Abstract: An electronic camera includes an image sensor, and an object scene image is repetitively output from the image sensor. A CPU repetitively determines whether or not the object scene image output from the image sensor has a face image turned to the imaging surface prior to a half depression of a shutter button. A face detection history including a determination result is produced on a face detection history table by the CPU. The CPU decides a face image position on the basis of the face detection history described in the face detection history table when the shutter button is half-depressed. An imaging condition such as a focus, etc. is adjusted by noting the determined face image position.

Abstract: An image composing apparatus includes a flash memory and an I/F for accessing a recording medium. A plurality of template images are contained in the flash memory, and a photographed image is contained in the recording medium via the I/F. An attribute (attribute: center coordinates and a size) of a transparent area frame provided in each of the plurality of template images is detected by a CPU. An attribute of a face frame provided in the photographed image is also detected by the CPU. The CPU calculates each of composition matching levels of the plurality of template images based on the detected attributes of the transparent area frame and the face frame, and designates each of the plurality of template images in order of decreasing calculated composition matching level. Further, the CPU composes the designated template image and photographed image in such a manner tot the composition matching level increases.

Abstract: An electronic camera includes an image sensor, and an object scene image is repetitively output from the image sensor. A CPU repetitively determines whether or not the object scene image output from the image sensor has a face image turned to the imaging surface prior to a half depression of a shutter button. A face detection history including a determination result is produced on a face detection history table by the CPU. The CPU decides a face image position on the basis of the face detection history described in the face detection history table when the shutter button is half-depressed. An imaging condition such as a focus, etc. is adjusted by noting the determined face image position.