1. An image capturing apparatus for comparing between each partial image in frame images output in a frame order from a solid-state image capturing element and plural types of face patterns, which are prepared in advance, according to pattern matching to extract an area of a person face image, which exists in each frame image, as a face candidate, the image capturing apparatus comprising: a face extraction unit that performs the pattern matching with limiting face patterns used in extracting a face candidate from a current frame image to face patterns, of the plural types of face patterns, used in extracting a face candidate from a preceding frame image.