Overexposed photos after taking a picture

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Overexposed photos after taking a picture

I have an iPhone 13 Pro, since the 26.3.1(a) update and the "bug fix" update that followed my photos are changing after I capture them and become extremely overexposed. I've used this phone for years doing car photos (for work). I take my photos inside, soft light, I've tried dimming the lights, white balance off of the wall or the car. Nothing fixes the overexposure that is occurring after the capture, the photo looks fine until I take the picture. This was never an issue until that update. Anyone find a fix for this? Clearly they didn't consider it in the "bug fix". I cannot go in and edit every picture before upload that will decrease my productivity. This has me ready to switch away from iPhone after 15years.

iPhone 13 Pro

Posted on Mar 30, 2026 6:56 AM

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Richard.Taylor

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Mar 30, 2026 7:06 AM in response to cglass93

You may be getting the help of HDR. HDR takes multiple pictures and squishes them together to lighten up dark places. On iPhone 13 and later, this can't be turned off. However we can control how they are viewed.

Go to Settings>Apps>Photos and scroll down to "HDR: View Full HDR" and turn that off. See if that helps, and let us know…

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Mar 30, 2026 7:57 AM in response to cglass93

I don't see this on my 16, but I have heard of other similar instances. You refer to key Photos-- are you doing Live Photos or bursts? Live Photos makes a video which is lower resolution and without as much processing. What happens when you turn that off?

It's worth letting Apple know what you're seeing:

Feedback - Photos - Apple

You may also want to communicate with Apple:

Official Apple Support

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Mar 30, 2026 9:26 AM in response to cglass93

cglass93 wrote: …When I turn Live Photo off it gives me the same overexposed image but then I can't revert it back the way it should look

What do you get if you go into edit and "Revert?"

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cglass93 Author

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Mar 30, 2026 7:38 AM in response to Richard.Taylor

I have already shut that off and it doesn't seem to make a difference.

Its strange because it will look fine until I take the picture. In a live photo if I just slide to a different key photo it shows the way it was taken, not overexposed at all. But I can't do that to 300+ photos everyday before I can upload.

I've been doing this job with this phone for many years now and this issue popped up directly following that update.

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cglass93 Author

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Mar 30, 2026 8:38 AM in response to Richard.Taylor

Key photos in reference to the Live Photos. When I turn Live Photo off it gives me the same overexposed image but then I can't revert it back the way it should look as quickly without manually going to edit exposure, brightness, contrast etc.

Ok I will definitely let Apple know. I hope they come out with an actual fix, soon.

Thank you for the help and advice!

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