photo shoot
noun
variants
or less commonly photoshoot
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
Kate CoyneThe women exuded such strength and joy in front of the camera, who would have thought it was their first professional photo shoot?—Essence
EssenceTo celebrate her 90th birthday this past spring, she had a photoshoot in Reynolda Gardens that included a pink tutu, crown, and cake.—Chad Tucker
Chad Tuckercalled also photo session
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The first time our columnist walked into The Courier Journal building was sometime in 1967 for a winter fashion photo shoot.
—Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
The rest of us were blinded by those concertgoers’ screens, and mere extras in their photo shoots.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Her sultry photo shoot for the movie The Outlaw—lying on a stack of hay, holding a gun, blouse straps at her shoulders, revealing just enough—led to a censorship battle.
—Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Dawson announced the couple's pregnancy news with a sweet Instagram post, which included multiple family photos from a photo shoot at the beach.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
The rest of us were blinded by those concertgoers’ screens, and mere extras in their photo shoots.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Her sultry photo shoot for the movie The Outlaw—lying on a stack of hay, holding a gun, blouse straps at her shoulders, revealing just enough—led to a censorship battle.
—Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Dawson announced the couple's pregnancy news with a sweet Instagram post, which included multiple family photos from a photo shoot at the beach.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Photo shoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photo%20shoot. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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