Eh... can't stand these ugly photos. No pun intended but the snapshots that have been posted here are really bad /. (the captions and mini-story are ok though...)
Taking photos off a screen is only going to be as good as a crappy bootleg film on videotape (if you're old enough to remember those). Even worse, is using a crappy camera off a crappy TV set, either one or the other or both. Not that taking good photo's directly off a screen isn't possible, but at least try to (get) use quality hardware (and not your cell phone either), some good lenses, and perhaps proper use of lighting and setup. (None of that will matter however if the source isn't great though...)
Of course, as already briefly mentioned above, the best method to grab any screen from any game (or video source) will be using a capture card or device (in HD preferably). Then run the footage through a video editing software of your choice and go through the motion frame by frame choosing whichever you like.
Even if you don't have the equipment, compose your shots.
At the very least, get rid of the menus.
The game has a nice replay functionality built into it that can allow you do some cool stuff. It's a feature thats been around in one form or another since the first Soul Calibur. In SC5, the replay happens automatically after each round but you can go into it manually through training mode by intiating it in options menu. You can replay the last 6 seconds of motion/play and it will continuous loop the replay. While this going on, you can control the camera - change the angle, change the point of interest (1P/2P), zoom in and out, pan, track, dolly, and so forth by using the sticks, triggers, and buttons or a combination thereof (you'll need to use a controller instead of fight stick for full control). There's a defined limit to how much you can move the camera but should allow you enough freedom to compose a creative shot or two.
Aside from changing camera details in replay mode, you could get rid of all the menu's, status bars, overlays, etc in the default persepctive during gameplay if you so desired by changing the display settings and turning everything off in options menu.
Then a nice clean screen like this.
However, from this perspective you wont be able to get any alternate camera angles such as focusing on one character.
It would have been nice if the game had some kind built in screen capture utility to make it easier and more accessible.
Anyways, here are some more examples of some screenshots, a few frames from replay sequences:
