A preview image presentation method by a terminal having a front camera and a screen, comprising: acquiring (101,201,301) images through the front camera, wherein the front camera and the screen are disposed at a common side of the terminal; presenting (102, 202, 204,302) simultaneously a first live preview image and a second live preview image on the screen of the terminal generated according to the images acquired by the front camera, wherein the second live preview image is presented on a preset first presenting location of the screen, the preset first presenting location is in a direction having a preset angle with respect to the front camera and is spaced from the front camera by a distance less than a threshold, wherein the preset angle has its vertex at the center of the front-facing camera and has a first side extending vertically in the direction of the screen and a second side which is at the preset angle value from the first side; wherein the preset angle is equal to 45 degrees or any angle ensuring that a photography effect of a side view of a user can be previewed, and wherein a size of the second live preview image is less than a size of the first live preview image; moving the second live preview image to a second presenting location of the screen along a first direction in response to a first user operation on the terminal, wherein the first direction is parallel with upper or bottom side of the screen when the terminal has a portrait orientation, wherein the first user operation on the terminal is a drag gesture performed on the second live preview image displayed on the screen, and the second presenting location is below the front-facing camera. acquiring (101,201,301) images through the front camera, wherein the front camera and the screen are disposed at a common side of the terminal; presenting (102, 202, 204,302) simultaneously a first live preview image and a second live preview image on the screen of the terminal generated according to the images acquired by the front camera, wherein the second live preview image is presented on a preset first presenting location of the screen, the preset first presenting location is in a direction having a preset angle with respect to the front camera and is spaced from the front camera by a distance less than a threshold, wherein the preset angle has its vertex at the center of the front-facing camera and has a first side extending vertically in the direction of the screen and a second side which is at the preset angle value from the first side; wherein the preset angle is equal to 45 degrees or any angle ensuring that a photography effect of a side view of a user can be previewed, and wherein a size of the second live preview image is less than a size of the first live preview image; moving the second live preview image to a second presenting location of the screen along a first direction in response to a first user operation on the terminal, wherein the first direction is parallel with upper or bottom side of the screen when the terminal has a portrait orientation, wherein the first user operation on the terminal is a drag gesture performed on the second live preview image displayed on the screen, and the second presenting location is below the front-facing camera.