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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“The cataloguing and photographing of the notebook was a valid part of the inventory search,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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

Van Tassel was in the park photographing a group of long-eared owls perched in the trees above Tamarisk Grove on a recent weekday morning.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

"Mascots were there to grab the crowd's attention, but often the mascot would be creeping up behind me as I was sat photographing the game," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 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