An image photographing apparatus includes; an acquiring unit configured to acquire an image of an eye to be inspected, a measuring unit configured to measure movement of the eye to be inspected based on the image, a predicting unit configured to predict the movement of the eye to be inspected based on a cycle of the movement of the eye to be inspected which has been measured by the measuring unit, and a control unit configured to control an acquisition position where the acquiring unit acquires the image based on the movement of the eye to be inspected which has been predicted by the predicting unit.