A computer-implemented preferred picture-taking method, system, and computer program product that learns from the photos taken in the same camera or other sources to know the pictures the camera owner likes, and generates associated templates, imports/exports the templates among cameras, other devices and media, automatically takes a photo when the target person in the camera view matches with the owner's personal preferences (a selected template), and analyzes images in the template and the current view in the camera, calculates the delta, and generates position and orientation adjustment actions in space.