A method of controlling a gimbal mounted at an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: obtaining a current attitude of the UAV and a current attitude of the gimbal at a current moment; predicting a flight speed of the UAV; and controlling the gimbal to rotate to maintain an angle of the gimbal relative to the UAV within a particular angle range according to the current attitude of the UAV, the current attitude of the gimbal, and the predicted flight speed of the UAV, such that a ratio of a propeller assembly of the UAV appearing in an image photographed by a capturing device mounted at the gimbal is lower than a pre-configured ratio threshold.