The utility model discloses automatic photographing control equipment for a power line patrol unmanned aerial vehicle. The automatic photographing control equipment is fixed on a metal structure at the front end of an unmanned aerial vehicle body, is positioned above a detection holder, and mainly consists of a control circuit and a battery, wherein the control circuit and the battery are arranged in the box body; the control circuit comprises a singlechip, a servo steering engine, a wireless receiver, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a key, a camera photographing control module, a power management module and a battery; the singlechip is respectively connected with the servo steering engine, the wireless receiver, the LCD, the key, the camera photographing control module, the power management module and the battery; and the battery is connected with the power management module. The automatic photographing control equipment is extracted from the unmanned aerial vehicle power inspection process according to the experimental and actual requirements, and high-efficiency, rapid and simple photographing operation in power line patrol can be finished.