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Shoot

Meaning in photography, with examples

/ʃuːt/verbCore term

In photography, shoot means: To take photographs of someone or something, or to work as the photographer at an event or on a job. The past form is shot.

In Turkish: çekmek, çekim yapmak, fotoğraflamak

How it is used

The everyday verb among photographers: shoot a wedding, shoot a campaign, shoot wide open, shoot in RAW. As a noun, a shoot is a photography session: a fashion shoot, a product shoot. Non-photographers more often say take a photo.

Example sentences

  1. I'm shooting a wedding in Bodrum this Saturday.

  2. The client wants to shoot the new collection outdoors in early September.

  3. We had a long shoot today: twelve looks and three locations.

Common collocations

  • shoot a wedding
  • shoot on location
  • photo shoot
  • shoot in RAW
  • shoot wide open
  • shot listA planned list of the photos that must be taken during a shoot, such as specific poses, groups, products or details.
  • portraitA photograph of a person or a group in which their face, character or mood is the main subject.
  • compositionThe way the elements of a photo, such as people, lines, shapes and empty space, are arranged inside the frame.
  • RAWAn image file that keeps almost all the data recorded by the sensor, without the camera's processing. It must be edited and converted before sharing.

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