Shot Scout

Shot Scout is a photography scouting companion app built with Flutter. The idea: when you find a great spot — good light, interesting geometry, a view worth coming back to — you shouldn't lose it. Pin it, note the conditions, and come back when the timing is right.

What It Does

• Pin locations with GPS coordinates so you never lose a good spot
• Track shooting conditions — ideal time of day, weather, gear notes
• Gear inventory for cameras, lenses, and accessories
• Sun times calculated from NOAA algorithms — accurate golden hour, blue hour, sunrise/sunset for any location
• Interactive map via OpenStreetMap with multiple tile styles
• Offline-first — everything stored locally with Hive, no cloud sync, no analytics

Why I Built It

I wanted something simple that lived on my phone and didn't send my location history to a server somewhere. Most scouting apps are either too heavyweight or require accounts and cloud storage. This one stores everything locally and focuses on the core workflow: find a spot, remember it, come back at the right time.

Tech Stack

Built with Flutter so it runs on both iOS and Android from a single codebase. State management via Provider. Local storage with Hive (fast, lightweight, no SQL). Location services from geolocator, mapping from flutter_map.

The dynamic theming — UI colors that shift based on solar phase — was a fun parallel to the weather theming on this site.

Status

Core features are functional. App is currently not hosted on any app store. Ongoing work on weather API integration, push notification reminders, and photo capture directly in-app.