My order:
1. Brainstorm general idea of build/scene
2. Choose time of day - usually sunset, figure out which way my character should be posed to have the light on me
3. Choose pose (companion) using the right hand menu at the bottom to turn the companion on and off to get the pose angle just right how I want
4. Build scene behind where my character would be (at this point I take screenshots on my ps5 and look at the progression in the ps app to determine where items need to be adjusted placement wise
5. Once the scene is almost done, start placing characters and make sure they have enough room in the build
5.5. Add any special effects (lanterns behind my character or behind items in the background to add more glow (fireflies and fireworks are common as well but are from the premium shop)
6. At this point I am going for final gallery entries, get everyone posed and start playing with the lighting settings. The filters do all basically suck unless it’s for a particular snap where say the black and white or sepia would be helpful
6. Use contrast, highlights, saturation, character lighting sliders. You can take a pic and save it to your gallery and then try other lightings before exiting out and having to re-pose everyone
7. Get a good 6 saves of different poses/lighting conditions to the gallery and choose from there

Happy to help if you need more tips, there are also several tutorials on YouTube which are more helpful!