In Oblivion I would take some really cool screenshots by switching to 3rd person and type "tfc" in the console. It would pause the game, iirc, and I could now move the camera freely.

However, if I do this in Skyrim it doesn't pause the game so that I can take the cool screenshot. How do I make it pause?

tfc doesn't pause the game in Oblivion either. At least, it never has for me.

Hmm, I wonder how I did it then. I remember I was able to take screenshots in the middle of striking a beast from frog perspective, and the game would be paused.