The present invention provides an image-taking apparatus which includes: a first light-emitting section having a xenon tube and a main capacitor; and a second light-emitting section having an LED. When an image is to be taken with an auxiliary light emission immediately after power-on and immediately after previous image taking with a previous auxiliary light emission, recharge of the main capacitor is not completed yet. In such a case, the image-taking apparatus selects the second light-emitting section to emit auxiliary light from the LED.