Patent attributes
Photography can be assisted at the time of photography with a digital camera. A base station stores photography assistance information such as a map around the base station, a sightseeing spot or an event site, a photography point therein, and an explanation of the photography point. Communication means of the digital camera accesses the base station and receives photography information comprising the various kinds of photography assistance information. The photography information is displayed on a liquid crystal display monitor and a photographer carries out photography by selecting a desired kind of the photography assistance information representing the sightseeing spot or the event site around the base station from the photography information. The selected photography assistance information is added to image data obtained by photography and recorded in a memory card.