The present disclosure relates to a photographing method for an intelligent flight device and an intelligent flight device, which belong to the technical field of electronic devices. The method includes: determining (101, 201) a light source angle, wherein the light source angle is an angle between a current beam direction of a target light source and a vertical direction, the target light source is a light source capable of generating a projection of the intelligent flight device, and the vertical direction is a direction perpendicular to a horizontal plane; according to the light source angle, determining (102, 202) a bearing of a projection on the horizontal plane which is generated by travel of the light emitted from the target light source passing the intelligent flight device; and performing (103, 203) photographing based on a current photographing angle of the intelligent flight device and the bearing of the projection.