Annoyingly, when you play a melody as bard, the "notes" around you do disappear in photo mode, and that would be the one instance where I'd like to see an effect in the snapshot.
Also when playing violin, the bow (or fiddlestick or whatever the correct word is in English ) disappears from view ! Leaving photomode brings it back. So you can't get a decent photo of a violin-playing bard.