Have you ever tried taking a photo on your iPhone, only to find that all of your favorite settings have been changed since the last time you opened the Camera app? The moment you set the right camera mode, zoom in, add a filter, turn on the flash, and turn off live photos, the moment is over and you missed your shot.

If you don’t want to change your settings when you should be taking the photo of your life, here’s how to set camera defaults on iPhone.

Keep settings

If you have a preferred camera mode, lighting setting, or want to permanently delete live photos, go to Settings> Camera> Keep settings, and activate Camera mode to make the last used mode the new default mode.

Activate Creative controls (called Filters and lighting on iPhone X and older models) to do the same for the filters, aspect ratio, lighting, or depth settings you last used. Activate Exposure adjustment (unique to iPhone 11 and later) to preserve exposure settings that you might want to keep.

Don’t like live photos? Deactivate Live photo to make sure the setting never turns back on after you turn it off in the Camera app.

Set new default values

With your options set, it’s time to switch to your Camera app and set your camera preferences. Using the buttons at the top of the screen and, if you have an iPhone 11 or higher, the icons hidden in additional settings behind the down arrow, you can turn the flash on or off, turn Live Photos on or off, adjust a timer, add filters and zoom in or out.

For those with an iPhone 11 or higher, you can also manage night mode, change the aspect ratio, and change the exposure. If you want to set Portrait as the default mode, you can also set default lighting and change the depth of field.

This time, when you close the Camera app, your preferred settings will be saved and you won’t need to reset them.

Change video resolution settings

To change more, open Settings> Camera and open Record a video Where Record in slow motion to change the default video resolution settings. Set the video to record 720p at 30 fps, 1080p at 30 or 60 fps, or 4K at 24, 30, or 60 fps. Slow motion videos can be set to 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps.

On the Camera Settings screen, turn on Gate to add a grid to the camera viewfinder, which can help improve the composition of your photos. Other options include HDR, View out of frame, Scene detection, and Lens correction, if your phone has those options.