An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to capture an image of an object; a storing unit configured to store file path information of the image; a specifying unit configured to specify a file path for the image based on the file path information; a determination unit configured to determine whether a second image having a second file path that is the same as the file path exists on an external recording medium; a file path changing unit configured to, if it is determined by the determination unit that the second image having the second file path that is the same as the file path exists on the external recording medium, change the second file path recorded on the external recording medium; and a recording control unit configured to record the image on the external recording medium.