Originally Posted By: andy
Another possibility occurred to me as to what could be causing that problem. It could be that the flash is being partly covered with a finger. I just managed to reproduce similar pictures by partially covering flash.

I think we have a winner! I just asked my wife to show me how she takes pictures on her phone. Her finger wasn't covering the flash, but it was getting a kind of close to the lens. Strangely, it wasn't close enough to get in the shot, but it might be close enough for the light from the flash to bounce off her finger.

Thanks for the help, folks! Chalk up another victory for the empeg board!
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Matt