A method of controlling, by an apparatus in a terminal device, a camera, the terminal device comprising a Dynamic Vision Sensor, DVS, collecting circuit, the camera and a screen, the camera comprising a camera component, the apparatus comprising a data obtaining module, an action identifying module, and an operation controlling module wherein the method comprises: obtaining (102, 300), by the data obtaining module, event data collected by the DVS collecting circuit, while the terminal device performs photographing with the camera component in the terminal device; determining, by the action identifying module, position information of a visual focus of a control object according to the event data, the control object being a user or a person, wherein the control object is capable of controlling the terminal device; determining whether the visual focus is located within a controllable region according to the position information, wherein the visual focus located within the controllable region is used to represent that the control object has an intention to control the camera component, wherein the controllable region is on the terminal device and controlled by an action of a designated face region of the control object; identifying (104, 306) a designated awakening action of the designated face region of the control object within a collection range of the DVS collecting circuit according to the event data, wherein the designated awakening action is a pre-designated action for representing an intention of the control object to control the camera component according to the action of the designated face region; after the designated awakening action is identified according to the event data collected by the DVS collecting circuit, identifying a target action of the designated face region by performing identification of the target action of the designated face region of the control object within a collection range of the DVS collecting circuit according to event data newly collected by the DVS collecting circuit; and upon identification of the target action of the designated face region, controlling (106, 308), by the operation controlling module, the camera component to perform a target operation corresponding to the target action. obtaining (102, 300), by the data obtaining module, event data collected by the DVS collecting circuit, while the terminal device performs photographing with the camera component in the terminal device; determining, by the action identifying module, position information of a visual focus of a control object according to the event data, the control object being a user or a person, wherein the control object is capable of controlling the terminal device; determining whether the visual focus is located within a controllable region according to the position information, wherein the visual focus located within the controllable region is used to represent that the control object has an intention to control the camera component, wherein the controllable region is on the terminal device and controlled by an action of a designated face region of the control object; identifying (104, 306) a designated awakening action of the designated face region of the control object within a collection range of the DVS collecting circuit according to the event data, wherein the designated awakening action is a pre-designated action for representing an intention of the control object to control the camera component according to the action of the designated face region; after the designated awakening action is identified according to the event data collected by the DVS collecting circuit, identifying a target action of the designated face region by performing identification of the target action of the designated face region of the control object within a collection range of the DVS collecting circuit according to event data newly collected by the DVS collecting circuit; and upon identification of the target action of the designated face region, controlling (106, 308), by the operation controlling module, the camera component to perform a target operation corresponding to the target action.