1. A method for controlling an image capturing apparatus, comprising the steps of: capturing an image of a subject and generating a captured image of the subject; extracting a feature value of the captured image; determining a scene candidate of a subject scene included in the captured image on the basis of the extracted feature value; and determining the scene candidate as the subject scene included in the captured image when scene candidates of an identical kind are continuously determined for a scene determining period taken for determining the subject scene included in the captured image.