1. An information processing apparatus for issuing an instruction for shooting to a remote imaging apparatus, receiving from the imaging apparatus a live view image obtained by shooting processing based on the instruction, and displaying the live view image on a screen, the information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store an overlay image in advance in a storage device; a display unit configured to overlay the overlay image onto the live view image and display the overlay image on the screen; a setting unit configured to set whether to display the overlay image by overlaying onto the live view image or not for each type of instruction to the imaging apparatus; a detection unit configured to detect, upon reception of the instruction in response to a user operation, the type of the instruction; and a canceling unit configured to cancel displaying the overlay image if the overlay image is set not to be displayed by being overlaid onto the live view image for the detected type of the instruction.