as in shooting
to take a photograph of
we've been photographing the baby virtually nonstop
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Recent Examples of photographing
Photographers should also check out our roundups of the best lenses and cameras for astrophotography, along with our guide to photographing the moon.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Gardner had been photographing here for some two weeks, focusing mostly on the Indian groups, sometimes on the white traders, interpreters, or Peace Commission staff, and only occasionally on the peace commissioners themselves.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
After photographing the Taylors, spending only five minutes on the summit, Ryan descended to the North Ridge trail.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Emily Moncur, a volunteer at the Orange County Animal Care facility in Tustin, had just finished photographing a large dog and was putting it back in its kennel when the animal turned on her.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Jack was primarily interested in photographing and needed to walk only a couple of hundred yards from our car to be away from other people.
—Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
When photographing landscapes, Sperka suggests keeping your shots wide.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The best way to sneak into a fashion show is to be confident and friendly — at least according to Dan Bassini, who has been photographing New York Fashion Week for almost a decade, without being on the guest lists.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Riefenstahl held a unique place on an exalted stage until her death in 2003, photographing Mick and Bianca Jagger for The Sunday Times as well as Siegfried and Roy in Las Vegas.
—Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Anthony Wood, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Gardner had been photographing here for some two weeks, focusing mostly on the Indian groups, sometimes on the white traders, interpreters, or Peace Commission staff, and only occasionally on the peace commissioners themselves.
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
After photographing the Taylors, spending only five minutes on the summit, Ryan descended to the North Ridge trail.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Emily Moncur, a volunteer at the Orange County Animal Care facility in Tustin, had just finished photographing a large dog and was putting it back in its kennel when the animal turned on her.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Jack was primarily interested in photographing and needed to walk only a couple of hundred yards from our car to be away from other people.
—Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
When photographing landscapes, Sperka suggests keeping your shots wide.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The best way to sneak into a fashion show is to be confident and friendly — at least according to Dan Bassini, who has been photographing New York Fashion Week for almost a decade, without being on the guest lists.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Riefenstahl held a unique place on an exalted stage until her death in 2003, photographing Mick and Bianca Jagger for The Sunday Times as well as Siegfried and Roy in Las Vegas.
—Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for photographing
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Guadagnino encourages our doubts, shooting Maggie in exaggerated horror-movie closeups set to the doomy bass notes and shrieking winds of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s score.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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Sanford crashed his pickup truck into the church, set the building on fire and began shooting, striking multiple victims.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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British actor Spruell is currently filming the BBC series Dear England with Jodie Whittaker and Joseph Fiennes and will star in Philippa Lowthorpe’s film adaptation of H Is for Hawk opposite Claire Foy.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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Instead of filming the lives of Dunder Mifflin employees, the fictional film team has shifted its focus to a dying Midwestern newspaper and its new editor-in-chief’s quest to revive it.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Crossing the finish line in 10th and 11th is not how either Tim Van de Velde or Carlos San Martín would have been picturing the men’s 3,000m steeplechase qualifier on Saturday.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Likewise, picturing yourself someday needing help with eating, dressing, or walking is very different from already relying on that help every day.—
Maya Cakmak,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Sep. 2025
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McGraw then joined in the happy moment, congratulating the couple with hugs and snapping a selfie, which Trent later shared on TikTok.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Clark cycles through the five stages of grief throughout her performance, snapping at a nurse over the treatment of her son one moment, and then breaking everyone’s hearts by wistfully telling stories of James’ daredevil antics the next.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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