Laravel, rotating images expects parameter to be a valid path

When I upload images to the database Laravel rotates them, so I found Laravel is rotating the image when uploaded, then after implementing it I get this error exif_read_data() expects parameter 1 to be a valid path, array given. How can I fix this?

Controller

 if($request->hasFile('files')){

        $store_file = [];
       // $files = $request->file('files');

        $exif = exif_read_data($request->file('files'));
            if(!empty($exif['Orientation'])) {
                switch($exif['Orientation']) {
                    case 8:
                        $image = imagerotate($image,90,0);
                        break;
                    case 3:
                        $image = imagerotate($image,180,0);
                        break;
                    case 6:
                        $image = imagerotate($image,-90,0);
                        break;
                }
            }
        foreach ($exif as $file) {
            $images = $file->store('public/photos');

            $store_file[] = [

                'product_id' => $product->id,
                'filename' =>  $images
            ];
        }

        ProductsPhoto::insert($store_file);
    }

via Chebli Mohamed