

Occasionally, when a Sim checks the adventure board at the base camp, local townspeople request that they take pictures of various tomb objects.Ī basic camera shot with the best camera available.įor an example, a Champs Les Sims local wants the Sim to photograph a floor switch for a brochure of the location. You can help The Sims Wiki by expanding this section. This section is in need of additional information. There's a number of adventures requiring the photography skill. There are four filters that will affect the price of the resultant photos, but the better ones also make photos cost more to produce. They all have a wooden frame, and can fit broad regions or wide compositions as they are exactly three floor tiles in width. Panorama photos are the largest and most profitable. They can fit a lot of detail, and are reasonably expensive under the right conditions. Large portrait photos are very impressively sized, good for displaying legacy members. They are slightly smaller than a floor tile in width. Medium landscapes are reasonably sized, show a bit more detail, and are quite nice on display. All small portraits have a turquoise frame. Small portraits are very tiny and portrait-oriented, and show relatively little detail of their subjects. There are four sizes of photographs that relate to the photography skill, with one size that does not.Ĭellphone snapshots are actually larger and nicer than small portraits, but they do not contribute to the Photography skill. If any of these options is greyed out, it means either the camera is not capable of them, or the Sim's skill is still too low.


Images are stored in a menu accessible from the camera object in a Sim's inventory, and can be sold, deleted, or moved into the Sims main inventory for keeping and displaying. On the other hand, cheaper cameras simply do not have features like the ability to zoom in and out.

Sims with low skill levels will not have access to some of the features found on high-end cameras. The first is the quality of their camera, and the second is their skill level. What sort of photos a Sim can take depend on two major factors. Shutter nut Complete 5 photo collections and all photos after that cost nothing to take. Human form expert Capture 50 unique Sims and you'll be able to improve your Sim's relationships with other Sims just by taking photos of them Paparazzi Capture 60 unique Sims that are strangers and photos of strangers will be worth more. Architectural eye Capture 10 unique landmarks and all landmark photos will be worth more. Main article: Photography/Photo collections Challenges Photog Capture 75 unique subjects and photographs will all have a higher base worth. With Ambitions, Sims can register as a self-employed photographer. Only these Sims possess cameras at the beginning of the game. Prior to University Life, many premade Sims in the World Adventures sub-neighborhoods - Al Simhara, Champs Les Sims, and Shang Simla - begin the game with a ChannonTec Outlaw SE camera in their inventories and have learned the photography skill. The snapshots taken will be worth more, depending on Sims' photography skill and the subject of the photograph. The photo collections can be completed by taking photographs of various events, objects, Sims, and places using the camera. In The Sims 3: World Adventures, Sims who take up the photography skill can complete the photo collections, that can be viewed in the skill journal.
