مصور الزفاف يلتقط صورة.

Because مصور الزفاف is an iḍāfa construction, often called a construct phrase.

In an iḍāfa:

• the first noun does not take ال
• the second noun comes after it
• the whole phrase can still be definite

So:

• مصور الزفاف = the photographer of the wedding = the wedding photographer

Even though مصور has no ال, the whole phrase is definite because الزفاف is definite.

Arabic often uses a noun + noun structure where English might use an adjective-like noun.

So:

• مصور = photographer
• الزفاف = the wedding

Together, مصور الزفاف literally means photographer of the wedding, which English naturally expresses as wedding photographer.

This is very common in Arabic. Another way to think of it is that Arabic often uses of where English uses a compound noun.

Here يلتقط means takes or captures.

In photo-related contexts, يلتقط صورة is the normal way to say:

• take a picture
• take a photo

The verb comes from التقط, and in this sentence يلتقط is the present/imperfect form, so it can mean:

• takes a picture
• is taking a picture

depending on context.

Because Arabic usually uses يلتقط صورة for take a picture.

Even though English uses the verb take, Arabic does not literally use the everyday verb يأخذ here. The natural collocation is:

• يلتقط صورة = take/capture a picture

This is one of those places where word-for-word translation does not work well.

Arabic has no indefinite article. There is no separate word for a or an.

So:

• صورة can mean a picture
• الصورة means the picture

Indefiniteness is usually shown simply by the absence of ال. In fully vocalized Arabic, it is also often marked with tanwīn, so the object here would be written صورةً.

Because صورة ends in ة (tāʾ marbūṭa), which usually marks a feminine noun.

So grammatically, صورة is feminine singular.

That matters for agreement in other sentences. For example, if you wanted to say the picture is جميلة, the adjective would also be feminine:

• الصورة جميلة

In this sentence, though, صورة is just the direct object, so its gender does not affect the verb.

The يـ marks the third person masculine singular in the imperfect verb.

So يلتقط means he takes / he is taking.

That matches مصور, which is masculine singular.

If the subject were feminine, you would normally use:

• تلتقط

For example:

• مصورة الزفاف تلتقط صورة.
• The wedding photographer (female) takes a picture.

If fully vocalized, the sentence is:

مُصَوِّرُ الزِّفَافِ يَلْتَقِطُ صُورَةً.

The endings are:

• مُصَوِّرُ — nominative, because it is the subject
• الزِّفَافِ — genitive, because it is the second noun in the iḍāfa
• يَلْتَقِطُ — indicative imperfect verb
• صُورَةً — accusative, because it is the direct object

In normal everyday writing, these short vowels are usually omitted.

In careful pronunciation, ز is a sun letter, so the ل of ال is assimilated.

So الزفاف is pronounced:

• az-zafāf

not:

• al-zafāf

In writing, it stays الزفاف, but in pronunciation the l sound disappears and the z is doubled.

Yes. Arabic allows more than one natural word order.

This sentence is:

• مصور الزفاف يلتقط صورة.
• subject + verb + object

You could also say:

• يلتقط مصور الزفاف صورةً.
• verb + subject + object

Both are grammatical. The difference is mostly about style, rhythm, and emphasis. The version starting with مصور الزفاف puts the subject more clearly in focus.

A learner may see it either way, depending on the grammar approach.

Because it begins with a noun phrase, many traditional explanations treat it as a nominal sentence whose predicate is a verbal clause.

But for a beginner, it is perfectly fine to understand it simply as:

• subject: مصور الزفاف
• verb: يلتقط
• object: صورة

So the practical reading is just The wedding photographer takes a picture.

Yes. Both are connected to the root ص و ر, which has to do with form, image, shaping, depiction.

So:

• صورة = image, picture, photo
• مصور = photographer, image-maker, one who depicts

This root connection is very common in Arabic vocabulary and can help you remember the words.

Not always. صورة can mean:

• picture
• image
• photo
• form
• likeness

But with يلتقط, the meaning is clearly photo/picture.

So:

• يلتقط صورة naturally means takes a picture / takes a photo.