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 pair took their pictures at the beach, setting the perfect backdrop for their photo shoot. —Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025

All three, dressed in formalwear for a photo shoot but with a joking, easy manner together, seem at home — this journalist, less so. —Daniel D'addario, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025

Travel + Leisure recently met Anitta for an exclusive photo shoot at the Fasano Rio de Janeiro, a hotel overlooking Ipanema Beach. —Carolina Abbott Galvão, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025

The photo shoot, for them, was simply a record of two bodies, both of which would change dramatically over time. —James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 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