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

In terminating Marsh’s contract and suing her, ADOR alleged that her refusal to work—as well as unauthorized solo projects and photo shoots—broke the contract terms and cost the label some $22 million. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026

Retired in style In this photo from the same March 1982 photo shoot, Ali strikes a pose in his opulent Los Angeles living room. — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2026

The resulting photographs often remind me of Dorothea Lange’s, if Dorothea Lange were a teen girl on Tumblr doing a photo shoot with her girlfriends. — Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

She’s also worked with Pink and Joe Alwyn and has posted regularly about treating Keoghan in the past, giving him facials before various photo shoots. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026

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