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photo shoot

photo shoot

56 3.1
A session when someone takes photos of people or things
  • noun
  • /ˈfoʊtoʊ ʃuːt/
translation icon : sesión fotográfica
  • After the photo shoot, the photographer shared the stunning images with the clients.

I was so tired, but the photo shoot went so well.

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Examples

  • 10 students from each school get a free photo shoot at Dyal Photography, complete with hair and makeup.

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  • I just left the photo shoot.

  • I was so tired, but the photo shoot went so well.

  • But I think like photo shoot days I really do love so much.

  • So we do a photo shoot, right?

  • Just finished my photo shoot, it was good.

  • Oh, you got your first photo shoot today, huh?

  • I have to go to a photo shoot right now.

  • No, we're already late for the photo shoot.

  • This was a photo shoot for my single Blueberry Rain on me.

How Professional

studio
310 3.0
photo shoot
56 3.1
snapshot
61 3.1

Surface Forms

photo shoot singular
photo shoots plural

Morphology

photo + shoot

The noun 'photo shoot' is directly and compositionally derived from 'photo' (a photograph) and 'shoot' (to take photographs), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer it means a session for taking photos. This formation and the concept are cross-linguistically common (e.g., 'sesión de fotos', 'séance photo'), making the expression immediately comprehensible.

Etymology

Photo shoot comes from a simple image: photo means a picture and shoot was used like 'to take a picture', as if the camera quickly 'shot' images. So a photo shoot is a planned session to 'take' many pictures.