Personally, I dislike how my iPhone’s photos are over-sharpened, oversaturated, and missing shadows.

What are Photographic Styles?

Once snapped, the filter is baked into the resulting image.

Photographic Styles in iPhone 13 to iPhone 15 series.

There are five styles in total on these iPhonesStandard, Rich Contrast, Vibrant, Warm, and Cool.

That said, Apple designed the feature to be opt-in every time.

Once you select a style here, it’ll be active each time you open your camera.

Creating yourwn Photographic Style defaults on iPhone.

There are 15 styles to choose from, instead of the five.

It’s much more intuitive than fiddling with any complex photography configs.

These photos are now non-destructive (if you shoot in HEIF).

Creating a default Photographic Style in iPhone Settings app.

Open theSettingsapp, go toCameraand choosePhotographic Styles.

Then, tap theGet Startedbutton.

Apple will ask you to pick four of your recent favorite photos to preview the live edits and presets.

Once you find a preset that you like, tap onContinue.

The X Axis (left to right) is the color range, or the saturation.

This is the intensity of color in the photos.

Below this, you will find a slider that lets you tweak the strength and intensity of the filter.

From here, tapSave Tone and Color.

Now, the Photographic Style that you customized is the default option.

This will launch the Photographic Styles interface in the live camera view.

You’ll see a familiar setup if you’ve followed the wizard in the above section.

you’re able to swipe through the styles, and pick one you like.

Then, you could use the Touchpad to hone in on your look.

Again, go up and down to change the tone, and left to right to change the color.

Then, you could use the slider for the intensity.

Now, as long as you’re in the Camera app, the chosen parameters will apply.

If you want to make it the default style, follow the steps we outlined in the section above.