photographing

VERB

take a picture with a camera

Synonyms

STRONGEST

capture illustrate print reproduce shoot

STRONG

Photostat cinematize copy film get lens microfilm mug photo picture record roll snap snapshot take turn x-ray

WEAK

capture on film close-up get a likeness get a shot make a picture photoengrave

Antonyms

STRONG

fail lose misunderstand

Example Sentences

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In October 2022, Tobin, who lives near Pasadena, visited the Eastern Sierra town of Lee Vining to learn landscape photography and ended up hearing about — and photographing — the herd.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

The UAE goes further still, criminalising the photographing of people without consent even in public places, with no broad public-interest exemption.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

According to investigators, the thieves went to the libraries to consult rare and valuable works, photographing and measuring them, and returned later to replace them with virtually undetectable copies.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Increasingly, members of the public are photographing plants and animals they encounter and uploading them to online databases such as iNaturalist.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

It was as if my eyes were a camera and I was photographing the moment, knowing that I would keep that photograph forever.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz