Provided is a method of controlling a digital image processing apparatus such as a digital camera which can continuously photograph the same subject using various setting values stored in advance, and a digital image processing apparatus. The method of controlling the digital image processing apparatus which photographs a subject according to a preset photograph setting value and records the subject as an image file on a recording medium. The method includes: storing a user setting value in which at least one of the photograph setting values is stored by assigning a user setting category for each of the photograph setting values; and continuously photographing a single subject using at least one of the photograph setting values each corresponding to the user setting categories during a single take. Thus, the subject in the same scene can be continuously photographed using the various setting values stored in advance.