{"id":8213,"date":"2015-07-09T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/?p=6213"},"modified":"2015-07-05T21:20:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T21:20:57","slug":"roberts-photo-tips-how-to-photograph-people-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/09\/roberts-photo-tips-how-to-photograph-people-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert&#8217;s photo tips &#8211; how to photograph people (8)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the next few posts\u00a0on how to photograph people, we\u2019re going to look at shooting\u00a0crowds and parades. These can make fantastic subjects with endless opportunities to capture that\u00a0special shot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip 8:<\/strong> <strong>Find a high vantage point from which to photograph a crowd or parade using a zoom lens<\/strong>. <em>You could do<\/em> <em>this from a balcony or rooftop. Remember it is usually better to photograph people when they are facing you. Look for repetition and colour that will make your photo special, or alternatively, someone that stands out from the crowd.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/238-3332\/overhead-view-men-marching-national-day-parade-kuala\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6217 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/238-3332.jpg\" alt=\"Overhead view of men marching in National Day Parade, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia\" width=\"480\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Repetition and colour in an overhead view of men marching in National Day Parade, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/832-55547\/crowd-hindu-pooram-festival-thrissur-kerala-southern-india\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6225 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/832-55547.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd, Hindu Pooram festival, Thrissur, Kerala, southern India, Asia\" width=\"480\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The boy in the red shirt provides\u00a0a focus in a sea of faces, Hindu Pooram festival, Thrissur, Kerala, India<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/749-1072\/carnival-parade-sambodrome-rio-de-janeiro-brazil-south\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6219 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/749-1072.jpg\" alt=\"Carnival parade at the Sambodrome, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carnival parade at the Sambodrome, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/817-20078\/tomatina-food-fight-festival-bunol-valencia-province-comunidad\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6222 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.robertharding.com\/embed\/817-20078.jpg\" alt=\"Tomatina food fight festival, Bunol, Valencia province, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An overhead view of the Tomatina food fight festival, Bunol, Valencia province, Spain<\/p>\n<p>See more of Robert&#8217;s photography tips <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5SIZU-1wD\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the next few posts\u00a0on how to photograph people, we\u2019re going to look at shooting\u00a0crowds and parades. 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