Method and device for guiding shooting picture composition

The invention relates to the field of shooting, and provides a method and device for guiding shooting picture composition. The method comprises the step of entering a preview shooting mode, the step of extracting lines of a preview shooting picture, the step of judging scene shooting modes according to the extracted lines, the step of acquiring reference picture composition according to the scene shooting mode and the extracted lines, and the step of prompting the picture composition according to the reference picture composition and guiding the shooting picture composition. The scene shooting modes comprise one or any combination of a scene picture composition shooting mode, a figure picture composition shooting mode and a movement picture composition shooting mode. By means of automatic guiding of the shooting picture composition, a photographer can grasp related shooting techniques quickly and take high-quality pictures.