Disclosed are an image obtaining device control method and apparatus. The method comprises: obtaining multiple images photographed by multiple image obtaining devices; determining active image obtaining devices and inactive image obtaining devices in the multiple image obtaining devices according to the multiple images; controlling the active image obtaining device to photograph a first image by adopting first configuration, and controlling the inactive image obtaining device to photograph a second image by adopting second configuration; obtaining the first image sent by the active image obtaining device, and obtaining the second image sent by the inactive image obtaining device, wherein a bandwidth required for sending the first image by the active image obtaining device is larger than a bandwidth required for sending the second image by the inactive image obtaining device. That is, it is not that the bandwidths required for sending the images to a controller by all the image obtaining devices are large, thereby saving the bandwidth required for transmission of images photographed by multiple image obtaining devices.