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Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Jacob_Breaux] #7756848 07/13/12 03:09 PM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,398 Conroe Brandon Dickenson TFF Team Angler
Brandon Dickenson TFF Team Angler Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,398 Conroe	Originally Posted By: Jacob_Breaux When I'm fishing solo, I use the front camera on my phone. I just hold the fish with my left hand and hold the phone in the right and take the pic. Good thing is you can see the pic before you take it. The pics come out ok, but they make the fish look bigger. the only reason I don't like using the front camera is the quality in pictures. Phones now are capable of taking great pictures with a 5-8 megapixel camera. However the front facing cameras are usually just 1-1.3, so I prefer using the rear camera even though it's difficult!

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Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Wirebender] #7756867 07/13/12 03:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,118 Lake Fork T Troyz Extreme Angler
Troyz Extreme Angler T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,118 Lake Fork	Originally Posted By: Wirebender So, you hear that it is not true if you don't have a picture. As I fish alone most of the time, how do I take a decent picture of a big fish without laying her down on the boat floor? I seldom take pictures so I really don't have to worry about it. If you are taking the picture only because some people say its not true if you don't have pictures, I would not worry about that either. Those same people would still tend to doubt the weight you posted even with a picture. If you want the pictures for memories most of the new cell phones take pretty good pictures.

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Wirebender] #7756888 07/13/12 03:19 PM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 424 Arlington, TX T TexasBassBuster Angler
TexasBassBuster Angler T Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 424 Arlington, TX	using iPhone: go to the app store and get an app called Camera+ go to http://hatcams.com and buy a hat. look on ebay for "iphone bracket tripod" you can record yourself fishing, edit videos and upload to youtube. you can take your hat off and set the timer to take a pic. This way you can either set the hatcam down with your iphone about to take your picture. This is how I do it.

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Wirebender] #7756889 07/13/12 03:19 PM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 21,123 NRH, TX buda13 TFF Guru
buda13 TFF Guru Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 21,123 NRH, TX	This is about as good as I can do with my crackberry..

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Wirebender] #7756951 07/13/12 03:35 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 4,146 On the fish R Robert Hunter TFF Team Angler
Robert Hunter TFF Team Angler R Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 4,146 On the fish	Camera+ for sure if you have I phone lean it against the console on timer problem solved. [url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://i.postimg.cc/bsQJFvLj/

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: JacksonBean] #7757088 07/13/12 04:05 PM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 675 Colleyville, TX B Boo in FW Pro Angler
Boo in FW Pro Angler B Joined: May 2007 Posts: 675 Colleyville, TX	Originally Posted By: JacksonBean Originally Posted By: Wirebender So, you hear that it is not true if you don't have a picture. As I fish alone most of the time, how do I take a decent picture of a big fish without laying her down on the boat floor? Great question! Here's what I figured out. I take my iPhone and start a video and put my phone down on the dashboard so it's pointed at me. Then I do my glamour pose with the fish , throw her back and stop the video. Then later, watch the video and when it comes to the right spot, pause the video and screen shot the screen. Then you have a pic of you and your fish! Then just delete the video so you don't look like a weirdo. Tight lines, Jackson That's a great idea! I didn't know you can't take screenshots of a video. Check that problem off my list. Boo Springtown, TX

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Wirebender] #7757279 07/13/12 04:41 PM
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 469 Pilot Point, TX P propman Angler
propman Angler P Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 469 Pilot Point, TX	I find another fisherman and ask if they would please take a picture for me of me and my bass, and then if they do ask them if they would like me to take a picture of them with my fish. Reason for that is I only wish to take pictures of double digit bass and maybe they would like to lie a bit about their fishing prowess.

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Wirebender] #7757298 07/13/12 04:46 PM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,067 Ray Hubbard H HatCamBass Extreme Angler
HatCamBass Extreme Angler H Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,067 Ray Hubbard	Go get an actual digital camera (doesn't have to be expensive) and mount it somewhere on your boat. Next, learn how to use the self-timer feature (all cameras have them). It's super easy on most cameras. Get that fish in your hands, start that self timer, get in front of the camera, and strike that pose!! With a little bit of practice, you'll know exactly where you need to stand to get that perfect shot. Jeff Amaro @HatCamBass www.youtube.com/HatCamBass

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: JacksonBean] #7757307 07/13/12 04:47 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 6,300 ..around the way, near Lk Waco J JD/76708 TFF Celebrity
JD/76708 TFF Celebrity J Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 6,300 ..around the way, near Lk Waco	Originally Posted By: JacksonBean Originally Posted By: Wirebender So, you hear that it is not true if you don't have a picture. As I fish alone most of the time, how do I take a decent picture of a big fish without laying her down on the boat floor? Great question! Here's what I figured out. I take my iPhone and start a video and put my phone down on the dashboard so it's pointed at me. Then I do my glamour pose with the fish , throw her back and stop the video. Then later, watch the video and when it comes to the right spot, pause the video and screen shot the screen. Then you have a pic of you and your fish! Then just delete the video so you don't look like a weirdo. Tight lines, Jackson Excellent idea....thanks for sharing it... [img]http://s1190.photobucket.com/albums/z451...ser_media_share[/img] We all stumble and make mistakes. When you stumble, do you want your brother to help knock you down or to help set you back on your feet? JD PB: 8.4 (Lake Fork) Psalms 83:18 (Our God has a name) Matthew 24:14, 44

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Wirebender] #7757609 07/13/12 05:51 PM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 63 Lake Kiowa, Texas R Reece Holt Outdoorsman
Reece Holt Outdoorsman R Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 63 Lake Kiowa, Texas	timer cam app for iphone - Reece Holt Tight lines!!

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Wirebender] #7758485 07/13/12 10:24 PM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,857 Texas D Dr JL Extreme Angler
Dr JL Extreme Angler D Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,857 Texas	If you are just taking pics then the tripod/camera w/ timer works great and this is what I have been doing for a long time. Or get a go pro or sports vue video cam with mount or head cam. Just holding your arm out is great for getting weight scale shot but it just is not as good as a nice pic with you smiling and holding your new pb. The iphone thing mentioned above works well too.

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Wirebender] #7759020 07/14/12 01:30 AM
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 210 Gladewater F fullgrown Outdoorsman
fullgrown Outdoorsman F Joined: May 2012 Posts: 210 Gladewater	What JacksonBean said

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Wirebender] #7759022 07/14/12 01:31 AM
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 210 Gladewater F fullgrown Outdoorsman
fullgrown Outdoorsman F Joined: May 2012 Posts: 210 Gladewater	Just don't use the normal camera. Not the camera on the screen side. The screen side camera does not have as high of mega pixel's.

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Wirebender] #7759039 07/14/12 01:35 AM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 4,114 Huffman/Lake Houston S sexyshad TFF Team Angler
sexyshad TFF Team Angler S Joined: May 2008 Posts: 4,114 Huffman/Lake Houston	My phone has a forward facing camera took this one last year by myself.

Re: Taking fish pictures when you fish alone [Re: Wirebender] #7759640 07/14/12 06:05 AM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 215 San Antonio, TX Martinial Outdoorsman
Martinial Outdoorsman Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 215 San Antonio, TX	I recently had the same challenge when I went to Falcon alone so I bought an inexpensive Nikon with a timer. When I finally caught a decent fish I set it on my front seat and took the pic, it took me 3 tries as it was a little windy that day (on Falcon, really?). Now I just keep the camera in the boat.

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