Provided are an image capturing device, an image capturing method, and a program which allow an image of a subject to be captured in a more appropriate manner. A communication control unit controls a communication process of making a communication with the subject. An image capturing control unit performs image capturing control of controlling image capturing, which is performed by the image capturing unit that captures an image of the subject, in correspondence with the communication process. For example, the present technology is applicable to a digital camera that captures still images or moving images, and other electronic apparatuses equipped with a function of capturing still images or moving images.