Please tell me, is there any difference when saying take his photo and take a photo of him? To me, the first one sounds awkward.
Learn English – Take the photo, take a photo of me
differencesexpressionspronounsword-choice
differencesexpressionspronounsword-choice
Please tell me, is there any difference when saying take his photo and take a photo of him? To me, the first one sounds awkward.
Best Answer
"Take his photo" implies to me that it could be for a specific purpose or part of a process (for a journalistic reason, for documenting something, etc.):
"Take a photo of him" is used when it's done more in the casual, spontaneous sense of photography: