Thanks, mom, I'm blind

[nancielle]

{Chloe} Ok, my mom borrowed a friend's digital camera to take pictures at our local AIDS Walk this past weekend. Mom used to have really good skills with the "old fashioned" cameras that used something called "film". Well, she proved to be a total spazz with the digital one [Mom -it's true] and blinded me while taking practice shots. Fortunately she got a little better but sheesh! I wasn't just seeing stars...I think I saw the whole solar system!

Exhibit A:

[Biciclista]

??????? sorry we don't see anything ???

[nancielle]

??????? sorry we don't see anything ???

Hmmm, it's showing up on my screen.

Let's try this again
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Ok, it's showing up in my preview post. Hopefully it's showing up in the forum as well.

[Biciclista]

ah. funny. I had a kitten that i was fostering. He hated the flash. I never got a single photo of him with his eyes open!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

If you have the "anti red-eye" setting on, your digital camera will shoot out a very SHORT burst of flash right before the actual picture taking flash- that non-blinding pre-burst is designed to allow the subject's pupils to contract first, so that by the time the main flash comes on 1/4 second or so later, the subject's pupils have already contracted to some degree. This does two things- 1) it closes those pupils enough to avoid the huge green or red "red-eye" reflection from the back of the open retina, and 2) It is less blinding and uncomfortable to the "flash-ee".
Look to see if your digital camera has a red-eye feature you can just leave on all the time.

[snapdragen]

When Chloe see's the red-eye pre flash, she either turns away, or closes her eyes. Beast.

[nancielle]

If you have the "anti red-eye" setting on, your digital camera will shoot out a very SHORT burst of flash right before the actual picture taking flash- that non-blinding pre-burst is designed to allow the subject's pupils to contract first, so that by the time the main flash comes on 1/4 second or so later, the subject's pupils have already contracted to some degree. This does two things- 1) it closes those pupils enough to avoid the huge green or red "red-eye" reflection from the back of the open retina, and 2) It is less blinding and uncomfortable to the "flash-ee".
Look to see if your digital camera has a red-eye feature you can just leave on all the time.

Thanks for the info. The camera isn't mine and when my friend gave me the brief tutorial, neither of us considered "red eye" (which for Chloe is actually "yellow-eye" giving her a rather demonic look ). However, when the time comes that I can finally get my own digital camera I'll be looking for that feature.

I did manage to capture some video of grass and feet while you can hear me saying, "What does this button do?"

[nancielle]

When Chloe see's the red-eye pre flash, she either turns away, or closes her eyes.

Hmmm, I'm starting to wonder if it has anything to do with their names.

I've been practicing with the camera before I have to give it back. I've gotten better so now I'm only a semi-spazz. If Chloe see's the camera you can almost hear her thinking, "Criminey, not again."

[Becky]

If Chloe see's the camera you can almost hear her thinking, "Criminey, not again."

I have a cat that will dash out of the room any time he hears the lens motor I guess some animals just don't like to me photographed......