What are the photography skills for taking travel photos when there are many people?

Next, we will enter the world of "everybody, everybody, everybody":

The Forbidden City in Beijing, Shinjuku in Tokyo, Akihabara, Hagia Sophia Church in Harbin, Grand Palace in Thailand and Hong Kong Avenue of Stars all sound like everyone ~ ~ ~

Shooting can be roughly divided into two categories: shooting people and shooting scenes, but many of them can be linked.

Find a different angle first.

This is actually the most critical point for photographers, including two concepts: scene selection and composition. When too many people affect the shooting, the first thing to consider is how to take a unique photo from different angles.

The first thing to move out is the photo of the grand Forbidden City, because as we all know, there are many people in the Forbidden City every day during the open day of more than 300 days a year, which is roughly like this:

But I took this:

This photo has been questioned by many people. They think it is impossible for me to take such an empty photo of the Forbidden City. Did I go when I closed the door? Heaven and earth conscience, like everyone else, I went on a weekend afternoon, and there were many people. But I chose a different angle. I didn't take a positive picture of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and I didn't take a serious picture of the central axis, so I avoided the crowded crowd, so I could take different photos.

The first photo is here, and it's a staggering crowd. Taking a photo of the Forbidden City in the back can also show the atmosphere of the Forbidden City, but no one!

As long as you stagger the central axis and shoot on both sides, you can shoot like this:

This angle is even more important when shooting scenery. Generally, the Macau bus photographed by everyone is like this:

In fact, as long as you change your angle, you can make it like this:

Find some secluded places around the scenic spots and find a bright future, which will make your photos stand out from the crowd.

Minimize human influence.

When people inevitably appear in your photos, you should try to minimize the influence of tourists on the picture, or treat them as a very small element. Do your best to stand out from the crowd.

It is the Great Forbidden City again. I took this for my male girlfriend. It can be seen that there are still many people behind me, but those "ants" don't affect my girlfriend's handsomeness at all!

One word: wait.

I know that there are children's shoes that lift the table and say, "Isn't this nonsense?" Wait a minute, there are skills.

When there are few people.

As we all know, there are fewer people in the morning and evening than during the day, and there are fewer working days than weekends. It is meaningful to try to shoot in less time.

Hagia Sophia Church in Harbin, as we all know, this place is equivalent to Tiananmen Square in Harbin, and the crowd is like this:

And I waited until 9 pm to shoot, that's it: the chair on the right in the above picture is the chair I shot ~

Later, I took this photo:

In addition, using different angles, I also took this photo when there were many people during the day:

The square behind is full of people!

The interval between waiting for the crowd to shoot.

In different places, the rhythm of people flow is different. In some large-scale scenic spots, people flow like a tide. You can wait until the gap between the two groups to take pictures, and there are many fewer people taking pictures than the average person!

Shinjuku, Tokyo is the most densely populated place in Tokyo, and the commuters are like chariots. This is like this: (I also took this picture ~)

But in fact, these people are regular, with trams and traffic lights. For example, the electric station in Japan will be quiet after a wave of people, which is suitable for taking pictures.

Shoot with a large aperture

Large aperture or telephoto lens can blur the background and reduce the damage to the picture by tourists in the background.

You can blur the people behind you with a large aperture. This photo uses the aperture of F 1.8, and the girl behind me is ruthlessly integrated with the light box by the lens. However, there is a skill here, that is, try to keep yourself at a certain distance from the people behind you, so as to ensure that the people behind you can be blurred.

Slow door shooting

Slow doors are often used in landscape photography, but I found that all the slow doors I took were traffic, so I won't take them out here for the time being.

In fact, it is not flattering to pat people on the slow door in the crowd. First, it is not easy to stand still. Second, it's strange to stay still in the crowd. So I searched and found that I only took photos on Hong Kong Avenue of Stars many years ago (really many years ago). At that time, I was so fat! Even shorter.

Later use

We have always stressed that we should minimize the influence of others on the picture, but sometimes, we can get it if we shoot it, but it can still help us later. For example, you can use the stamp imitation tool in Photoshop to post-process photos, or it can be beautiful ~ If you use the stamp imitation tool, the method is: after clicking the stamp tool, hold down the alt key, move to the place above the layer you want to copy (such as the sea in the picture), release the alt key, and then click the picture you want to cover (such as the person in the picture), and the person will be replaced by the sea.