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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Cordner and his friend Ken Crawford grew up in Riverside in the ’80s and ’90s, photographing the initial wave of hardcore punk taking shape in the Inland Empire.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 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

We tried facials and mud masks at every sleepover, and took great joy in photographing ourselves covered in zit medicine.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi