The invention provides a method and device for controlling a handheld cloud deck and the handheld cloud deck. The method comprises the steps that instructions which are about entering a quick following mode and are input by a user are received; based on the instructions about entering the quick following mode, control parameters of camera shooting assemblies in one or more directions are updated,wherein the control parameters of the camera shooting assemblies in one or more directions comprise the maximum following speed and the accelerated speed of the camera shooting assemblies in one or more directions; the updated control parameters of the camera shooting assemblies in one or more directions are applied to control rotation of corresponding one or more motors in the handheld cloud deck, and motion of the camera shooting assemblies in one or more directions is further controlled. Under the condition that a cloud deck handle needs to be quickly rotated to shoot, the camera shooting assemblies fixed to the handheld cloud deck can quickly follow a target and smoothly shoot a picture.