Question Type 1: Basic Description Questions

Topic 40: Photography

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  Do you like taking photographs of new places?
  
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  Is photography popular in your country?
  
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  What kinds of photographs do you like looking at?
  
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  Would you prefer to buy a postcard or take a photograph of a new place?
  

Nouns

snapshot likeness landscape shot studio print

Verbs

get (photos) developed pose for the camera

Adjectives

photogenic camera-friendly picturesque photographable

Idioms

do justice to... (= represent or illustrate... accurately)

Photographs don't do justice to the beauty of natural places.

touch...up (= repair... on the surface)

The good thing about digital photos is that you can much them up afterwards.

strike a pose (= position oneself in a certain way)

I never strike a pose in from of the camera - I'm not really photogenic.

zoom in on (= use a zoom lens to get a closer view on a camera)

My camera has a zoom lens so I can really zoom in on things and get fine detail in my shots