An image pickup control apparatus, comprising a display unit, and a control unit that controls an image pickup unit to perform image pickup, on the basis of a user's operation performed from a reference point within the display unit toward a position of a first object displayed on the display unit, controls the image pickup unit to perform image pickup after a first time elapses, the first time starting on the detection of a user's operation on a second object displayed on the display unit, the first time being a count period of the second object, and controls the image pickup unit to perform image pickup after a second time different from the first time elapses, the second time starting on the detection of a user's operation on a third object displayed on the display unit, the second time being a count period of the third object, wherein the first object, the second object, and the third object are user interface icons displayed together and each arranged in a circumference of a circle or a circular arc having a center corresponding to the reference point, the reference point being a position on which a first gesture operation at a position spaced away from a screen of the display unit has been performed, wherein the first object, the second object, and the third object are displayed in response to the first gesture operation, wherein the user's operation on each of the first object, the second object and the third object is a second gesture operation at a position spaced away from the screen, and wherein the control unit sets the reference point to be at a position corresponding to a position within the display unit at which the first gesture operation has been performed. a display unit, and a control unit that controls an image pickup unit to perform image pickup, on the basis of a user's operation performed from a reference point within the display unit toward a position of a first object displayed on the display unit, controls the image pickup unit to perform image pickup after a first time elapses, the first time starting on the detection of a user's operation on a second object displayed on the display unit, the first time being a count period of the second object, and controls the image pickup unit to perform image pickup after a second time different from the first time elapses, the second time starting on the detection of a user's operation on a third object displayed on the display unit, the second time being a count period of the third object, controls an image pickup unit to perform image pickup, on the basis of a user's operation performed from a reference point within the display unit toward a position of a first object displayed on the display unit, controls the image pickup unit to perform image pickup after a first time elapses, the first time starting on the detection of a user's operation on a second object displayed on the display unit, the first time being a count period of the second object, and controls the image pickup unit to perform image pickup after a second time different from the first time elapses, the second time starting on the detection of a user's operation on a third object displayed on the display unit, the second time being a count period of the third object, wherein the first object, the second object, and the third object are user interface icons displayed together and each arranged in a circumference of a circle or a circular arc having a center corresponding to the reference point, the reference point being a position on which a first gesture operation at a position spaced away from a screen of the display unit has been performed, wherein the first object, the second object, and the third object are displayed in response to the first gesture operation, wherein the user's operation on each of the first object, the second object and the third object is a second gesture operation at a position spaced away from the screen, and wherein the control unit sets the reference point to be at a position corresponding to a position within the display unit at which the first gesture operation has been performed.