A photographing apparatus (101) transmits to an information providing apparatus (102), apparatus information (140) identifying the photographing apparatus. Based on the apparatus information (140) from the photographing apparatus (101), the information providing apparatus (102) extracts from a composition DB (130), a composition image corresponding to a type of a given crop to be photographed by the photographing apparatus (101). The information providing apparatus (102) transmits to the photographing apparatus (101), the composition image (150) extracted from the composition DB (130). The photographing apparatus (101) displays on a display (110), the composition image (150) acquired from the information providing apparatus (102) together with an object.
