The present invention enables a user to photograph and edit a photograph
suiting one's taste slowly and while having fun. The automatic photo
studio of this invention has a counter for a person to receive a user, a
plurality of satellites having a function of receiving operations of a
user and a function of showing various displays to the user, and a
plurality of studios for photographing a subject. The automatic photo
studio further includes a counter system provided in the vicinity of the
counter for performing visitor processing and checkout processing to the
user, a printer system provided in the vicinity of the counter for
printing images based on subject images photographed in the studio, a
satellite system provided to the satellite for enabling the user to edit
the subject images photographed in the studio, and a studio system
provided to the studio for controlling the photo shooting conditions and
photo shoot timing. The satellite system and the studio system determine
whether the user is an authorized user based on information written in a
player information storage medium as an information storage medium in the
possession of the user, and permit the user to use the satellite or the
studio when the user is an official user as the authorized user.