A portable digital image acquisition device comprising: a lens (302a,b); a digital imaging capturing apparatus (300a,b); a source of light (301a,b) for providing illumination during image capture; a processor for performing the following operations: acquiring a digital image at a time; detecting a value indicative of ambient light at the time; storing image acquisition data describing an acquisition condition including said ambient light value at the time of image acquisition; determining an eye gaze angle in the digital image relative to the lens axis; determining a course of action based, at least in part, on the image acquisition data and the eye gaze angle determining a second value indicative of a distance between an image capture apparatus and a subject; determining a third value indicative of a lens focal length; storing the value, the second value and the third value, the processor of the portable digital image acquisition device being further suitable for associating the values with the image; using the value, the second value, and the third value to determine an in-image pupil size; and wherein said course of action comprises identifying flash-eye defects in the image based at least in part on the in-image pupil size. a lens (302a,b); a digital imaging capturing apparatus (300a,b); a source of light (301a,b) for providing illumination during image capture; a processor for performing the following operations: acquiring a digital image at a time; detecting a value indicative of ambient light at the time; storing image acquisition data describing an acquisition condition including said ambient light value at the time of image acquisition; determining an eye gaze angle in the digital image relative to the lens axis; determining a course of action based, at least in part, on the image acquisition data and the eye gaze angle determining a second value indicative of a distance between an image capture apparatus and a subject; determining a third value indicative of a lens focal length; storing the value, the second value and the third value, the processor of the portable digital image acquisition device being further suitable for associating the values with the image; using the value, the second value, and the third value to determine an in-image pupil size; and wherein said course of action comprises identifying flash-eye defects in the image based at least in part on the in-image pupil size. acquiring a digital image at a time; detecting a value indicative of ambient light at the time; storing image acquisition data describing an acquisition condition including said ambient light value at the time of image acquisition; determining an eye gaze angle in the digital image relative to the lens axis; determining a course of action based, at least in part, on the image acquisition data and the eye gaze angle determining a second value indicative of a distance between an image capture apparatus and a subject; determining a third value indicative of a lens focal length; storing the value, the second value and the third value, the processor of the portable digital image acquisition device being further suitable for associating the values with the image; using the value, the second value, and the third value to determine an in-image pupil size; and wherein said course of action comprises identifying flash-eye defects in the image based at least in part on the in-image pupil size.