Pildistamisega

Pildistamisega is Estonian for “by photographing” or “through photographing.” It is the instrumental form derived from the noun pildistamine, which means photographing or the act of taking photos. The -ga suffix marks means or method, and the form pildistamisega is used to indicate the manner in which an action is performed.

In grammar, pildistamisega is formed from the participial noun pildistamine (photographing) with the genitive form pildistamise and the instrumental suffix -ga. This construction expresses instrumentality or means, similar to the English “by” or “through” followed by a gerund. It is commonly used in written Estonian to connect actions with the method by which they are carried out or to describe data or material obtained through photographing.

Usage notes:

- Pildistamisega is often found in contexts of documentation, research, journalism, art, and archiving, where photographs serve as a source or method.

- It can modify nouns or appear in clauses to specify the means of an action.

- Common companion phrases include pildistamisega kogutud materjal (material collected by photographing), pildistamisega saadud fotod (photos obtained by photographing), and pildistamisega seotud teemad (topics related to photography).

Examples:

- Sündmuse kajastus põhines pildistamisega kogutud fotomaterjalil.

- Artiklis kasutatakse pildistamisega saadud fotod.

- Uuring põhineb pildistamisega kogutud andmetel.

See may be substituted by related forms such as pildistamine (photographing) or pildistamisega seotud (related to photographing) depending on the syntactic needs of the sentence.