live photos

Animated iPhone captures

Live photos are a smartphone camera feature that captures a few seconds of video before and after a still image is taken, creating a photo that moves when viewed.

Developed by Apple but now common across devices, they preserve fleeting moments—a child's laugh, wind through hair—that a static image would miss: I got a great live photo of the dog catching the frisbee.

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motion/animation

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temporal capture

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G