Provided is portable photography device capable of appropriately control an on/off state of a light source during photography, and reliably carrying out photography by a camera of a portable terminal when the light source is on. The portable photography device includes a smartphone 1 with a camera 2, and a lens module 10 including LEDs 12, 13 having different wavelengths, a conversion lens 11, and light source control means 16. The smartphone 1 includes light on/off detection means 3a that detects the on/off state of each of the LEDs 12, 13, photography control means 3b that controls photography by the camera 2, and display control means 3c that associates a photographed image taken by the camera 2 with the LEDs 12, 13 for display on the screen of the smartphone 1. As a result, it is possible to appropriately control the on/off state of the LEDs 12, 13 during carrying out photography and reliably photographing skin with the camera 2 of the smartphone 1.
