Every time I want to take a picture of something at night my iPhone automatically adjusts the lighting after taking the picture, causing it to look really bad. I just want to be able to use my camera to photograph pretty things, but it’s no fun when they turn out wrong. I’ve looked up ways to stop this but I haven’t yet found a real solution. I’m on an iPhone Xr.
iPhone XR, iOS 16
Hi jelt0e,
It sounds like you may be experiencing the HDR camera settings. Have you tried disabling or adjusting them? If not, this would be a good option to try and see if you find it helpful. You can read full details about this feature in Adjust HDR camera settings on iPhone - Apple Support
"Turn off automatic HDR
By default, iPhone automatically uses HDR when it’s most effective. On some iPhone models, you can manually control HDR instead.
> Camera, then turn off Smart HDR. Then from the camera screen, tap HDR to turn it off or on.Best regards.
Hi jelt0e,
It sounds like you may be experiencing the HDR camera settings. Have you tried disabling or adjusting them? If not, this would be a good option to try and see if you find it helpful. You can read full details about this feature in Adjust HDR camera settings on iPhone - Apple Support
"Turn off automatic HDR
By default, iPhone automatically uses HDR when it’s most effective. On some iPhone models, you can manually control HDR instead.
> Camera, then turn off Smart HDR. Then from the camera screen, tap HDR to turn it off or on.Best regards.
Hello jelt0e,
Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Here are a few settings you can adjust prior to. taking the shot:
"Adjust the camera’s focus and exposure
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:
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 you see AE/AF Lock; tap the screen to unlock settings.
On iPhone 11 and later, you can precisely set and lock the exposure for upcoming shots. Tap 
, tap 
, then move the slider to adjust the exposure. The exposure locks until the next time you open Camera. To save the exposure control so it’s not reset when you open Camera, go to Settings > Camera > Preserve Settings, then turn on Exposure Adjustment.
Turn the flash on or off
Your iPhone camera is set to automatically use the flash when needed. To manually control the flash before you take a photo, do the following:
to turn the automatic flash on or off. Tap , then tap below the frame to choose Auto, On, or Off., then choose Auto, On, or Off."Additional details and steps can be found here: Use iPhone camera tools to set up your shot
If the issue persists, can you provide a few more details? Does this happen every time you take a photo? Also, when did you first notice this?
Cheers!
Thanks for your reply! However I think you misunderstood my issue. My phone automatically adjusts photos after I have taken them. I have no control over this and it can’t be undone in the photo editing screen.
Auto adjusted photo’s
