by Knight Trainees

Photos by Neva Grant/NPR

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One of the big challenges of photographing tourists is that EVERYBODY has a camera. I wanted to get more close-up shots of people interacting with the statues, but every time I tried, the tourists assumed I didn't want them in the frame, apologized, and moved away. "No, I want you to be part of the picture!"—I would tell them. But then they assumed I wanted them to pose. By the time I told them to "just act natural," the moment was usually ruined, and they were either self-conscious or suspicious. So: question—how to be invisible but still get the shot you need?