Disclosed are an automatic surround photographing method and system for a target. The method includes: obtaining an angle parameter of a yaw-axis gimbal, and processing an image obtained by a camera to obtain a distance parameter; obtaining, by means of calculation, a control parameter of a rotation angle of a steering gear according to the angle parameter of the yaw-axis gimbal and the distance parameter; and controlling, according to the angle parameter of the yaw-axis gimbal, the rotation of a gimbal of a gimbal camera so as to control the rotation of the camera, and controlling, according to the control parameter of the rotation angle of the steering gear, a rotation angle of the steering gear in a photographing-moving apparatus for placement of the gimbal camera, such that the photographing-moving apparatus surrounds and tracks a target, and performs surround photographing of the target.