Disclosed is a method, apparatus, and medium for providing a guideline for arranging images with a story. An apparatus for providing a guideline for arranging images with a story according to an aspect of the present invention includes a guideline control module controlling a guideline selected by a user according to a user's input or a content acquisition situation, an apparatus adaptive module automatically setting a state of an apparatus according to the guideline selected by the user, and a context processing module acquiring contents relative to the guideline.