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 duo could later be spotted staging an impromptu photo shoot in front of a Kohn Pedersen Fox gallery display (how very Center for Architecture of them). —Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025

For the photo shoot, Whitters had two outfit changes — a yellow mini-dress and a flowy white dress. —Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025

Jane Fonda, whose photo shoot with Minter is featured in the film, arrived wearing a periwinkle pants suit. —Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025

The cornerstone of her vision was a Steven Meisel photo shoot, published in the March 2006 issue of Vogue Italia. —Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 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