Posed' The term 'posed for a photo' can be summarized by the three-letter acronym SAT, which stands for 'staged and arranged to be photographed'. This term is used to describe a situation in which a person or object has been deliberately arranged in a particular way in order to be photographed. It is often used in the context of professional photography, where the photographer will carefully arrange the subject in a specific pose or setting in order to capture the desired image.