It's the bane of every traveler. You're finally at the pyramids, the Eiffel Tower, or the Grand Canyon for the first time. You want to take a photograph after a lifetime of seeing it only in imagination. But, lo and behold, there are a horde of tourists - fellow tourists - in your way. They're all over. Everywhere. There's no way you can get your once-in-a-lifetime picture without including those strangers all too.

Not so, according to the world's largest photography school, New York Institute of Photography (NYI). You can get the picture you want by simply making all those tourists disappear. And you won't need a magic wand!

NYI says you can make those tourists disappear if you just look around for a place to hide them from your lens. Impossible? Not at all.

For example, look around for a low wall. You may be able to hide them behind that wall by just squatting down until the wall fills the bottom edge of your picture. Sure, the tourists are still there. But they won't be in your picture because they're hidden behind the wall. Or you may find a tree that hides them...or a boulder...or your spouse's silhouette...or a statue...or anything else that does the trick. Use your imagination.

Use your eyes. Look around. Don't be afraid to bend down or climb up a bit, or to shoot form an unusual angle. According to NYI, no matter where you go, no matter what attaction you want to photograph, you can always find something you can use to hide the tourists from your lens.