Photography Club Option Non-Existant

"AznSensei;14493293" wrote:
You can only take selfies, pictures etc. as an ACTIVE sim. I have not seen a NPC sim do that in the game. All the other skills and activities were included because those actions can be done whether or not you are on the active sim or not.

I'm sorry to bring disappointment but unless they update the game to allow NPC's to take photos themselves (which I hope does not open a bunch of bugs), then there is no possibility of seeing a Photography club in the game.

This could happen if we get an expansion pack based on Celebrity life and Paparazzi again. So, there is hope, I think in one of the survey's it talked about paparazzi's and what not.

So, who knows, if they create that npc, then maybe they can use it to allow townies to take pictures too.

I'm kinda glad that there are no autonomous photography actions. It's bad enough that I have to purge tons of screenshots from my folder after using paint from reference or having my sims take photos. The photo dump put a damper on my enjoyment of photographer and painter sims.

I would also like this addition and can see no reason why it couldn't be implimented.
There is no reason why club members that you aren't actively controlling have to take REAL pictures. It could simply be an animation that is added in so that during club meetings, other club members would pull out a camera or their phone if they don't own a camera, play out an animation for taking a photo and that be it.
It wouldn't be a very interactive club gathering but then they don't all have to be. The club would still be able to gain points from Sims taking pictures and your active Sim could take as many as they like.
You could even decorate their hangout with pictures your Sim has taken.

They don't even have to take pictures. NPCs could just man the photobooths.

Or perhaps they could just add an autonomous animation for npcs without generating screenshots, like the way foodies take pictures of their food?

I think this club would be great. I hope there's a way they could work it in.

We have seen modders do this specially in Road To Fame mod. I’ve never tried one but I dont think the pictures of npcs piles up in the game folders. There’s a club perk that lets you boost your photography skill quickly when in club gatherings so I dont think it’s entirely impossible that a photography club is feasible.