Origin: Greek prefix photo-
Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of photograph
"The photographer spent all afternoon developing his photographs from the weekend trip."
In plain English: Photographs are pictures taken with a camera that capture real-life moments on film or digitally.
"She took out her camera to take some photographs of the sunset."
Usage: Use "photographs" to refer to multiple printed or digital images captured by a camera. It functions strictly as a plural noun and should not be confused with the verb form when describing the act of taking pictures.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of photograph
"The photographer will photograph every corner of the garden during the golden hour."
In plain English: To photograph is to take pictures of something using a camera.
"She loves to photograph her friends while they are laughing at the picnic."
Usage: Do not confuse this grammatical form with the noun; use it only when describing an action performed by a third person in the present tense, such as "She photographs birds every morning." Avoid using it to refer to the pictures themselves.
Derived from Greek phōs (light) and graphē (writing), photographs originally meant light writings or images created by capturing light on a surface. The term entered English in the mid-19th century to describe the new photographic process invented by William Henry Fox Talbot and Louis Daguerre.