No. I'm not being melodramatic here.

A couple I know were taking flash photographs of their kids, and they accidentally had the red-eye reduction mode turned off.

Of course, they got their kids with the glowing red eyes ... all except for the 4-month old baby. One of his eyes showed milky white. It only showed up in the photo and they were a bit worried so they got medical advice. It turned out to be retinoblastomy - cancer of the eye.

I've written more about it (with the original photos) on my blog:

http.//www.alscotts.blogspot

Check it out and be aware. It's very uncommon, but if you see the same thing you could save a child's life.

Alistair ScottOct 21, 2009 @ 20:08