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

Recent Examples on the Web

The same day, Tallulah shared a throwback picture of her mom from a photo shoot with Petra Collins for the September 2024 issue of Interview Magazine. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 13 Nov. 2026

Since the photo shoot, Dennis has switched out accessories and rearranged objects. — Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2026

Recreating the 1992 Love Deluxe cover, in a new photo shoot and (likely emailed) interview in i-D Magazine. — Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026

Border Patrol agents used it as a background for a photo shoot amid the agency’s aggressive crackdown in the city a year ago. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 9 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for photo shoot

• absolute
• arrowroot
• attribute
• bitterroot
• constitute
• convolute
• destitute
• disrepute
• dissolute
• execute
• institute
• involute