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Anna Permyakova
Is there any difference between “take a photo”, “to shoot”, and “to capture a photo”?
Is there any difference between “take a photo”, “to shoot”, “to capture a photo”, and “to photograph”?
Thanks in advance for your time and commenting.
Jun 16, 2015 7:00 PM
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"Take a photo" is the way we say it 99% of the time.
"Shoot a photo" sounds more professional. Models have "photo shoots" with professional photographers. It is only common within a context like that.
"Capture a photo" to me sounds very technical. Like something that the manufacturers of cameras would say. Not at all common.
That is how the three sound to me.
June 16, 2015
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Taking and capturing a photo have the same meaning, although people in the U.S. generally use "take." "Shooting" is used more often when speaking about professional photographers; we might say a fashion model has "a photo shoot" (noun), or that a photographer was paid to "shoot their wedding." Hope this helps!
June 16, 2015
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Anna Permyakova
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