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

Who could forget many of Benedetta Barzini’s photo shoots for Vogue, shot by the legendary Irving Penn? — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

Two other companies, Starfish Space and HEO, worked with Impulse Space to pull off this orbital photo shoot. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2026

On Sunday, there was an all-day photo shoot for this Image story. — Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Images from Justin and Hailey’s photo shoot come just over a week before WYouth is slated to debut. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 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