An image-taking apparatus includes: a face-detecting section that detects
a face in a subject image; and a face-metering section that meters
individual faces when the faces are detected by the face-detecting
section, thereby obtaining metered values for the respective faces. The
apparatus further includes a calculation section that calculates correct
exposure values for the respective faces based on the metered values
obtained by the face-metering section. The apparatus further includes a
shooting section that performs, in response to a single shooting
instruction, shootings with correct exposures for the respective faces
based on the correct exposure values for the respective faces calculated
by the calculation section.