I have been spending most of my time on photography so far - so excited to have it back, and to be able to place the photos I take in my builds. It's great to be able to select the size of the photo, orientation, filters and so forth on the fly! However, I do have some suggestions for improvement. A couple were already stated, but it doesn't hurt to re-emphasize, I hope.
- Let us choose the frame color for paintings & photos (also a choice of frame style would be nice)
- Let us tilt the camera (in camera man mode also). I think the hotkeys used to be shift-a and shift-d.
- I know it's not realistic in terms of what you could do with a camera in real life, but I'd really like the ability to use E and S or the mousewheel as we can in camera man (TAB) mode, in order to raise or lower our height for photos. This would enable us to get better pictures of world landmarks and avoid obstacles (such as high fences) that may get in the way of our pictures. Since we don't have open worlds anymore, it can be hard to route the sims to a spot where we can get a good picture.
- Let us enlarge sims paintings and photos. Right now they won't scale the way buy mode paintings and wall art do.
- If we are not going to be able to enlarge them, then please increase the size of the photos. To me, the large seems like a medium, the medium a small, and the smalls are tiny! I spent a lot of time painting prior to this expansion, and I'd really like to see photos that have the same size options.
- Please increase the number of sims that can pose for photos, and make sure that all age groups can pose together.
- Let the photographer select from available sim poses (bonus - if the pose involves two or more sims, have some available poses that engage the two, such as a hug, kiss, peace sign behind the head, etc.)
- Please let us zoom in and out further than the current limits.
- Please increase the value of photographs across the board, but there should especially be a difference between shots of different quality, i.e. an outstanding photo should not sell for the same price as a normal photo.
- Could we improve the quality? I wasn't expecting the clarity we get in our screen shots, but I do think it could be better than it is. I did a lot of photography in Sims 3, and the quality was much better.
Sims 3 Photo:
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad5/SFsimpics/SFsimhomes/colesplace/unit1basement2.jpg
Sims 4 Photo:
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad5/SFsimpics/Sims4/Building/ts4photo_zpsfo3qmbkx.jpg
4/9/15 - Edited to add a couple more requests.
