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

Vaughn also one time patiently worked with Sports Illustrated during a photo shoot that turned into an hour-long task. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025

Employees recall being driven to Lively’s mansion in Westchester County, north of New York City, to do a photo shoot. —Martha Ross, Mercury News, 21 May 2025

Goggins made waves recently with a steamy photo shoot for Cultured magazine. —Catherine Santino, People.com, 12 May 2025

The suggestion by a photographer from his modeling days to pose for a nude photo shoot seemed to him a natural segue. —Ben Widdicombe, Vulture, 12 May 2025

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