Even being surrounded by lots of people who weren't looking at me, I felt very self conscious as I was sure that everyone would notice that I wasn't pointing my camera at the other tourists rather than the temple.
However I got on with it and in the end realised that I was as invisible as everyone else.
I looked around for stories in the crowd and found various families walking around with children that looked very bored, and they made some interesting subjects, but I felt uncomfortable shooting them, and I won't be posting the pictures from those series, but I do have them for my records.
Eventually, I did realise that there was a story going on there. There was a man there selling information leaflets about the temple, and he looked lost inside this sea of people. I originally noticed him during one of my wide angle shots of the area, talking to a young lady with her child. Centering on him I moced closer and zoomed in. However I was in the wrong position to get any close up shots, as the general movement of people was coming towards me, so I decided to move to the other side of the temple. This not only put me in position so that he was facing me, but also gave me a bit of cover to shoot from.
The change in position worked well as I was able to get some shots of him looking a little lost in the crowd. Eventually he was approached by a family who wanted to buy the leaflets and I was able to get a shopt of the transaction actually taking place. The pictures show that the temple, whilst an interesting place to visit is also the way that some of the local people earn their living and are able to support their families.
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