Best camera settings for Holi 2025: With the vibrant festival of Holi this week, it’s no surprise that many people will be eager to use their smartphones to capture their fun moments. And rightly so, as this festival brings forth an abundance of colors and joy that deserves to be preserved in time.
Among the popular smartphone choices, iPhones are known for their reliable camera systems that deliver high-quality shots consistently—the colour rendition, stunning portrait mode, and consistent results across all three lenses make for pleasing photos and videos.
We have been capturing the colours and vibrant moments of Holi 2025 for many years and over here we help you with some useful tips from professional photographers to get the best from your iPhone’s camera this year.
The 48 MP Fusion camera on the iPhone 16 Pro is ideal for capturing moments instantly with zero shutter lag, so you don’t miss fast-moving action. Bobby Roy suggests you try the Portrait Mode, which blurs the background and helps you keep the focus on colourful faces for more striking Holi portraits.
Holi 2025 is the festival of colours but it can get really chaotic which means clicking photos can be a task. But these moments are still worth capturing and what better way than to make use of the Slo-mo feature. That’s what Siddhartha Joshi mentions, “the 4K 120 fps slo-mo video is a game-changer, letting you slow down the action to reveal every tiny detail in stunning clarity."
“You can even film the balloons bursting mid-air or colours colliding, then slow it down for a dramatic effect. Instant slo-mo edits," he adds, and we agree.
And yes, any talk about capturing Holi 2025 is half-empty without referring to the use of the action mode which lets you shoot stable and clear footage of people enjoying the food, the flavours and the colours. “Just open the camera, tap the running icon to enable Action Mode, and start shooting," as simply put by Shakti Shekhawat.
There are a lot more tools available with your favourite gear, and having them with an IP68 (IP69) rating means you don’t have to worry about water splashes damaging your device.
