I'm sitting here daydreaming about the good fishing days from last year to remind myself that winter is finite, and I realized I don't have a single picture of a fish over 5lb where you can see the whole thing unless I have it on the ketch board. Do I just accept that I should be happy such a problem in my life exists? Or is there a certain trick/angle you guys have found to still get a good picture that does the fish justice from the yak?
Posted by Gianlevato
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I just have your mom hold my phone
Scrolled through pics and realized I don’t either. Apparently when the fish doesn’t fit in the camera I resort to short videos lol.
Not sure. Maybe zoom out for the “fish eye” lens 😏😏
Don’t long arm the fish
Hold the fish closer to your body, if you fit in the frame the fish will too.
In general, a downward angle is more flattering to the angle, and the closer it is to your chest the more accurate a jacket measurement is later. Regardless, awesome fish! FYI when your fingers are the size of your head, the long arm shot is more obvious 😉
Fish next to face
Wide angle helps
Simple, I just don’t catch monsters.
Prop up the phone, picture via timer.
I doubt this is a humble brag, but it sure does read like “how do you guys keep your ding dong from getting wet when you sit down to poop?”
Hold it closer to you?
Prop my phone up on something, put on selfie mode and put a 3 second timer. This is on iPhone.
Mr. Beast asking for fish photo advice??!!
Hold it close to your body.
Here’s what I do: Get a Ram X-Grip phone holder, mount it to a track (works better if you can elevate it on a pole too), use a timer on your forward-facing camera (I use 5 seconds), and use a voice command to activate the timer. When I catch a nice fish I put it on a pair of tethered lip grips and leave it in the water to breathe while I take my phone out of my PFD, put it in the X-Grip holder, and open the camera app on forward facing mode. Then I take my fish out of the water, lean in close to the phone and say the voice command (on my phone the magic word is “shoot”), then frame the shot while the timer counts down. This method is great for solo pics and works for big fish – [example 1](https://imgur.com/a/HFAdbGi.jpg), [example 2](https://imgur.com/a/hmogaji.jpg)
I prop my phone on the seat with a tackle box and take a vid. Limitless options for pictures. You just need to break your bad habit of strong arming every catch. Not only is it disingenuous but doing that and then asking weight is preposterous when there’s no frame of reference like using your body or your pole for an approximation.