Take and edit photos with your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
Learn how to take detailed photos with the Camera on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Then make the moment look just right with the powerful editing tools built directly into your device.
Open your Camera app
The perfect moment can happen at any moment, so it's important to know how to access your Camera, and fast. There are a few ways to open your Camera app.
Capture the moment
Get the perfect picture with the advanced pixel technology in your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. All you have to do is find something beautiful, open the Camera app, and tap the Shutter button.
Unleash your creativity with great Camera features like Live Photos, camera filters, and Portrait mode on iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus.
Sometimes you want to take more than a regular photo. Swipe the screen left or right, or tap the camera mode labels to choose time-lapse, slo-mo, video, photo, square, or pano.
Capture the moment
You can find your entire collection in both the Photos app and the Camera app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- Open the Photos app and tap the Photos tab at the bottom of the screen. You'll see your photos and videos organized into Moments, Collections, and Years.
- You can also access your photos from the Albums tab. Tap All Photos, and your photos and videos appear in chronological order.
- In the Camera app, tap the icon of the last picture you took to see it in your Photo Library. On an iPhone 6s and later,1 you can get a quick preview when you Peek and Pop into the icon with 3D Touch.