Take photos with the camera on iPhone

Photo is the standard mode that you see when you open Camera. Use Photo mode to take still photos. Swipe left or right to choose a different mode, such as Video, Pano, Time-lapse, Slo-mo, and Portrait.

1. Tap on the Home screen or swipe left from the Lock screen to open Camera in Photo mode.

2. Tap the Shutter button or press either volume button to take the shot.

To turn the flash on or off, tap , then choose Auto, On, or Off. On iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, tap to turn the flash on or off. Tap , then tap below the frame to choose Auto, On, or Flash Off.

To set a timer, frame your shot and stabilize your iPhone. On iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, tap , then tap . On all other models, tap at the top of the screen.

• On all models, open Camera and pinch the screen to zoom in or out.

• On iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone 7 Plus, toggle between 1x or 2x to zoom in. To zoom in beyond 2x, touch and hold the zoom control, then drag the slider to the left.

• On iPhone 11, toggle between 1x or 0.5x to zoom out. To zoom in beyond 2x, touch and hold the zoom control, then drag the slider to the left.

• On iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max, tap 2 to zoom in and .5 to zoom out. To zoom in beyond 2x, touch and hold the zoom control, then drag the slider to the left.

Before you take a photo, the iPhone camera automatically sets the focus and exposure, and face detection balances the exposure across many faces. If you want to manually adjust the focus and exposure, do the following:

1. Tap the screen to show the automatic focus area and exposure setting.

2. Tap where you want to move the focus area.

3. Next to the focus area, drag up or down to adjust the exposure.

   To lock your manual focus and exposure settings for upcoming shots, touch and hold the focus area until it pulses; tap the screen to return to automatic settings.

On supported models, use Night mode to capture more detail and brighten your shots in low-light situations.

1. Camera automatically turns on Night mode in very low-light situations. You can also tap to turn on Night mode when it appears in other low-light situations.

   A slider appears below the frame and displays the Auto recommended time (in seconds). To apply more time, drag the slider to Max.

2. Tap the Shutter button, then hold the camera still while the timer counts down to zero.

A Live Photo captures what happens just before and after you take your photo, including the audio.

1. Choose Photo mode.

2. Tap to turn Live Photos on or off.

3. Tap the Shutter button to take the shot.

You can edit Live Photos in Photos. In your albums, Live Photos are marked with “Live” in the corner.

Use the front-facing camera to take a selfie in Photo mode or Portrait mode (iPhone X and later).

1. On iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, tap to switch to the front-facing camera. On other models, tap .

2. Hold your iPhone in front of you.

   On iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, you can tap the arrows inside the frame to increase the field of view and capture more inside the frame.

3. Tap the Shutter button or press either volume button to take the shot.

Use Pano mode to capture landscapes or other shots that won’t fit on your camera screen.

1. Choose Pano mode, then tap the Shutter button.

2. Pan slowly in the direction of the arrow, keeping it on the center line.

3. To finish, tap the Shutter button again.

Tap the arrow to pan in the opposite direction. To pan vertically, rotate iPhone to landscape orientation. You can reverse the direction of a vertical pan, too.

1. Choose Photo or Portrait mode, then tap . On iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, tap , then tap .

2. Below the viewer, swipe the filters left or right to preview them; tap one to choose it.

You can remove or change a photo’s filter in Photos.

Burst mode takes multiple high-speed photos so that you have a range of photos to choose from. You can take Burst photos with the rear and front-facing cameras.

1. On iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, swipe the Shutter button to the left to take rapid fire photos. On all other models, touch and hold the Shutter button.

   The counter shows how many shots you took.

2. Lift your finger to stop.

3. To select the photos you want to keep, tap the Burst thumbnail, then tap Select.

   Gray dots below the thumbnails mark the suggested photos to keep.

4. Tap the circle in the lower-right corner of each photo you want to save as an individual photo, then tap Done.

To delete the entire Burst, tap the thumbnail, then tap .