The thing I get asked about more than any other when it comes to my travel photography images is the problem of crowds of people. Many of the locations I photograph I have visited on organised coach tours and people want to know how I manage to still get images without the crowds in shot.
Let me tell you how I did it with this shot. It is simple really. I told the guide I was a photographer, and asked if he would mind if I ran a head of the group to get here before the rest of the party. The guide didn't mind so I ran… well walked at a very fast pace while the group ambled and the guide stopped to talk about some lesser carvings on the route.
The result – I got 10 minutes to photograph the Treasury before the group turned up!
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Or do what I did and stay overnight so you can get you shot early morning before the tour parties get out of bed!
Doesn't work at the Taj Mahal where there's already big queues before the gates open at dawn!
Never been the Taj Mahal…. not even to the one on Manchester's curry mile!
Alternatively, find a way to make the people part of the photo. I try to look for decisive moments where the people make the photo rather than detract from it.
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+Kevin Pack One of my life goals is to spend the night at Petra.