Embodiments of the present invention provide a photographing processing method and a terminal device. The method includes acquiring a photographing instruction, wherein the photographing instruction includes a photographing parameter required for this photographing operation, and determining, according to the photographing parameter, whether this photographing operation meets a preset photographing condition. If it is determined that this photographing operation does not meet the photographing condition, anti-candid photographing processing is performed on this photographing operation. In technical solutions of the present invention, before photographing is performed, it is determined whether this photographing operation meets a preset photographing condition and if the preset photographing condition is not met, anti-candid photographing processing is performed.