If your iPhone is taking pictures that are short little video clips, that means your iPhone is taking Live Photos with its camera because the feature is enabled.

Why is My iPhone Taking Video Pictures? How do I disable the Live Photo Camera Recording? Keep in mind that turning the Live Photo feature on or off again won’t have any impact on existing Live Photo images, whether in your photo library or used on the lock screen of your iPhone.

This is quite useful, and in direct contrast to the HDR toggle, which turns itself off constantly regardless of how many times you turn it back on again. Similarly, if Live Photos is turned into the On position, all pictures will capture live until it’s turned off again. The Live Photo toggle works beyond just the current picture, meaning if you turn Live Photos off, all future pictures won’t use the Live Photo capture until it has been enabled again.

If the concentric dotted circle is in white, the Live Photos feature is OFF.

If the concentric dotted circle is in yellow, the Live Photos feature is ON.

From the Photo view, tap the little concentric circle icon near the top (or side) of the screen to toggle Live Photos ON or OFF.

Open the Camera from either the iPhone lock screen or the Camera app.

You’ll need an iPhone 6s or iPhone SE or newer to have the Live Photo feature available: How to Turn Live Photos ON or OFF on iPhone Camera If you’d like to disable Live Photos ability on the iPhone, or turn it back on again, you’ll find it’s very easy to toggle the live action photography feature directly from the Camera app. But not everyone likes Live Photos, and some iPhone users may find it annoying to frustrating to discover so many of their pictures are basically little photo movies.

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