The embodiment of the invention provides a shooting method and a terminal. The shooting method includes the following steps: detecting a vector included angle between a first component and a second component; in the case that the value of the vector included angle is greater than a preset angle threshold, performing face detection on an image collected by a target camera, wherein the target camerais at least one of a first camera and a second camera; and displaying a preview image on a target screen according to a face detection result of the image collected by the target camera. In the embodiment of the invention, the shooting requirement of a user is determined according to the face detection result, and the preview image is displayed on the target screen according to the shooting requirement of the user to form a shooting mode matching the user requirement. In the embodiment of the invention, the shooting mode can be automatically adjusted without manual adjustment by the user, andthus the use of the user can be facilitated.