Capture motion with Live Photos and Burst

Choose the tool for the scene

These three features of the Camera app solve different problems and are saved in different ways.

• Live Photos: saves movement and sound around the shutter press.
• Burst: takes several photos in a row so you can choose the best instant.
• Timer: delays the shot to give you time to get in place or to avoid touching the phone during capture.

Take a Live Photo

1. Open Camera in Photo mode. Live Photo is on by default.
2. To check it, swipe up from Photo mode, tap Live and choose On.
3. Keep the framing steady for a moment before and after you tap the Shutter button.
4. Tap the thumbnail in the bottom-left corner, then touch and hold the screen to play the movement and sound.

Live Photos is not available when ProRAW or HEIF Max is turned on. Afterward you can adjust the shot by opening it in Photos.

• Change the main picture or shorten it: tap the Edit button, then the Live Photo button. Move the white frame and tap Make Key Photo, or drag either end of the frame viewer.
• Give it an effect: tap Live in the top-left corner and choose Loop, Bounce or Long Exposure. Choose Live to undo it.

Capture a Burst and choose the best instant

1. In Photo, drag the Shutter button to the left and hold it there.
2. Lift your finger to finish.
3. Tap the Burst thumbnail, then Burst, with the number of photos, in the top-left corner.
4. Tap the circle in the lower-right corner of each photo you want to save separately. Gray dots mark the suggested ones.
5. Tap the Done button and read calmly the choice between keeping all of them or only the selected ones.

A Burst can fill storage quickly, but do not delete the set until you have checked your selection. If you prefer a physical button, open Settings, tap Camera and turn on Use Volume Up for Burst: then press and hold the volume up button to take a Burst.

For children, pets or a brief expression, combine Burst with good light. Many blurred pictures do not equal one good one: try to anticipate the movement and keep a clear background.

Step into the photo with the timer

1. Rest the iPhone somewhere stable, never on a surface it could fall from.
2. Frame the shot and leave space to step into the scene.
3. Swipe up from the camera modes at the bottom of the screen.
4. Tap Timer and choose 3, 5 or 10 seconds.
5. Tap the Shutter button and get into the frame.
6. To stop using it, go back to Timer and tap the timer icon.