A method and a device for photographing a dynamic picture. The method includes: entering a dynamic picture photographing mode; continuously photographing a plurality of images at different shutter speeds, wherein the images includes dynamic images photographed at a first shutter speed and dynamic images photographed at a second shutter speed, the first shutter speed is greater than second shutter speed; automatically composing the static image and dynamic image to obtain a dynamic picture. According to the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, photographing the static images and the dynamic images respectively at different shutter speeds and automatically composing the static image and dynamic image to obtain the dynamic picture, a user can automatically obtain a relatively ideal dynamic picture through a terminal, no requirement is attached to photographing skill and picture processing technique of the user, entertainment and experience of the terminal user are increased.