Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Removing Red-eye

Red eye happens when the light from the built-in flash on your digital camera is reflected from the eyes of your subject and takes the red colour of the blood vessels. It is an unnerving effect and certainly spoils the mood of many photos. Fortunately there are a number of ways of dealing with the problem.

One way is turn on as many lights as possible if you are shooting indoors. Most camera flashes will adjust to the extra light by reducing the intensity of the flash. Also the extra light will make your subject’s eyes constrict which reduces the red-eye effect.

Another simple method is to pose your subject so they don’t directly look into the camera. Profile shots are often more interesting than straight shots anyway. Many cameras have a red-eye reduction mode where there is an additional quick flash before the main one. Some cameras also come with special features for detecting and fixing red-eye; for example the Nikon Coolpix S6 with its In-camera Red-eye Fix.

Perhaps the best way of removing red-eye is with your PC photo editor. Free programmes like Picasa 2 have easy-to-use tools which can remove red-eye in a snap.

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