1. A method for identifying a pair of genuine red eye artifacts in a captured image, comprising the steps of: determining the presence of a face in the captured image; substantially encompassing the face within a shape; determining the presence of three or more candidate red eye artifacts within the shape; measuring the distance from an edge of the shape to each of the three or more candidate red eye artifacts; and identifying, as genuine red eye artifacts, two candidate red eye artifacts of the three or more candidate red eye artifacts that are within a predetermined vertical distance from the edge of the shape.