photo shoot

noun

variants or less commonly photoshoot

ˈfō-(ˌ)tō-ˌshüt

plural photo shoots also photoshoots

: a photography session and especially one in which a professional photographer takes photographs of someone or something for commercial use (as in a magazine)

… Cohen, 63, arrives at a PEOPLE photo shoot where his wife is being fawned over by hair and makeup artists …—

Kate Coyne

The women exuded such strength and joy in front of the camera, who would have thought it was their first professional photo shoot?—

Essence

To celebrate her 90th birthday this past spring, she had a photoshoot in Reynolda Gardens that included a pink tutu, crown, and cake.—

Chad Tucker

called also photo session

Examples of photo shoot in a Sentence

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The Chiefs have been sharing some behind-the-scenes videos of the players doing these photo shoots. —

Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2025 In the premiere, there’s a glimpse of the tension at the cast photo shoot before flashing back to three months earlier, when all was well. —

As Told To Lindy Segal, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2025 The winter temperatures are enough to convince anyone to stay bundled up indoors, but the supermodel took the ultimate risk by taking a recent swimsuit photo shoot in the snowy outdoors — and the results are definitely hot and fiery! —

Michelle Lee, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025 Tawnya Van Houten, a fashion designer from California, got together with her siblings to recreate an iconic childhood photo shoot from the early '90s, presenting the snap to her parents, Rick and Debbie, at their anniversary celebrations. —

Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for photo shoot