I was taught long ago, by an outdoor pro, that when using a tripod, and he
always recommended using one, find the subject/composition with the camera
hand held & then set the tripod up in that spot to capture that composition.
You are correct in that a tripod can be very limiting if you keep the camera
on it while hunting for the subject/composition.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: <eactiv...@aol.com>
Subject: Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III
Glad to know it's not just me. :-)
For night shots, portraits, and macros, yeah, you definitely/usually need
a tripod. But it's like, hey, cutting down on my inspiration. Or the
inspiration I get by moving around. I suppose, technically, one could do
set up
shots first, move around all you want to try out angles, then pick a
place
and use a tripod there. But that wastes a lot of effort too, if those
move
around shots are naturally going to be blurry without a tripod.
I don't know. Still thinking about it.
Marnie aka Doe
In a message dated 5/31/2013 7:39:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
ldott...@gmail.com writes:
I feel exactly the same way. I can count the number of times I've used a
tripod on one hand, as I generally find them to be more an encumbrance
than a tool.
That said, I finally broke down and got a decent one the other day when
I bought my flash unit, as I'm going to be doing a family portrait
session soon, and figured it would be a good idea to have one. Still,
like you, I like to move around a lot when I'm shooting and a tripod
starts to feel like a ball and chain pretty quickly.
-- Walt
On 5/31/2013 9:14 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
But I must say using a tripod, heavily, felt very uncreative. I like to
move around a lot with a camera and try different framing on a scene
quickly.
But a tripod is like set up your shot first and let the camera do the
work. Almost boring. I am still sorting out how I feel about that.
Marnie aka Doe:-)
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