{"id":8162,"date":"2015-06-25T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/?p=6162"},"modified":"2015-06-23T15:45:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T15:45:28","slug":"roberts-photo-tips-how-to-photograph-people-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/25\/roberts-photo-tips-how-to-photograph-people-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert&#8217;s photo tips &#8211; how to photograph people (6)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People shots\u00a0make up a large proportion of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\" target=\"_blank\">photo archive<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0they tell us so much about places and\u00a0cultures and can really create that wow factor. In\u00a0the sixth\u00a0in my series of tips on how to get the best portraits on your travels, here is\u00a0a simple idea to help you tell a human story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip 6:\u00a0Photograph people\u00a0holding interesting\u00a0props and objects <\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0<em>these can help to tell a story about the\u00a0person&#8217;s\u00a0life and culture. You can also take close-up shots of the objects to provide a different perspective.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/772-474\/fisherman-cormorant-li-river-yangshuo-guangxi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6166 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/772-474.jpg\" alt=\"Fisherman with cormorant, Li River, Yangshuo, Guangxi Province, China, Asia\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fisherman with a cormorant, trained to help him fish &#8211; a\u00a0traditional method in the Li River, Yangshuo, Guangxi Province, China<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1178-8625.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6167 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/1178-8625-340x340.jpg\" alt=\"Young girl playing with toy airplane\" width=\"340\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Young girl playing with toy airplane<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/150-2114\/ben-tanh-market-produce-ho-chi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6171 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/150-2114.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Tanh market produce, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Woman holding\u00a0market produce in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/817-68467\/koran-henna-painted-hands-morocco\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6173 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/817-68467.jpg\" alt=\"Koran and henna painted hands, Morocco\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Koran and henna painted hands, Morocco<\/p>\n<p>See more of Robert&#8217;s photo tips <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5SIZU-1wD\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People shots\u00a0make up a large proportion of our photo archive\u00a0as\u00a0they tell us so much about places and\u00a0cultures and can really create that wow factor. 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