撮る (toru) means “take pictures, take a picture”

More examples

公園で家族の写真を撮ります。kō en de ka zoku no sha shin o to ri ma su

I take a picture of my family at the park.

妹は動物園でかわいい動物を撮りました。imōto wa dō butsu en de ka wa i i dō butsu o to ri ma shi ta

My younger sister took pictures of cute animals at the zoo.

Captures a person, object, or scene with a camera so it remains as a picture.

写すutsusu: To reproduce the appearance of a person, object, or scene in a photograph.

カメラなどを使って、人や景色の写真を写す。ka me ra na do o tsuka tte hito ya keshiki no sha shin o utsu su

撮る (toru) is a native Japanese verb related to 取る (toru), "to take"; the meaning of taking an image became specialized and was written with 撮る.

In everyday Japanese, 写真を撮る (shashin o toru) is the usual phrase for taking a photo, while 撮る (toru) can stand alone when the context is clear.