1. An apparatus comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain an image group including one or more images; a creating unit configured to create a layout candidate, by laying out the one or more images, hereinafter referred to as each image, included in the image group obtained by the obtaining unit; and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the layout candidate created by the creating unit, based on individual evaluation including image blurring evaluation for each image laid out within a layout image, wherein the image blurring evaluation is evaluated based on a magnitude of blurring of each image and a size of each image placed in the layout image, and the image blurring evaluation of each image becomes lower when each image including the blurring is placed with a larger size in a layout candidate and the image blurring evaluation of each image becomes higher when each image including blurring is placed with a smaller size in a layout candidate, wherein at least one of the obtaining unit, the creating unit, and the evaluating unit is implemented by at least one processor in the apparatus.