Patent ID: 7817915

Claim:
An imaging apparatus, comprising: an imaging means for generating image data by photographing a subject; a face area detection means for detecting a face area of a person from the image data; an exposure determination means for determining an exposure condition; a focus determination means for determining a focusing position; a photographing instruction means for instructing main exposure photographing; and a self-timer photographing means for timing a predetermined time period in response to an instruction to perform main exposure photographing issued by the photographing instruction means and causing the main exposure photographing to take place after the predetermined time period, wherein the apparatus further comprises a transmission means for, when main exposure photographing is performed using the self-timer photographing means, counting the number of face areas detected in face area detection performed by the face area detection means before the start of the timing as a first face area number, counting the number of face areas detected in face area detection performed at least once by the face area detection means during a period from the start of the timing to the performance of the main exposure photographing as a send face area number to compare the first face area number with the second face area number, determining, based on a result of the comparison, whether or not the number of face areas has increased during the period from the start of the timing to the performance of the main exposure photographing, and, when the number of face areas has not increased, transmitting that the number of face areas has not increased to the photographer and/or the subject.