Alola Photo Club

Alola Photo Club is a new feature introduced in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. This feature has you and your Pokémon pose for a variety of photos. You have the ability to select the environment of the photo, the pose including various Z-Poses as well as your Pokémon. It is done within the Alola Photo Club buildings which are situated in Hau'oli City and Konikoni City

After taking photos, you can then decorate the photo with frames and stickers to help personalise them. From there, you can share the photo out using various features.

Participating in the Alola Photo Club with your Pokémon will raise its affection in a similar amount to buying Malasada.
Alola Photo Club - Features

When you start, there are then two modes to do it. Simple Mode which just has you select Pokémon and backdrop and advance mode which gives you a myriad of options. With this, you can change composition between being face on, or facing eachother and even switch your character's outfit to one of three custom saved selections, as well as the Poké Ride outfits.

From there, you have the ability to select your pose from one of the 18 typed Z-Move poses, the Pikachu Catastropika Z-Move pose and the Alola greeting animation. With your Pokémon, you can select for them to be in a battle pose or in the pose from Pokémon Refresh. You can also activate their animations at the press of the button.

You then have the ability to move and rotate both the Pokémon and your player character around the field as well as the zoom, rotation and orientation of the camera giving you full control over the focus of the photo.

Once you have things set, press the capture button and it'll capture 6 quick burst images so you can get the perfect frame of animation for your photo.

Alola Photo Club Backgrounds

There are numerous different backdrops to use in the Photo Club. To get most of them, you need to just simply have a battle in or visit a specific area, as the backgrounds are using the battle backgrounds. For others, however, there are more intricate unlock methods and some can only be used with certain Pokémon. For example, there are six different backgrounds that will only appear when you bring Pokémon from specific games to be your photo partner

PictureNameUnlock Method
BackgroundsRoute 1 AVisit Area
BackgroundsRoute 1 BVisit Area
BackgroundsRoute 1 CVisit Area
BackgroundsIki TownVisit Area
BackgroundsTrainers' SchoolVisit Area
BackgroundsClassroomVisit Area
BackgroundsHau'oli City BeachVisit Area
BackgroundsHau'oli CityVisit Area
BackgroundsHau'oli CemeteryVisit Area
BackgroundsVerdant CavernVisit Area
BackgroundsRoute 3Visit Area
BackgroundsMelemele MeadowVisit Area
BackgroundsSeaward CaveVisit Area
BackgroundsKala'e BayVisit Area
BackgroundsTen Carat HillVisit Area
BackgroundsMahalo TrailVisit Area
BackgroundsRuins of ConflictVisit Area
BackgroundsPaniola TownVisit Area
BackgroundsPaniola Ranch AVisit Area
BackgroundsPaniola Ranch BVisit Area
BackgroundsBrooklett Hill AVisit Area
BackgroundsBrooklett Hill BeVisit Area
BackgroundsWela Volcano ParkVisit Area
BackgroundsRoute 8Visit Area
BackgroundsFossil Restoration CenterVisit Area
BackgroundsLush JungleVisit Area
BackgroundsKonikoni CityVisit Area
BackgroundsAether Paradise AVisit Area
BackgroundsAether Paradise CVisit Area
BackgroundsAether Paradise BVisit Area
BackgroundsMalie GardenVisit Area
BackgroundsRoute 14Visit Area
BackgroundsAbandoned Thrifty MegamartVisit Area
BackgroundsHaina DesertVisit Area
BackgroundsRoute 15Visit Area
BackgroundsSeaward CaveVisit Area
BackgroundsPo TownVisit Area
BackgroundsShady HouseVisit Area
BackgroundsAncient TempleVisit Area
BackgroundsMount LanakilaVisit Area
BackgroundsIcy CaveVisit Area
BackgroundsSeafolk VillageVisit Area
BackgroundsPoni Breaker CoastVisit Area
BackgroundsVast Poni CanyonVisit Area
BackgroundsAltar of the SunneVisit Area
BackgroundsAltar of the MooneVisit Area
BackgroundsPoni MeadowVisit Area
BackgroundsElite Four Chamber AVisit Area
BackgroundsElite Four Chamber BVisit Area
BackgroundsElite Four Chamber CVisit Area
BackgroundsElite Four Chamber DVisit Area
BackgroundsChampion's ChamberVisit Area
BackgroundsBattle RoyalVisit Area
BackgroundsBattle TreeVisit Area
BackgroundsBattle AgencyVisit Area
BackgroundsLovey-Dovey HeartShow Pokémon Fan Club President a Pokémon with Max Affection
BackgroundsFaraway Space
BackgroundsCelebration Cake
BackgroundsZenith Stage
BackgroundsCommemorative Photo
BackgroundsIndigo PlateauUse a Pokémon from Kanto (Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed, LeafGreen)
BackgroundsBell TowerUse a Pokémon from Johto (Gold, Silver, HeartGold, SoulSilver)
BackgroundsSeafloor CavernUse a Pokémon from Hoenn (Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire)
BackgroundsSpear PillarUse a Pokémon from Sinnoh (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum)
BackgroundsSkyarrow BridgeUse a Pokémon from Unova (Black, White, Black 2, White 2)
BackgroundsLumiose CityUse a Pokémon from Kalos (X, Y)

Customisation

After the picture is taken, you can save it to the SD Card. If you do, then you're able to alter the photo using the special Photo Album option of the standard Menu. Here, you can amend you photographs with stickers and frames. You unlock stickers by completing various aspects of the game such as Trials and even defeating Team Rainbow Rocket. You also get some for taking photos.

There are three different sizes of stickers, with some stickers being in multiple sizes. You also have multiple different frames with which you can cover your photograph.

Once these are done you can share them through the Global Link

Frames

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Stickers

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