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 grand prize winner will receive a PEOPLE magazine photo shoot and feature, a year's supply of dog food from the PEDIGREE® brand, and a $1,000 donation to the animal rescue organization of their choice. —Kelli Bender, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025

This week, the National Hockey League’s Seattle Kraken team revealed that its mascot, a blue and scraggly sea troll name Buoy, was recently charged by a massive brown bear during a promotional photo shoot in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. —Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Aug. 2025

The always-trendy reality star took it a step further, sliding on a pair of supersize platform flip-flops by ERL to head to a photo shoot for her brand Khy. —Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025

Banks has addressed sustained criticism for the show in recent years, which has also seen fans and show alums speaking out against the reality competition's photo shoots that darkened models' skin to portray different races. —EW.com, 30 July 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