Patent ID: 8908059

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to photograph an image of an object; a first selection unit configured to select an object to be photographed from among predetermined alternatives; a second selection unit configured to select an environment in which the object is illuminated by a light source with light from among predetermined alternatives; a third selection unit configured to select a feeling of a finished image from among predetermined alternatives; a first setting unit configured to set a photographing condition used for one time photographing according to results of the selection by the first, the second, and the third selection units; a control unit configured to control the imaging unit according to the photographing condition set by the first setting unit; a second setting unit configured to set an image processing parameter used in image processing to be executed on image data obtained by one time photographing by the imaging unit according to the results of the selection by the first, the second, and the third selection units; and an image processing unit configured to execute image processing on the image data photographed by the imaging unit using the image processing parameter set by the second setting unit, wherein the first and the second setting units are configured, based on a result of the selection by at least one of the first, the second, and the third selection units, to change a content of a setting to be executed according to results of the selection by the other selection units.