To obtain, through a simple operation, an HDR photographed image and image data matching the taste of a user.

A photographing instrument comprises: an imaging section that picks up a subject image; an exposure modifying section able to set a plurality of pick-up images by use of a plurality of exposure values and able to perform switching among the exposure values; an image combining section that combines the plurality of picked-up images obtained by the plurality of picked-up images by use of the plurality of exposure values; a display control section that shows a display based on the image obtained by combining the images by use of the image combining section; and an operation detecting section that controls the switching among the exposure values by use of the exposure modifying section.