P: Allow Masking Tool to Auto-select when moving from image to image

In previous versions when I would move from one photo to the next the mask tool would stay set up in the same way. I need to brighten areas of lots of photos one after the other using the brush tool. In the previous version this was easy but now when I move from one photo to the next now the brush tool doesn't stay selected and needs setting up again to increase the highlights.

This will cost me a lot of time!!

HELP!!!