An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit, a recording control unit configured to perform control to record an image captured by the image capturing unit on a recording medium, a display unit configured to display the image, a detection unit configured to detect information about ambient brightness of the image capturing apparatus, and a control unit configured to perform control to change brightness of the display unit based on a detection result by the detection unit, wherein the control unit performs control so as not to change the brightness of the display unit based on the detection result by the detection unit while the image is recorded on the recording medium.