Patent ID: 7362370

Claim:
An image capturing apparatus for capturing a subject, comprising: an electric flash; an image pick-up system CPU for detecting a brightness of the subject and for determining a first flash intensity and a second flash intensity of the electric flash based on the brightness of the subject; an image pick-up unit for capturing a first image of the subject when said electric flash flashes at the first flash intensity, and for capturing a second image of the subject when said electric flash flashes at the second flash intensity; a distance judging unit for judging a distance to a first partial subject of the subject based on the first image and the second image both captured by said image pick-up unit; and an image correction unit for correcting a first partial image of the first partial subject, based on said distance to the first partial subject judged by said distance judging units, wherein said distance judging unit judges the distance to the first partial subject of the subject based on a brightness difference between the first image and the second image both captured by said image pick-up unit.