I hope you will permit me to add to this thread. When shooting with the camera on a tripod (and always use a tripod when you can) don't let the tripod cramp your photographic vision. Take the camera off the tripod and walk around looking at the subject from different perspectives and angles (childs height, from ground level, from above, etc.) and then set up the tripod from the perspectives that you found pleasing.
Charles Braswell
