Jauntyone
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Red eye is caused by the light from the flash gun reflecting back from the back of the eye. The red color comes from the blood vessels in the eyeball. To eliminate it you need to stop using the built in flash unit because it is located too close to the lens. Pros don't use on-camera flash. Or, if they do, the flash unit can be aimed so that the ythey can bounce the flash from a wall or ceiling. The idea is to get the light reflecting back from the camera to miss the lens. As an alternative you can shoot outdoors or, better, get a flash gun that isn't attached physically (only electrically) to the camera.
It is possible to remove the red eye with post photo digital processing. But that won't get rid of the deer-in-the-headlights look you get from on-camera flash. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the info and advice! I'll try to take photos in natural light. The problem is that often I snap a picture quickly in the morning before I go to work or at night when I get home; the sun hasn't come up yet or has gone down.