Provided are a digital photographing apparatus, a method of controlling the same, and a recording medium storing a program to execute the method. The digital photographing apparatus includes a photographing unit, an image analyzing unit, and a composing providing unit. The photographing unit generates an image signal by capturing an image of a subject. The image analyzing unit detects an edge component of the image from the image signal. The composition providing unit provides an image composition by using the detected edge component.