撮影
さつえい · satsuei · JLPT N2 · noun
photographing
📷 撮 = snap + 影 = shadow/image, so snapping a shadow-image = photographing
撮 means to snap or capture, and 影 means shadow or light-image. Photography literally means catching light-shadows, the core of 撮影. The camera emoji is a handy anchor.