The image forming apparatus and method combine images to form one combined image by using an image formed by clipping, from images including the same person, parts of a face and a body of the person and combining the parts. The apparatus and method select, from images stored in advance, images to be combined in image combination frames of a template for the combined image, the template being stored in advance and including the image combination frames for which image editing conditions are defined, edit the selected images according to each of the image editing conditions for each of the image combination frames of the template and arrange the edited images in the image combination frames of the template and combining the arranged images.