Red eye Question - connected with red hair?

Question

My boyfriend always gets red eye in photos, even when others next to him don't. Would it have anything to do with his red hair? and he has pale/pink skin...

I'm curious, because I never get red eye, but he always looks like Satan. At one point he had it that many times I could have sworn that he'd tampered with them.

Answer 1

Fair skin and red hair go along with lighter color eyes, which are more prone to red eye than dark eyes for some reason, although any eye color can show the red-eye effect.

Red eye is caused by the proximity of the flash to the camera lens. That is why wedding photographers often have their flash mounted on brackets higher above the lens.

Answer 2

No, it is the angle of the camera. Where the light is hitting and the flash. Have you tried a camera with a red eye reduction? There are a few programs out there where you can actually take out the redness in peoples eyes in the photos.
Have a great day/night!!!
x K

Answer 3

It's not the hair color so much as the eye color. Blue eyes are much more prone to resulting in red-eye. I'll bet your red-headed boyfriend has blue eyes. I don't know the stats, but I think there is a higher incidence of blue eyes among redheads and blondes than brownheads and brunettes, so more redheads and blondes have red-eye in photos.

Answer 4

when i was younger i had verry fine blond hair and verry pale skin
i guess if he has pale skin it happens more it doesnt happent to me any more
but when taking a picture of him try and avoid taking them inside in the dark and tsake it off flash
outside in the day would be the perfect time to take a photo
if you do have one that has been taken inside that you like you can take it off on the computer or when taking a picture most camras have anti red eye on them now try it out good luck x