How to convert a Live Photo to a long exposure (updated for iOS 26)

iPhone Photography
Written By Chris Feichtner

The easiest way to take a long exposure with iPhone is to take a Live Photo and convert it to a long exposure. In this blog post you'll learn about how to convert a Live Photo to a long exposure, about the limitations of this kind of long exposure photography with iPhone and a suggested workaround.

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Sample Long Exposure Photos converted from Live Photos

Here are three samples of long-exposure photos I took with my iPhone using Live Photos. I took them using different iPhone models since Apple introduced the conversion method with iOS 11 in 2017.