The present invention provides an image capturing apparatus capable of easily finding an unsatisfactory point peculiar to a group picture at the time of taking a group picture and capable of taking a group picture with which all of subjects to be photographed are satisfied. An image capturing apparatus according to the present invention includes an image capturing part, an operation part for operating the image capturing part, a display part for displaying a picture captured by the image capturing part, an image-capturing control part for performing a control so that the image capturing part performs pre-picture capturing in accordance with an operation of the operation part, an evaluation part for carrying out a predetermined analysis on a pre-picture captured by the pre-picture capturing and determining the presence/absence of an unsatisfactory point peculiar to a group picture, and a notification part, when the evaluation part determines that the pre-picture has the unsatisfactory point, for notifying the user of the unsatisfactory point.