A method of controlling a mobile terminal (100, 100A), the method comprising: selecting a menu for modifying camera setting information on a display module in response to a first user input, and displaying a first screen image corresponding to the selected menu on the display module; selecting (S205, S210) an automatic image-correction mode from the first screen image in response to a second user input, and receiving at least one image correction information for correcting a captured image; setting the automatic image-correction mode based on the received image correction information and storing the modified camera setting information regarding the setting of the automatic image-correction mode in a memory of the mobile terminal; and displaying a preview image being currently received through a camera; characterized in that: detecting a face area from the preview image while the preview image is displayed based on positions of eyes and mouth in the preview image; after a button for capturing an image is manipulated, detecting the image correction information stored in the memory, and automatically correcting an image captured by the camera using the detected image correction information without additional user input in response to the detection of the manipulation of the button; displaying the corrected captured image; and storing the corrected captured image in the memory of the mobile terminal (100, 100A), wherein the received image correction information includes information for determining one of the detected face area and the remaining area except for the detected face area as an area to be corrected, wherein the correcting of the captured image comprises correcting either the detected face area or the remaining area of the captured image based on the received image correction information, wherein the remaining area is corrected to be blurrier than the detected face area when the remaining area is determined as the area to be corrected. selecting a menu for modifying camera setting information on a display module in response to a first user input, and displaying a first screen image corresponding to the selected menu on the display module; selecting (S205, S210) an automatic image-correction mode from the first screen image in response to a second user input, and receiving at least one image correction information for correcting a captured image; setting the automatic image-correction mode based on the received image correction information and storing the modified camera setting information regarding the setting of the automatic image-correction mode in a memory of the mobile terminal; and displaying a preview image being currently received through a camera; characterized in that: detecting a face area from the preview image while the preview image is displayed based on positions of eyes and mouth in the preview image; after a button for capturing an image is manipulated, detecting the image correction information stored in the memory, and automatically correcting an image captured by the camera using the detected image correction information without additional user input in response to the detection of the manipulation of the button; displaying the corrected captured image; and storing the corrected captured image in the memory of the mobile terminal (100, 100A), wherein the received image correction information includes information for determining one of the detected face area and the remaining area except for the detected face area as an area to be corrected, wherein the correcting of the captured image comprises correcting either the detected face area or the remaining area of the captured image based on the received image correction information, wherein the remaining area is corrected to be blurrier than the detected face area when the remaining area is determined as the area to be corrected. detecting a face area from the preview image while the preview image is displayed based on positions of eyes and mouth in the preview image; after a button for capturing an image is manipulated, detecting the image correction information stored in the memory, and automatically correcting an image captured by the camera using the detected image correction information without additional user input in response to the detection of the manipulation of the button; displaying the corrected captured image; and storing the corrected captured image in the memory of the mobile terminal (100, 100A), wherein the received image correction information includes information for determining one of the detected face area and the remaining area except for the detected face area as an area to be corrected, wherein the correcting of the captured image comprises correcting either the detected face area or the remaining area of the captured image based on the received image correction information, wherein the remaining area is corrected to be blurrier than the detected face area when the remaining area is determined as the area to be corrected.