History Main / CameraFiend

* Tsutako from ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'' is pretty much defined by: "Carries a camera everywhere."

* ''Film/PeepingTom'' is a definitive example.

* In 1911, Arthur Conan Doyle's brother-in-law Ernest Hornung used ''The Camera Fiend'' as the title for a novel about a mad scientist obsessed with documenting the human soul. A la ''Film/PeepingTom'', he designs a device to kill and photograph in the same instant. Unsuccessful, he turns the device on himself, hoping that his suicide will yield the evidence he was unable to obtain in life. It may be read here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30096.
* Colin Creevey in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Since he's also a HeroWorshipper, his first scene consists of him asking Harry for a signed photo, much to his exasperation. [[spoiler: His camera eventually saves his life - when he runs into the Basilisk and tries to take a picture, its gaze only petrifies him because he didn't look it directly in the eye.]]

* * ''Film/HighAndTight'' opens with Seth's scrapbook of home movies at a Halloween party - showing everyone getting drunker and sillier.Katsuji from ''Film/Gremlins2TheNewBatch''. "Work a camera? [[IAmTheNoun I AM a camera]]!"

* Creator/ValKilmer, as seen in the documentary ''Film/{{Val}}''. Kilmer used to bring a camcorder with him nearly everywhere he went and amassed a warehouse full of videotapes of his travels, behind-the-scenes footage from his films and family moments. In a clip from the filming of ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'', the director can be heard telling Kilmer to stop filming and rehearse his scenes.

* Creator/ValKilmer, as seen in the documentary ''Film/{{Val}}''. Kilmer used to bring a camcorder with him nearly everywhere he went and amassed a warehouse full of video tapes of behind-the-scenes footage from his films. In a clip from the filming of ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'', the director can be heard telling Kilmer to stop filming and rehearse his scenes.

Film/Val

-->Roger: Who are to tell me what I know, what to do?
-->Mark: A ''friend!''
-->Roger: But ''who'', Mark, are you? "Mark has got his work!" They say "Mark lives for his work" and "Mark's in love with his work"- Mark '''HIDES''' in his work!
-->Mark: [[DefensiveWhat From what?!]]
-->Roger: Facing your failure, facing your loneliness, facing the fact you live a lie. '''Yes, you live a lie!''' Tell you why; you're always preaching not to be numb, when that's how you thrive! You pretend to create and observe when you really detach from feeling alive!
-->Mark: '''[[SurvivorsGuilt PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE I'M THE ONE OF US TO SURVIVE!]]'''

-->Roger: [[KickTheDog Poor baby!]]

* Mark from ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'' is a documentary filmmaker and films the other characters throughout the story, leading to a touching montage at the end. In "Goodbye Love" Roger accuses Mark of obsessing over his camera to avoid facing reality. Mark actually does this because he has SurvivorsGuilt because he's going to outlive Roger, who, among most of the cast in the show, has AIDS.

-->Mark: '''PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE I'M THE ONE OF US TO SURVIVE!'''

* Mark from ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'' is a documentary filmmaker and films the other characters throughout the story, leading to a touching montage at the end. In "Goodbye Love" Roger accuses Mark of obsessing over his camera to avoid facing reality.

* In ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', the PlayerCharacter, Max Caulfield, always carries her old-school Polaroid camera with her. Not surprising, given that she is a photography student.
** She does it in part to emulate her teacher, Mark Jefferson, who provides the page quote. As a very famous photographer, he teaches all that he knows at Blackwell Academy, tells his students to “always take the shot”, and is partly responsible for fostering Max's habits. [[spoiler:He is also [[BitchInSheepsClothing quite the literal fiend]] who takes the trope [[PlayedForHorror to disturbing levels]], as he is the BigBad drugging and kidnapping girls to take them to his Dark Room, where he photographs them in bondage and sexualized positions and tortures them, all to capture the moment where innocence becomes corrupted.]]

** When Featherweight replaces [[AlphaBitch Diamond Tiara]] as editor, [[FanNickname Shady Daze]] (who previously ran the press) takes his place as photographer, a position he's still holding during the Summer Harvest Parade.

* In ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' Ginei, the club president, is the only member of the Newspaper Club to be seen with a camera. His photos become a plot point in the anime, twice.

** Trip, Ash's main rival in ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite Black and White]]'', is usually seen with his own camera. He explained in his first appearance that he's keeping a scrapbook of his journey.
** Trevor from the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY XY]]'' arc goes out of his way to take pictures of rare Pokémon, including OlympusMons like [[PlayingWithFire Moltres]]. The gym leader Viola as well.

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** Also from ''Investigations 2'' is attorney Raymond Shields. As soon as he enters the Ice Room of Jeffrey Masters' mansion, his first response is to take as many pictures as possible, even one of Edgeworth without his consent.

[[IntrepidReporter Some characters]] use a camera. These characters ''[[CargoShip love]]'' their camera. They'll have the device with them everywhere they go and they'll use it well, usually sticking it in the most unwelcome of places - they'll take the most inane pictures they can, record everything they see or all of the above (maybe even at the risk of life or limb). Something embarrassing happens? They'll snap a shot. Important plot event? They caught it on tape. You can always expect this character to wear their camera on their sleeve for any important or non-important moment that may arise, probably becoming uncomfortable without the object at near. It's possible that they derive some kind of strange pleasure from watching people, though its best not to get into that.

* ''Advertising/TheBurgerKingKidsClubGang'': Snaps is named because of she always carries a camera.

* ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'' has two, and neither of them have anything clean in their intentions:

* Lisa Vanette in the final episode of ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis 2033'', who nearly gets herself killed trying to "reveal the Knight Sabers' true identities".

* ''Manga/KOn''

* In ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' Ginei, the club president, is the only member of the Newspaper Club to be seen with a camera. His photos become a plotpoint in the anime, twice.

* ''Manga/SchoolRumble'' has Akira Takano, whose shutter finger can catch every embarassing shot she sees, and she has at points manipulated her friends into oddball activities so she can record and make money off of them. Unlike her SchoolNewsPaperNewsHound rival ([[UnknownRival from his point of view]]) Takeichi Fuyuki, she actually does catch some of the more impressive photos that he only wishes he could manage. Plus, she is skilled in the use of firearms.

* Yoshinori Ikeda, the main person in ''Manga/YubisakiMilkTea'' often takes pictures of him self crossdressing as his alter-ego Yuki. Some of the pictures are used for display by the photographer he works part-time at, while others are for himself as memory, knowing that he won't be crossdressing forever.

* Brophy from Creator/MelBrooks' Hitchcock homage ''Film/HighAnxiety''. In a parody of ''Blow Up'', he finds proof that [[spoiler:an imposter commmited a murder that the main character is accused of]] by blowing up one of his candid photographs to wall-size.

* Micah from ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' qualifies as this, as he is obessed with that camera, calling it his baby at some point in the movie, and refusing to get rid of it, even when he knows the camera only makes the demon angrier.

* In ''TabletopGame/TranshumanSpace Personnel Files: School Days 2100'', Denise is described as often carrying a "portacam"; a professional quality 3D movie camera, and has the Photography/[[TechLevels TL10]] skill. Her character quote is about photographing someone, and her main view of life planetside (she was born on a space station) is that there are lots of interesting things and people to take pictures of.

* While we're on the subject of GTA, ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' had [[TheScrappy Manny's]] camera man, who definitely fits this trope as demonstrated by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbjZamTkBEs this cutscene]].
* Dorothy Hyatt from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky''. She's a CuteClumsyGirl who more often than not stumbles into trouble due to her own ditzyness. She's also a genius photographer who on several occasions proves instrumental in gathering evidence in unlikely places since she's too caught up in her work to understand that private facilities and shady meetings aren't appropriate places to snap pictures. It's this combination that ironically makes her one of the best reporters in the Liberl News in spite of the trouble she causes.

* Miles Arbeck in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles4'' can often be seen snapping pictures of his squad mates throughout the story, even though film is harder to come by on the front lines of the campaign. His photos are used in a number of montages too.

** Trevor from the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY XY]]'' arc goes out of his way to take pictures of rare Pokemon, including OlympusMons like [[PlayingWithFire Moltres]]. The gym leader Viola as well.

* Todd Snap from ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', who was first introduced in the anime, would later be the main character of the {{spinoff}} game ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap''.
** Trip, Ash's main rival in Unova, is usually seen with his own camera. He explained in his first appearance that he's keeping a scrapbook of his journey.
** Trevor from the ''XY'' arc goes out of his way to take pictures of rare Pokemon, including OlympusMons like [[PlayingWithFire Moltres]].

* Kazumi Asakura of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' likes to use her [[WackyHomeRoom Wacky Class']] antics to her advantage whenever she can, or otherwise obsessing in some way about GoingForTheBigScoop. Her class panics when being attacked by a ghost? She pulls out her camera immediately. At the end of the trip to Kyoto, she's taking pictures of her classmates in the {{Hot Springs|Episode}}, including Mana Tatsumiya who in the picture is shown to [[CantBatheWithoutAWeapon be hiding a gun under a bucket]] and is seconds away from shooting Kazumi.

* Beat, from ''Videogame/EternalSonata'', carries his camera into battle, where he can take photos of the monsters ''as they're attacking him'' - and sell them for cash in shops. His love of photography is frequently ridiculed by his buddy Allegretto.

* Prompto of ''Videogame/FinalFantasyXV'' loves taking pictures of all the various things the group finds during their journey and will even take pictures during battle somehow. Photography is his personal skill, where during camp you can select a number of photos to save [[spoiler:and choose one of them to be used in TheStinger]].

* Aya Shameimaru of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}''. She even has her own spin-off game, ''Shoot the Bullet'', which has her taking pictures of [[BulletHell spellcard]] patterns of the other characters. {{Fandom}} [[{{Flanderisation}} flanderised]] this into a specialization in upskirts and Reimu's armpits.
* ''{{VideoGame/Uncharted}}'':

** In ''Videogame/UnchartedTheLostLegacy'', Chloe Fisher can snap photos of the various scenic locales she finds with her smartphone.

* Rewind of ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' an Autobot historian who transforms into a flashdrive. He is always recording events as they take place around him believing that any moment could have some measure of historical importance.

* ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'': "Let's follow a giant monster on our camcorder through [[BigApplesauce New York]]. See if that's a good idea." Give them some credit, they were trying to ''get away'' from the giant monster. With a camcorder.

* Buchi in Manga/MekkoRarekko loves to take pictures with his camera whenever he can.

* A 1903 film called ''The Camera Fiend'' gives us a title character who would rather take pictures of a drowning boy than help in any way.

* ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'' has two, and none of them has anything clean in their intentions:

** Mira's ChildhoodFriend Moe "Suzu" Suzuya is fond of photographing the cast members at every opportunity and even. She pays Mira and Ao a modeling fee for the pictures she discreetly took of them while they were working at the Suzyua bakery.