Robert’s photo tips – how to photograph people (10)

In the last in our series of tips on taking photos of people we look at a great way of photographing crowds in cities.

Tip 10: Set up your camera on a tripod with a good, wide view of people moving through the city, then capture their movement with a long exposure. Choose a place and time where there is a lot of movement and use a slow shutter speed (eg 1/15 second) to create blur as people go past. Those moving slowly or standing still will be sharper, while those moving fast will be blurred.

Sunrise in St. Mark’s Square, with San Giorgio Maggiore in background, Venice

Crowd of people riding mopeds, Pham Ngu Lao area, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Twilight view of the ice skating rink in Central Park, New York City, with skaters in blurred motion on the ice

Shibuya pedestrian crossing, the world’s busiest pedestrian crosswalk, Tokyo, Japan

See more of Robert’s photography tips here