A photographing method, applied to an electronic device having a touchscreen, wherein a display screen of the electronic device is a foldable screen, foldable in an outwards direction, wherein the method comprises: displaying a photographing preview interface on the touchscreen, wherein the photographing preview interface comprises a shutter button represented in a first shape; performing, by a user, a touch and move operation on the shutter button to trigger generation of a virtual shutter button and moving the virtual shutter button to another position of the photographing preview interface along a trajectory of the touch and move operation performed by the user, wherein, when moving the virtual shutter button, the display position of the shutter button is not changed; and wherein the shutter button and the virtual shutter button have the same shape; moving the virtual shutter button to an edge region of the photographing preview interface when the foldable screen is folded in an outwards direction and displaying the virtual shutter button at the edge region of the photographing preview interface with a second shape which is different from the first shape; and performing a photographing operation in response to an input that acts on the shutter button or the virtual shutter button; and wherein the edge region of the photographing preview interface is a bending region of the foldable screen when the foldable display is folded in an outwards direction. wherein a display screen of the electronic device is a foldable screen, foldable in an outwards direction, wherein the method comprises: displaying a photographing preview interface on the touchscreen, wherein the photographing preview interface comprises a shutter button represented in a first shape; performing, by a user, a touch and move operation on the shutter button to trigger generation of a virtual shutter button and moving the virtual shutter button to another position of the photographing preview interface along a trajectory of the touch and move operation performed by the user, wherein, when moving the virtual shutter button, the display position of the shutter button is not changed; and wherein the shutter button and the virtual shutter button have the same shape; moving the virtual shutter button to an edge region of the photographing preview interface when the foldable screen is folded in an outwards direction and displaying the virtual shutter button at the edge region of the photographing preview interface with a second shape which is different from the first shape; and performing a photographing operation in response to an input that acts on the shutter button or the virtual shutter button; and wherein the edge region of the photographing preview interface is a bending region of the foldable screen when the foldable display is folded in an outwards direction. displaying a photographing preview interface on the touchscreen, wherein the photographing preview interface comprises a shutter button represented in a first shape; performing, by a user, a touch and move operation on the shutter button to trigger generation of a virtual shutter button and moving the virtual shutter button to another position of the photographing preview interface along a trajectory of the touch and move operation performed by the user, wherein, when moving the virtual shutter button, the display position of the shutter button is not changed; and wherein the shutter button and the virtual shutter button have the same shape; moving the virtual shutter button to an edge region of the photographing preview interface when the foldable screen is folded in an outwards direction and displaying the virtual shutter button at the edge region of the photographing preview interface with a second shape which is different from the first shape; and performing a photographing operation in response to an input that acts on the shutter button or the virtual shutter button; and wherein the edge region of the photographing preview interface is a bending region of the foldable screen when the foldable display is folded in an outwards direction.