The invention provides an aerial photography line patrol cradle head and an aerial photography line patrol device. The aerial photography line patrol cradle head comprises a frame body (1) suitable for containing a shooting device and being connected with a balloon. The balloon lifts the shooting device to the air through the frame body (1) to conduct line patrol shooting. By the adoption of the aerial photography line patrol cradle head, the force of the fire balloon is used for lifting the shooting device to the air, an unmanned aerial vehicle or a manned helicopter is not used any more, and cost is greatly reduced; and the fire balloon is high in lifting capacity and can bear a special digital camera with the relatively large weight and a particularly-required shooting lens, the shooting device can be placed on the frame body, line patrol shooting can be directly conducted on a power circuit, shot images are clear, and the shooting requirement can be met.