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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

View full post on Instagram This isn't the first bikini photo shoot the reality TV star has shared on Instagram in recent weeks. —Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Mar. 2023

In the scene, a character played by Dan Levy pitches Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp’s pop star character Jocelyn to do a photo shoot for the cover of Rolling Stone. —Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023

Victoria Beckham, 47, posted a photo shoot with Perfect magazine on her Instagram. —Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 1 Mar. 2023

Turned out that that was from an older photo shoot about a Canadian whiskey company’s tree planting exercise. —Quartz Staff, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2023

After Shawn posted a ~steamy~ shot from a recent L’Uomo Vogue photo shoot, Chloë replied with a cheeky GIF of herself. —Leah Campano, Seventeen, 28 Feb. 2023

As the sun sets on a balmy February afternoon in West Hollywood, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter known as SZA has just wrapped her second photo shoot of the day, inside a historic three-story house off Sunset Boulevard. —Suzy Expositostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023

Lily-Rose Depp paid tribute to supermodel Kate Moss in a new photo shoot. —Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2023

And Kardashian tapped some alien friends to pose alongside her in the spacey photo shoot. —Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above