Photography

A photo of Ethan with a party in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

The concept of photography has appeared in many Pokémon games as well as in the TCG, manga, and anime. Starting with its introduction in the game Pokémon Snap, photography has appeared in several other games since.

In the games

Main series

Pokémon Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Pokémon Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal are compatible with the Game Boy Printer accessory. By talking to a character labeled as a "photographer," players are able to print out stats of any Pokémon in their party. Also in Gold, Silver and Crystal, although photography isn't mentioned, there is a mail called Portrait Mail that has the silhouette of the Pokémon holding it as its design.

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

At the Rocket Game Corner in Celadon City, there is a "Pokémon Printer" where a player may have their current party photographed and displayed on the back of the Trainer card for a fee of $50. The photos can be taken in four different colors: normal, black, pink, or sepia.

Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum

The player can get a picture of his/her Pokémon taken with Accessories on in Jubilife City at the Jubilife TV building. This is also done when a player's Pokémon wins a Pokémon Super Contest, but only when the rank of that contest type has not already been achieved.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Lyra and Slowbro taking a picture with Professor Oak

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Cameron in the Dragon's Den

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, there are many areas in Johto and Kanto where the player may take photos of him/herself and their partner, although the player will often be able to photograph themselves with their entire party. These photos are recorded in a photo album, which stores up to 36 photos in the PC. After the player gets the Plain Badge, a man named Cameron will periodically be found in both regions at varying times. He will take pictures of the player's party and the surrounding area. Cameron's house is in Cianwood City, which has an automatic camera beside it for use at all times; however, Cameron cannot be found here.

With the entire party

Location	Notes	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
New Bark Town	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Cherrygrove City	—	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Ruins of Alph	Outside	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Ruins of Alph	Inside	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Route 32	—	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Slowpoke Well	—	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Ilex Forest	—	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Goldenrod Tunnel	Dressed as a Team Rocket grunt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Route 35	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
National Park	Gate	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
National Park	Inside	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Pokéathlon Dome	—	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ecruteak City	—	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Route 39	—	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Olivine City	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Glitter Lighthouse	At night	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Cianwood City	—	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Safari Zone	Gate	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Ice Path	—	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Blackthorn City	—	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Route 45	—	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Route 48	—	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Mt. Silver	—	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Frontier Access	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Pallet Town	—	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Route 1	—	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Viridian City	—	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Pewter City	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Pewter Museum of Science	—	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Cerulean City	—	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Vermilion City	—	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Silph Co.	—	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Saffron Train Station	—	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Celadon City	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Celadon Department Store	—	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Fuchsia City	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Route 12	—	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Route 14	—	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Seafoam Islands	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Route 21	—	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Route 22	—	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Route 26	—	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No

With NPCs

Character	Location	Day	Requirements
Day Care Man	Pokémon Day Care	4 Wednesday & Thursday	—
Dragon Clan Elder	Dragon's Den	2 Monday & Thursday	—
Professor Oak	Professor Oak's Laboratory	8 Everyday	Complete the National Pokédex
Falkner	Celadon Department Store	4 Wednesday	His phone number
Bugsy	National Park (By the Fountain)	6 Friday	His phone number
Whitney	Goldenrod Department Store (Sixth Floor)	8 Everyday from 6:00 PM to 8:59 PM	Her phone number
Morty	Bell Tower on the Bellchime Trail	6 Friday	His phone number
Chuck	Route 47	1 Sunday	Does not appear after the Jade Orb is obtained
Jasmine	Olivine City Café	8 Everyday from 12:00 PM to 12:59 PM	Her phone number
Pryce	Mahogany Gym	8 Everyday	-
Clair	Dragon's Den	8 Everyday from 4:00 PM to 6:59 PM	Her phone number
Brock	Diglett's Cave on the Route 2 side	8 Everyday from 5:00 PM to 7:59 PM	His phone number
Misty	Route 25	8 Everyday from 2:00 PM to 3:59 PM	Her phone number and a Water Pokémon as your lead member
Lt. Surge	Route 39 at Moomoo Farm	6 Friday & Saturday	His phone number
Erika	Celadon City	2 Monday	Her phone number
Janine	Victory Road at the Pokémon League Reception Gate	8 Everyday from 6:00 PM to 7:59 PM	Her phone number
Sabrina	Olivine City Harbor	2 Monday	Her phone number
Blaine	Cinnabar Island	5 Thursday	His phone number
Blue	Cinnabar Island	6 Friday	Defeat Red

In side games

Pokémon Snap

In Pokémon Snap, the entire game is based around the concept of photography. In Pokémon Snap, the player (as Todd Snap) must take the best possible photographs of the 63 Pokémon findable on Pokémon Island for Professor Oak's Pokémon Report.

The player controls the camera from a first-person perspective. To view through the camera lens, the player must hold the "Z" button. The shutter button is operated with the "A" button. In the game, the player can receive tools to aid their picture-taking such as Pokémon food, Pester Balls, and the Poké Flute.

For a period of time after the release of Pokémon Snap, Pokémon Snap Sticker Stations were available at Blockbuster Video stores, which allowed a player to print out their photos on stickers for $3. These Sticker Stations were available in the United States and Canada. In the Wii Virtual Console version, players can post them to the Wii's Address book.

Pokémon Stadium

In Pokémon Stadium, there is a "Gallery" mode where players can take photographs of their Pokémon. A player may photograph Pokémon from their Generation I Game Boy game (using the Transfer Pak) or they may photograph the game's rental Pokémon. The controls are identical to that of Pokémon Snap, but without the extra items such as the Pester Balls. Photos taken in Gallery Mode could be printed on stickers at the Pokémon Snap Sticker Stations.

My Pokémon Ranch

In My Pokémon Ranch, players are able to take photos of their Pokémon during any of the random ranch events (such as the Clock and the Totem Pole) or when they are playing with any of the toys that a player may buy for their Pokémon. The quality of the photo can be increased with the "Focus Lock" function.

PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Great Adventure

PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Great Adventure gives the player the ability to take pictures from the game similar to previous Wii and WiiWare games.

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Players of Super Smash Bros. Melee are able to take pictures of certain battle scenes in Camera Mode. Photos take up 4-12 blocks from the GameCube memory card. Camera Mode requires two controllers - player 2 takes a photo of player 1's battle.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

A snapshot of two Ivysaur in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Players of Super Smash Bros. Brawl may also to take pictures of certain battle scenes if the game is paused. Photographs typically take 1 block of memory from either the Wii's memory or from the SD Card memory. Photos taken in Super Smash Bros. Brawl can be transferred to a personal computer and converted to JPEGs using various programs or websites available online. The players can also take pictures of stages they created.

In the anime

Todd Snap and his camera in the anime

Photography has also appeared in the anime. The first appearance of photography in the anime was in the episode The Battling Eevee Brothers, where Psyduck took a picture of Ash and his friends. Todd Snap debuted in Pokémon Paparazzi, which aired shortly after the release of Pokémon Snap. In the episode, Team Rocket hires photographer Todd Snap to "capture" Pikachu, not realizing that Todd means to capture Pikachu on film. Todd appears in a number of subsequent episodes, in which he tries to photograph other Pokémon, including the legendary Articuno.

Photography also appears in Destiny Deoxys, where a Block Bot took pictures of Ash and co. for passport IDs.

Photography appears again in the episode A Maze-ing Race!, where Team Rocket tries to take a group picture of Ash's, Dawn's, and Brock's Pokémon in exchange for a map. In Jumping Rocket Ship!, Team Rocket disguise themselves as photographers in an attempt to capture the Pokémon of Ash and his friends.

In BW001, Ash meets another Pokémon photographer, Shooti, who likes to take photographs of Pokémon he has never seen before.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Todd Snap appeared in the Emerald arc as a reporter. At the end of the chapter, after looking at Todd's pictures of the events at the Battle Frontier, Professor Oak asked him if he could work with him and if he could go to an island where there are lots of Pokémon, and take pictures of them.

Pokémon Battle Frontier

In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga, Anabel is disguised as a photographer taking photographs around the Battle Frontier.

In the TCG

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The only English Pokémon Snap card

Though not prevalent, photography has appeared throughout the TCG multiple times. The first times were the CoroCoro Pokémon Snap Contest and the Nintendo 64 Pokémon Snap Contest. Entries consisted of pictures snapped from Pokémon Snap. Ten entries were chosen, and the entries were used on extremely rare reprints. The exact number of these cards is unknown.

Imakuni?, Poké Dude and Top 4 Trainers are the only three cards using actual photographs of people (Tomoaki Imakuni, Hironobu Yoshida and the top 4 senior champions of the Spring Battle Road in 2002, respectively) and were released as promotional cards.

The Pokémon Rumble card collection also used photography as illustrations for the cards. This nineteen card collection was released in conjunction with Pokémon Rumble, and used screenshots from the game as their illustration. They were not credited with the normal Illus. by [...], but simply as Pokémon Rumble.

Any cards with a Pokémon Pikachu copyright are considered to be photographs of the anime. These copyrights have been used for movie promotions ever since 2003, and are mostly used to represent anime characters or their Pokémon.

Trivia

• Cameron can be found at Mt. Silver, a location only highly skilled Trainers are permitted; this suggests that he is a highly skilled Trainer.