Family portraits?

"Dianesims;c-17202640" wrote:
I’m guessing you could still place markers, have your sims stand on them then chose one to take a picture of (with the others in the frame) and that may look like a family photo.

How do you use the tripod timer ?

You can do this; I've been experimenting with this method since the pack came out. What' I've been doing is getting everyone set up on markers, then for each set I choose 3 different Sims as the "posers"; these are the ones that will randomize their pose, while the others remain still. Here's some examples of what I've been able to figure out.



In this one, I wanted a picture of 3 kids and two toddlers with their grandmother at a birthday party. I built a deck to use as a stage and lined up 3 rows of markers. The 3 children are the ones being photographed. Grandma and the two toddlers are waiting on the markers.



In this one, the two adults and one toddler are posing; the other one is waiting. But there's not much difference between the posing toddler and the waiting one. Of course, this doesn't always work; if the waiting toddler isn't in the mood to be photographed, you can end up with something like this:



(Personally, I don't mind this; after all, a toddler isn't always going to cooperate and pose on demand, so it's kind of realistic to have some pictures where one is fussy.)

I've even managed to combine Sims on markers with the pet photos, although this is a bit trickier...you have to be able to predict where the Sim and pet will pose together around the camera. So far I only have a 50% success rate with this.



I want to keep playing around with it to get the hang of mixing the different types of photos together.