To provide an imaging device for improving operability in close-up photography.

The imaging device for performing photography using lighting means (103, 203) of lighting up a subject includes first determination means (105, 205) of determining whether the imaging device is in a photography standby state, second determination means (105, 205) of determining whether the imaging device is ready for close-up photography, and control means (105, 205) of making the lighting means start emitting light when the first determination means determine that the imaging device is in the photography standby state while the second determination means determine that the imaging device is ready for close-up photography.