A mobile wireless communications device comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; a camera subsystem coupled to the processor and arranged to capture an image and store the image as data in the memory, wherein the camera subsystem includes a lens, lens motor arranged to move the lens, an image sensor, an infrared illuminator and a visible light illuminator arranged to emit white, visible light; a camera controller module coupled to the camera subsystem and arranged to selectively activate the infrared illuminator and the visible light illuminator in order to illuminate a scene during an image capture process and wherein the image capture process includes: a first activation of the infrared illuminator followed by an activation of the lens motor to focus the lens, the activation of the lens motor being responsive to sensor data obtained from the image sensor during the activation of the infrared illuminator; and a second activation of both the infrared illuminator and the visible-light illuminator, in the camera subsystem, together while the image is captured by the camera subsystem; wherein the infrared illuminator and the visible-light illuminator are used for different durations during the second activation; and a communication subsystem coupled to the processor and configured to send, to a wireless network, data representing an image. a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; a camera subsystem coupled to the processor and arranged to capture an image and store the image as data in the memory, wherein the camera subsystem includes a lens, lens motor arranged to move the lens, an image sensor, an infrared illuminator and a visible light illuminator arranged to emit white, visible light; a camera controller module coupled to the camera subsystem and arranged to selectively activate the infrared illuminator and the visible light illuminator in order to illuminate a scene during an image capture process and wherein the image capture process includes: a first activation of the infrared illuminator followed by an activation of the lens motor to focus the lens, the activation of the lens motor being responsive to sensor data obtained from the image sensor during the activation of the infrared illuminator; and a second activation of both the infrared illuminator and the visible-light illuminator, in the camera subsystem, together while the image is captured by the camera subsystem; wherein the infrared illuminator and the visible-light illuminator are used for different durations during the second activation; and a first activation of the infrared illuminator followed by an activation of the lens motor to focus the lens, the activation of the lens motor being responsive to sensor data obtained from the image sensor during the activation of the infrared illuminator; and a second activation of both the infrared illuminator and the visible-light illuminator, in the camera subsystem, together while the image is captured by the camera subsystem; wherein the infrared illuminator and the visible-light illuminator are used for different durations during the second activation; and a communication subsystem coupled to the processor and configured to send, to a wireless network, data representing an image.