As a matter of design, it seems that Windows Phone's screen rotation isn't quite as snappy as iOS or Android. When you attempt to take a picture, make sure that all the camera buttons orient themselves to acknowledge that the phone is on it's side, or upright in portrait mode. If the buttons will not rotate, make sure that you don't have screen rotation locked. You can access this function from the Action Center by swiping down from the top of your screen. (If Screen Rotation isn't one of the quick buttons in your Action Center, go to all settings, and find screen rotation in the menu.
As far as the pictures you have already taken, you can quickly spin them to the correct orientation by finding the pic in Photos, tap the pencil button to edit, and choose Crop, rotate, auto-fix. You can use the rotate function to quickly spin the shot to the right orientation, and tap the save button.
04-21-2015 12:48 PM