Picture taking help please!!!

[luckies4me]

Hi everyone. I was wondering if some of you photo people can help me out. I guess this is more directed towards Kay but anyone can chime in!

I am trying to take photos of Freckles so that her eyes do not light up. Can anyone explain to me how you all do this? If I use the non flash the photos come out blurry, but when the flash is on (even with the red eye flash) her eyes come out lit up. PLEASE HELP! :D

[Kfamr]

Take pictures in direct sunlight or with a lot of lights on.

Does your camera have an action setting? If so, use that when taking a picture with no flash.
Also, try to brace yourself in some way so you don't shake around, or even use a tri-pod.

[slleipnir]

Yeah, the best place to take pictures is with natural light where you don't need a flash. Red eye reduction might help if you cam has it...seems to help on mine anyway

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by Kfamr
Take pictures in direct sunlight or with a lot of lights on.

Does your camera have an action setting? If so, use that when taking a picture with no flash.
Also, try to brace yourself in some way so you don't shake around, or even use a tri-pod.

Hrmm honestly I don't know if my camera has an action setting on it or not. :rolleyes: :p heh, you would think I would know. I have a Canon Powershot A300. I don't know where my book is either. Do you think I could find information about it online?

So should I just stay clear of the flash? I don't have a tri-pod. Do you know how much they cost roughly?

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by slleipnir
Yeah, the best place to take pictures is with natural light where you don't need a flash. Red eye reduction might help if you cam has it...seems to help on mine anyway

I do have red eye reduction but it doesn't seem to help any. Is there any way I can edit the pictures to make them look better?

[Freckles]

Tutorial (http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55919&highlight=tutorial) on Ghost eyes!

[Paul]

   You can download a copy of your manual from the Canon website at
http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/controller?act=DownloadDetailAct&fcategoryid=221&modelid=8775

   It is in the Acrobat format. If you don't have Acrobat you can download that for free too.

      Paul