Panoramic Photography. (the cheap way)

The basic concept of a Panorama is that the recorded image encompasses more of a scene than you could see at the time without having to turn your head from one side to another. In fact, to obtain a true panoramic view, the camera's lens must swing it's view from one side to the other.

Cropping.

The easiest way to get a panoramic photo is too cheat, just use a wide angle lens, and crop the top and bottom of the photo, this changes the aspect ratio which means that the width is much greater than the hight

Another big part of digital photography is the other options that you have.  Some Mobile phones have brilliant cameras that can both take pictures and take video.

My Samsung Tocco Lite has a massive 3.2 megapixel camera. 

This phone has a Panoramic Feature which gives you 6 photos to take and also guides you to where the next photo is to be taken.

it gives results like this: