TheWoWDBTo use the camera, stand where you want to take the photo, and hit the camera icon on the quest list. This will create a beam of light to show where you are aiming the camera. The beam will remain as long as you do not move, aside from rotating. Wait until your subject is in or near the beam and hit the camera button on the alternate interface (should be button 1). It took me a few minutes to figure out how this worked. Good luck.
Quest
Amateur Protography
A World of Warcraft quest in The Waking Shores. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.
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To complete Amateur Protography you need to take pictures of different proto-dragons.
Use provided [item=192465] to take photo. You just need a requested thing being on the screen.
- Proto-Dragon Egg - there are a couple of them on the ground. Found one at 45.47 82.23, behind a proto-dragon.
- Optimistic Whelp learning to fly - can be found near pillars, found some at 43.71 81.02. These guys are small, so look carefully.
- Hungry Proto-Drake catching a fish - these can be found flying fast along the water. Their routes are circled, so they are easy to locate.
You can also use /tar Hungry Proto and /tar Optimistic Whelp to catch some.
Amateur Protography walkthrough - https://youtu.be/xpsiDtjfaFc
I had a lot of trouble with the egg. I realized there is one egg that has the yellow "quest" outline, that's the one you have to take a picture of, all the other eggs won't work.
Quest facts
LevelLevel 10-70
Quest ID66524
The client quest POI data records no map location for this quest, so no map is shown.
Check whether you have already completed this quest
in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(66524))
Description
So, you want to be a seasoned cataloger like me? You've come to the right place! The Wild Preserve is teeming with knowledge waiting to be found and filed! And how do I do that you ask? Why, with my handy Catalog-izer 3000 Dragon Isles edition--now with improved motion capture! To gain experience, photograph a proto-dragon egg, a whelp learning to fly, and a hunting proto-drake. Meet me at the ancient, proto-dragon skeleton west of here, and I'll assess your photos.
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Reward details
Reputation: Dragonscale Expedition +250
A joint expedition of the Explorers' League and Reliquary, this fearless group of adventurers, scholars, and crafters seek to uncover the many mysteries of the Dragon Isles.
Reputation group: Dragonflight.
Other quests in The Waking Shores that reward Dragonscale Expedition reputation: Practice Materials (+250), Explorers in Peril (+250), Primal Pests (+250), From Such Great Heights (+150), Encroaching Elementals (+250), Always Be Crafting (+250).
Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.