Turn off Auto-Enhance / edit on iPhone

I HAVE A SOLUTION! If you take all photos live, once Apple auto-changes your lighting… you can then edit the photo & choose to edit the “live” portion of the photo, swipe to change the main frame- & either change the main frame- which it won’t auto-adjust (but it will be blurry once u save it) OR just screenshot the frame you want (in its natural color without being blurry). Second option is best effective & I’ve been doing it for a year now.

This isn’t an issue with the photo nor does it have to do with Live Photos. There is an option under Settings > Photos called “View Full HDR” which disables this feature. With it enabled, iOS enhances the picture on the fly.

I so agree!!! they can do it if they want to if the want to uphold their name. To me with all these complaints that the consumers DON'T like they need to fix it! Because photos is a BIG part of a phone now a days!! And Galaxy is wining by far trust me!

Same issue of course with 13 pro Max. Issue is so bad that I consider switching to Samsung or Pixel. Looks like Samsung going forward and Apple backward in camera processing. The only temporary solution I found is burst or live photo (with change default frame) - but this is absolutely not acceptable because that way you get rid of over sharpening and over HDRing : but you also LOST DETAILS.

Makes rich, colorful, soft-but detailed photos of my artwork into bright, dull, sharpened crap. I tried all suggested fixes and nothing works. I hate the iphone 13 cameras with a passion. Way too much post-editing. Apple, make it stop! Steve Jobs would not approve.

I actually switched to RAW and edit it in Snapseed. It makes me crazy spend so much time making acceptable picture. I even tried to use other then apple camera app (moment) but it is way slow in focus.

No. I just got new update - same crap. Don't think this is update issue. It is deeper in hardware. You can "solve" it using second part camera apps, but.. It will be slow and not as flexible as original photo apps by Apple.

I am sure Apple knows this issue 😂. But they prefer to keep silence since no solution (that photo processing partly hardware based). I lost my trust in Apple. End of story. Sad I liked my apple watch ultra

Please fix this Apple - it’s utterly terrible and very frustrating. To the point that we are using my partners older iPhone for pictures. This has ruined so many images.

I have seen comparison pics with a Pixel and it’s leagues ahead. Shame Apple can’t let us control our images, or at least have the option. It’s our content!

Photos taken with the new iPhone 14 pro are a complete failure, I look terrible in every selfie. Grey skin, emphasized wrinkles and dark spots. None of the options worked for me! Photos are edited by this stupid upgrade anyway!

savon123lynn wrote:

I don’t agree. The whole reason people don’t like the photo is because it looks harsh and sharp. Doing it with burst takes that harshness away.

So, you've made the point that I agree with that this is all a matter of personal preference.

Hope you find the answer you’re looking for.

I wasn't looking for one. But thanks.

Terrible absolutely brutal. You pay all this money for these phones and they have that in here that you cannot control it. Every photo is a pain in the ***. Thank you Apple. I’ll definitely not be buying a new phone at least not from you people

I’ve learned that you can screen record while in the camera app and by doing so you’ll catch that second of a glimpse of the original version of the photo. With that, you can go into the screen recording and screen shot the original version of the picture. A bit tedious and a lot of extra steps but it does get you that original version of the photo!

I have an iphone 11 ( I’ve stopped getting new ones because they are just too expensive and frankly I don’t need all those features. I just get refurbished ones on ebay). Even this phone enhances photos. I was trying to capture a really cool moonlight scene and the stupid thing kept enhancing small bits of light coming from other places, thus ruining the photo. I just want the photo to look like what I see.

Thanks for voicing this because I’m EXHAUSTED. I just spent over a thousand dollars on the iPhone 15 pro max and it’s unbelievable to me that this is the camera that it comes with. Every time I take a photo it looks awful. I came here seeking help just to find that there are countless people with the same issue and Apple - a company that supposedly prides in creating customer centered products - has done nothing about it. I’m beyond disappointed.