i Register
In some senses, photograph is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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.