Use Red Eye Reduction Flash
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. The Free Photo Editing site does free red eye removal. Note they do require payment for other photo editing work. Picasa is a free image manipulation program that does a great job of removing red eye.