The invention discloses self-service type snapshooting equipment and method. The equipment comprises an equipment box, a shooting device, a central controller, a touch displayer, a lifting seat and a lifting part. The equipment box comprises a front box body and a rear box body. The shooting device comprises a digital camera and a camera. The digital camera, the camera and the central controller are arranged in the front box body, the touch displayer is arranged in the front of the front box body, a camera lens of the digital camera and a camera lens of the camera both face the rear box body, the lifting seat and the lifting part are both arranged in the rear box body, and the lifting part is connected with the bottom of the lifting seat and used for driving the lifting seat to ascend or descend. The digital camera, the camera, the touch displayer and the lifting assembly are connected with the central controller. Certificate pictures meeting standards can be easily shot, therefore, one-stop electronic rapid certificate handling is achieved, certificate handling efficiency is improved, and personal requirements of common people are greatly met.