Creative Photography by Hopkid
I saw in a photography magazine where this photographer had used longer exposures and smaller lens openings to create interesting, artsy photos using the natural movement of the water in the canals to blur the reflections of archichiteture, people, and other things. I tried this when I went to Venice and although I couldn't totally replicate what I had seen in the magazine, I got some cool and different photos. I urge you to try the same and see what you get!The key is to use longer exposures that will not be fast enough to "stop" the action. If you have a camera with a shutter priority setting, you can achieve this by setting a speed that is slower than what the camera would normally program. Similarly, you can also set your f-stop/lens opening to as small as possible, thus increasing the shutter speed needed to obtain a correctly exposed image. Use a tripod if you can or steady yourself on a railing or wall to elminiate camera shake.
Good luck and most of all have fun!