Look More Like Yourself in Photos With This iOS 26 Camera Feature

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Apple released iOS 26 on Sept. 15, and the update brought a Liquid Glass redesign, call screening and new ringtones for your iPhone. If you have a device from the iPhone 16 lineup, you’ll also get a new Photographic Style in your Camera app.

Photographic Styles are visual effects you can add to your camera before you take a photo. They’ve been around since the release of the iPhone 13 in 2021. Apple improved the feature in 2024 in the iPhone 16 so it could better understand shadows, skintones and other photo elements.

Apple introduced a Photographic Style called Bright at its «awe dropping» event on Sept. 9, showcased alongside the iPhone 17 lineup. Apple wrote online that the new style «brightens skin tones and applies a pop of vibrance across the image.» Bright will come to the iPhone 17 and iPhone 16 lineups, meaning it’s not locked behind a new iPhone.

Even if you know where the Photographic Styles are on your iPhone, iOS 26 revamps the Camera app, so they could be difficult to find. Here’s where to find these features, including Bright, in iOS 26.

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Where to find Photographic Styles in your iPhone’s Camera

Here’s where to find Bright and other Photographic Styles in iOS 26.

1. Open your Camera.
2. Tap the six dots in the top right corner of your screen.

3. Tap Styles.

A dot grid will appear near the bottom of your screen, and a bar near the top will display numerical measurements for Tone and Color.

You can swipe the camera view left and right to see the different Photographic Styles. If you swipe right, you’ll see styles like Vibrant and Luminous. If you swipe left, you’ll see styles like Amber and Gold — you’ll see Bright here as well if you have iOS 26 and a compatible iPhone.

Here’s the full list of iPhones that can access the Bright style in iOS 26.

For more on iOS 26, here’s my review of the OS, how to reduce the Liquid Glass effects in the update and how to enable call screening on your iPhone. You can also check out our iOS 26 cheat sheet.