From 6ed8d21c1a44648bbc7e6f00bfea60da231fc31b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NguyenND <ngodanguyen@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:39:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] 06/11 Fix exported PDF photo orientation

---
 app/utils/pdf_export.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/utils/pdf_export.py b/app/utils/pdf_export.py
index 01e09c2..e0624cc 100644
--- a/app/utils/pdf_export.py
+++ b/app/utils/pdf_export.py
@@ -121,8 +121,12 @@ def _compress_image(src_path: str) -> io.BytesIO | None:
     if not _PIL_AVAILABLE:
         return None
     try:
+        from PIL import ImageOps
         img = PILImage.open(src_path)
 
+        # Apply EXIF orientation tag so rotated phone photos appear upright.
+        img = ImageOps.exif_transpose(img)
+
         # Strip transparency — JPEG does not support alpha channels.
         # Convert palette / RGBA / LA → RGB before saving.
         if img.mode in ('RGBA', 'LA', 'P'):