I’m struggling to take pictures with the drone. It shouldn’t be this tough!
What’s hard about it?
Make sure you are in photo (not video mode), and use the camera shutter button on your Motion or FPV remote controller.
You can shoot in auto or manual mode.
All that being said, it’s not a photography drone. If your question is more along the lines of
I’m struggling to take good pictures with the drone. It shouldn’t be this tough!
Then that’s your answer. The Avata is not designed to take good photos. It’s an FPV drone.