photograph

Everyday

1. A photograph is a picture made with a camera. tree →
2. To photograph something is to take a picture of it with a camera. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life people take photographs with phones and cameras; in history lessons old photographs are sources that show the past; in science pupils photograph experiments to record results. In online safety lessons ask before photographing someone, and do not share photographs of yourself with strangers. Phrases: take a photograph, school photograph, in the photograph, photograph album.

Examples

• Mum took a photograph of us on the beach. tree →
• This old photograph shows my great-grandad. tree →
• Ask before you take someone's photograph. tree →
• We photographed the plants every day to see them grow. tree →
• Our school photograph is on the wall. tree →
• Who is the girl in the photograph? tree →
• You may see photographs of these merry little black fellows before their troubles begin, in “Northern Races of Central Australia,” by Messrs. tree →

Note

Shortened: photo (plural photos, not «photoes»). «Take a photograph» (not «make»). Stress changes: PHO-to-graph, pho-TOG-ra-pher, pho-to-GRAPH-ic. «Ph» sounds like «f». Photographs can be edited, so they do not always show the truth.