fotografiar

What does “fotografiar” mean in English?

1. to photograph, to take photographs of

   to photograph, to take photographs of (formal register; colloquial: hacer / sacar fotos)

Example sentences

• Pasó toda la mañana fotografiando los rincones más antiguos de la ciudad para su proyecto personal sobre la arquitectura urbana del siglo XIX.

  She spent all morning photographing the oldest corners of the city for her personal project about nineteenth-century urban architecture.

• Aunque no es fotógrafo profesional, fotografía con tanta habilidad que varios de sus paisajes han sido seleccionados para exposiciones locales.

  Although he is not a professional photographer, he photographs with such skill that several of his landscapes have been selected for local exhibitions.

• Para aprender a fotografiar mejor, te recomendaría que hicieras un curso básico y que practicaras en diferentes condiciones de luz.

  To learn to photograph better, I would recommend you take a basic course and practise in different lighting conditions.

How to use it

Fotografiar means 'to photograph' or 'to take photographs of'. It is transitive: fotografió el paisaje, fotografiar monumentos. The more colloquial equivalent is hacer fotos (to take photos) or sacar fotos, both very common in everyday speech. Fotografiar is more formal and literary. The related nouns: la fotografía (the photograph, or the art/skill of photography), el/la fotógrafo/a (the photographer). Key collocations: fotografiar paisajes, fotografiar animales en su hábitat, fotografiar edificios históricos. At B1 photography as a leisure activity and the distinction between professional and amateur photography are productive themes.