photograph

UK /ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/ US /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/
verb 3noun 1

Collocations

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(noun.)

ADJ

old, recent

black-and-white, colour, coloured, sepia, tinted

My grandmother kept a collection of sepia photographs from the 1920s in an old album.

blurred, fuzzy, grainy, out of focus

The old family photo was grainy, but you could still recognize my grandmother's smile.

faded | clear | sharp | excellent, good, great, lovely, stunning, superb, wonderful | (good) quality | glossy | framed | signed | studio | group, team | family | wedding | school

cover, magazine, newspaper, press

The newspaper photograph showed the winning goal from three different angles.

publicity | documentary | fashion | portrait-sized, postcard-sized | passport, passport-sized

facial

The job application requires a clear facial photograph for identification purposes.

close-up

still

She took a still photograph of the sleeping cat before it woke up.

aerial, air, satellite | digital, polaroid | infrared | erotic, explicit, indecent, nude, obscene, pornographic, topless

VERB + PHOTOGRAPH

get, take

We took some lovely photographs during our holiday at the beach last summer.

pose for | develop | blow up, enlarge

scan (in)

She scanned in old photographs from her grandmother's album to create a digital archive.

touch up

The photographer touched up several photographs before submitting them to the magazine.

crop

mount

She mounted the old family photograph carefully on the wall above the fireplace.

publish

make

She made a beautiful photograph of her newborn baby sleeping peacefully in the crib.

PHOTOGRAPH + VERB

appear

His childhood photograph appeared on the screen during the family reunion slideshow.

depict sth, show sth

capture sth

Her wedding photographs captured the joy and laughter of that special day perfectly.

PHOTOGRAPH + NOUN

album | frame

PREP

in a/the ~

You can see my family's old house in the photograph on the wall.

~ of

I found an old photograph of my grandmother in the attic last week.

PREP

photograph courtesy (of)

The museum display featured several historic images, photograph courtesy of the National Archives.

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