Fotografie ukazuje parkovací automat.

The subject is fotografie. It is the thing doing the action of ukazuje.

So the structure is:

• fotografie = subject
• ukazuje = verb
• parkovací automat = direct object

In other words, the photograph shows something.

Ukazuje is the 3rd person singular present tense form of ukazovat, meaning to show.

It agrees with fotografie, which is singular, so Czech uses singular ukazuje:

• fotografie ukazuje = the photograph shows

Czech often uses the present tense here the same way English does when describing what a picture, sign, map, or diagram shows.

Czech commonly uses the present tense to describe what is visible in a picture, photo, or illustration.

So even if the photo was taken in the past, Czech still says:

• Fotografie ukazuje... = The photograph shows...

This is very natural, just like English often says The photo shows...

It is the direct object, so it is in the accusative case. But automat is a masculine inanimate noun, and in the singular, masculine inanimate nouns often have the same form in nominative and accusative.

So:

• nominative: automat
• accusative: automat

The adjective parkovací also stays the same here, so the whole phrase remains:

• parkovací automat

This is why the object does not look different on the surface.

Parkovací is an adjective meaning parking or for parking.

It comes from the idea of parkovat = to park, and it describes the noun automat:

• automat = machine / automatic machine / vending-type machine
• parkovací automat = parking machine, parking meter, parking payment machine

So Czech uses an adjective here where English often uses a noun as a modifier, like parking in parking meter.

Yes. In Czech, automat is commonly used for a machine that dispenses, takes payment, or functions automatically.

Depending on context, automat can mean things like:

• vending machine
• ticket machine
• parking machine

So parkovací automat is a very natural Czech phrase.

Czech does not have articles like English a and the.

So:

• fotografie can mean a photograph or the photograph
• parkovací automat can mean a parking meter or the parking meter

You understand which one is meant from context.

That is completely normal in Czech.

Yes, Czech word order is more flexible than English because cases help show grammatical roles.

The most neutral order here is:

• Fotografie ukazuje parkovací automat.

But other orders are possible for emphasis, for example:

• Parkovací automat ukazuje fotografie.

This could be understood from context as having the same basic meaning, but it sounds marked and may be less clear. In practice, learners should use the neutral order first:

• subject + verb + object

So Fotografie ukazuje parkovací automat is the safest and most natural choice.

Yes. Fotka is a common, informal word for photo or photograph.

So you could say:

• Fotka ukazuje parkovací automat.

That sounds more conversational.

By contrast:

• fotografie is more neutral or slightly more formal

Both are correct; the choice depends on style.

Ukazovat is very natural for saying what a photo, map, graph, or illustration shows.

Other expressions are possible, but they may shift the meaning slightly:

• Na fotografii je parkovací automat. = There is a parking meter in the photo.
• Fotografie zachycuje parkovací automat. = The photograph captures a parking meter.
  This sounds a bit more formal or descriptive.

So ukazuje is a very good everyday choice.

A simple approximate pronunciation is:

• Fotografie → fo-to-gra-fi-ye
• ukazuje → oo-ka-zoo-ye
• parkovací → par-koh-va-tsee
• automat → aw-to-maht

A rough full pronunciation:

fo-to-gra-fi-ye oo-ka-zoo-ye par-koh-va-tsee aw-to-maht

A few useful points:

• j in Czech sounds like English y
• c sounds like ts
• í is a long vowel

So parkovací ends with a long -tsí sound.