To provide an image-photographing device, with which photographing can be performed in desired composition, even in the case of unskilled photographing and especially photographing is enabled in desired composition, even when performing photographing with a self-timer function.

According to the selection of selection item such as photographic object or photographic conditions, auxiliary image information such as illustration is displayed on a display part 26 and referred to for determining the composition. Further, auxiliary character information is outputted from a voice output part 30. Further, this auxiliary information is compared with the image information of object and when they do not match or the like, prescribed advise information is displayed or outputted in voice.