A handheld stabilizer, characterized in comprising a handle, having a handheld portion and a connecting portion connected to the handheld portion; a ball head mechanism, mounted between the connecting portion and a photographing device and adapted for adjusting the position of the photographing device; a driving mechanism, adapted for driving the ball head mechanism to move, a control mechanism, adapted for controlling the motion of the ball head mechanism after receiving a location signal from the photographing device indicating that one or more human faces are not centered within a predefined location range in a screen of the photographing device, thereby adjusting the position of the photographing device to cause the one or more human faces to be centered within the predefined location range in the screen of the photographing device; wherein, the ball head mechanism comprises a holder, adapted for fastening the photographing device; a support rod, one end of which is connected to the connecting portion in a rotatable manner by a first rotation unit, and the other end of which is connected to the holder in a rotatable manner by a second rotation unit, the handheld stabilizer further comprises a mounting base connected to the connecting portion in a rotatable manner by the first rotation unit, with one end of the support rod mounted on the mounting base in a rotatable manner by a rotation shaft; the support rod has a first mounting position and a second mounting position on the mounting base; the support rod is in a working state at the first mounting position, and the support rod is in a folded state at the second mounting position. a handle, having a handheld portion and a connecting portion connected to the handheld portion; a ball head mechanism, mounted between the connecting portion and a photographing device and adapted for adjusting the position of the photographing device; a driving mechanism, adapted for driving the ball head mechanism to move, a control mechanism, adapted for controlling the motion of the ball head mechanism after receiving a location signal from the photographing device indicating that one or more human faces are not centered within a predefined location range in a screen of the photographing device, thereby adjusting the position of the photographing device to cause the one or more human faces to be centered within the predefined location range in the screen of the photographing device; wherein, the ball head mechanism comprises a holder, adapted for fastening the photographing device; a support rod, one end of which is connected to the connecting portion in a rotatable manner by a first rotation unit, and the other end of which is connected to the holder in a rotatable manner by a second rotation unit, the handheld stabilizer further comprises a mounting base connected to the connecting portion in a rotatable manner by the first rotation unit, with one end of the support rod mounted on the mounting base in a rotatable manner by a rotation shaft; the support rod has a first mounting position and a second mounting position on the mounting base; the support rod is in a working state at the first mounting position, and the support rod is in a folded state at the second mounting position.