the light will not bounce back into the lens, thus avoiding red eye.

An even easier method is, if you have a detachable flash on your camera; simply hold it above or to the side of the camera when you take the photos. This will completely break the light bounce line, meaning no red eye.

Then you’ll have a photo Worthing of a canvas print.