3. Create a new blank canvas in your photo-editing program. Specify the same resolution as your photos, and make the width and height large enough to fit in all the individual shots side by side. Name and save your file, and continue to do so at regular intervals throughout the editing process.

4. Import each photograph as a separate object. To avoid confusion, work on them in the same order that you took the photographs. Drag each one to its approximate position within the overall scene as it's imported. Even at this early stage you will start to get a feel for what the end result will look like.