Camera with flash emoji meaning

The camera with flash emoji shows a digital camera, often designed to look like a professional DSLR or mirrorless camera, with its flash activated. This emoji is widely used to symbolize photography, taking pictures, or the act of capturing special moments and memories. It can also suggest that a scene or object is worth photographing, highlighting its importance or beauty. The bright flash in the image emphasizes the idea of catching something in the moment, often associated with creativity, events, or documentation through photos.

The camera with flash emoji was approved in Unicode 7.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/13150