Photographing method and terminal

The invention discloses a photographing method which comprises the steps that a displaying interface is divided into at least two photographing zones; selecting operation input by a user is detected, and according to selecting operation, a photographing zone is selected; photographing operation input by the user is detected, and according to photographing operation, a photo is generated in the selected photographing zone; and the generated photo is displayed on the displaying interface. The invention further discloses a terminal. A plurality of photos can be displayed on the displaying interface, or the multiple photos can be synthesized into an image, operation is convenient and easy, and user experience is improved.