An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus includes: a photographing optical system that includes a scanning unit for scanning an examinees eye with measurement light to obtain a tomographic image of the examinees eye an observing optical system that includes a light-receiving device for receiving reflected light from the examinees eye to obtain a moving image of a front image of the examinees eye based on a light-receiving signal from the light-receiving device a display controller for displaying the front image acquired by the observing optical system in a still state on a monitor as well as enabling setting of a capturing position of the tomographic image, the setting using the front image and a drive controller for controlling the scanning unit to acquire the tomographic image in accordance with the capturing position.