The invention relates to an automatic photographing method of a camera and a multifunctional camera. The camera disclosed by the invention has an action and voice identification photographing mode. Specifically, the camera detects a voice password of a selfie user after identifying the action of the selfie user, and a picture generated at the moment that actions and voices are simultaneously identified can be stored as a photo. According to the scheme of the invention, the phenomenon that the selfie photo is not affected by a shutter pressing operation, is clear, and does not have jitters canbe ensured, and meanwhile, the photo has a satisfactory action posture and expression.