To easily photograph while driving a car, to automatically photograph a criminal, as for a crime related to a car such as a car theft, etc., and to make it a help in specifying the criminal.

The on-vehicle camera apparatus 10 is provided with an image pickup means 20, an operating means 40, an image pickup direction changing means 60, a light source means 100, a power supply means 110 and a controller 120. By operating the operating means 40 while driving the car, the target object is photographed by the image pickup means 20. Besides, as for the crime related to the car such as the car theft, etc., the crime who starts up the engine can be surely photographed without executing the prescribed operation, then, the photograph which is helpful in specifying the criminal can be obtained.