How to Take Burst Photos on iPhone

By Rachel Needell Updated 01/16/2024

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Have you ever tried to capture the perfect picture of lightning during a summer storm? Or have you attempted to take a photo right as your nephew shot the game-winning goal? If so, then you know how difficult it is to get the right shot at the right time. That's where Burst mode comes in. We'll walk you through questions like what is burst mode on an iPhone, and how to take burst photos.

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How to Take a Burst Photo

Burst mode is feature built-in to the iPhone Camera app that allows you to take ten photos per second for any given number of seconds. This feature is great for capturing a subject in motion, or simply for ensuring you have at least one usable picture. For more tips for using your Apple devices, be sure to sign up for our free Tip of the Day! Here's how to do a burst of photos on iPhone.

Open the Camera app.
Swipe the Shutter button to the left. Lift your finger to stop.

Then, to select the photos you want to keep, tap the photo thumbnail.
Tap Select.

The gray dots will mark suggested photos, but you can keep any you choose.
Tap the circle in the lower-right corner on each picture you want to save.

Tap Done.
You'll get a chance to choose whether you'd like to save all your photos or just the selected ones.

And that's how you take many photos at once with Burst mode! Some of the best pictures in my whole camera role were taken with Burst mode, and I highly recommend you try this super cool, built-in feature on your iPhone camera!

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Rachel Needell

Rachel Needell is a Feature Writer at iPhone Life, and a poet and author. With 10-plus years of experience working with Apple devices, she specializes in all-things iPad and is a Notes App expert, having worked on both the 2023 iPad Guide and the Notes App Guide. You can usually find her writing in the Daily Tip newsletter as one of our senior Tip writers. Rachel received her Master’s degree in English Literature in 2021 and her most recent work appears in the Winter ’21 edition of New Note Poetry. When she’s not obsessing about Apple products, you can find her voraciously reading fantasy books with her cat in Asheville, North Carolina.

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