An apparatus and method for adjusting camera exposure are disclosed. The apparatus includes an electronic device The electronic device includes a camera, a display, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a first user input for selecting a first area of a preview image from a first screen for displaying the preview image, to identify an exposure state of the selected first area responding to the first user input, to provide a second screen for displaying a portion of the preview image corresponding to the first area if the exposure state of the selected first area is an over-exposure state, to receive a second user input for selecting a second area of the preview image from the second screen, and to adjust an exposure of the preview image based on the exposure state responding to the second user input.