The invention discloses a photographing method and a terminal. A leg beautifying mode photographing instruction triggered by a user can be received, a leg beautifying photographing lens on the terminal is started, and the lower half part of the leg beautifying photographing lens is equipped with a wide angle forming component, so the lower half part of the leg beautifying photographing lens can achieve a wide angle photographing effect. According to a picture obtained by photographing a photographing object through utilization of the leg beautifying photographing lens, when the photographing object is a person, the picture with a long leg effect can be easily achieved, the high pursuit of a user particularly a woman for an appearance is satisfied. Moreover, according to the embodiment of the method and the terminal, a leg beautifying photographing demand is reduced, the user can photograph the picture with the long leg effect without a special photographing skill, and the better photographing experience and service are provided for the user.