What's the use of a tripod? Should I buy it? In the eyes of beginners, tripod is just an auxiliary tool, which is often used infrequently and bulky. If you add a SLR camera, lens, flash, etc. It will be very hard to shoot outside, so the tripod will eventually be left at home for a long time and become useless. In fact, this is all wet. Many photos and effects also need tripods. It is not an "auxiliary tool" for photography, but an indispensable member in learning photography. Its function is as important as the fuselage, lens and flash! Now let the author explain what the tripod can do for us and what works it can shoot!

(1) Shoot water/waterfalls like fog.

If students who pay attention to our website must know that we need to shoot foggy running water and waterfalls with slow shutters, then a tripod will be put in the scene, even during the day, and it is indispensable.

(2) Shooting brilliant starry sky/orbit

To shoot bright stars or orbits, we need to expose them for 30 seconds or even several hours, so we must put the camera on a tripod to shoot clear and complete images!

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(3) Shooting macro works

Tripod is often used when shooting macro works, because the depth of field is very shallow when shooting macro works, and it will be out of focus if you move forward or backward slightly, and the aperture is usually very small, so it is not easy to press the full shutter, so tripod will be very helpful.

(4) Reduce the weight of the body/lens.

For example, when using a 70-200mm black-and-white lens or an 800mm Big Mac lens, putting the lens (yes, it is a lens, not a camera) on a tripod can provide a stable platform for shooting, and can also reduce a lot of weight and make shooting easier.

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(5) Easy selfie

In addition to hand-held backhand selfies, we can also put the camera on a tripod and shoot with a timer, so that we can have more selfie ways: wide angle, high/low shot, long-distance shot and so on!

(6) Shooting sunrise/sunset

Although shooting at sunrise/sunset is facing the sun, the most beautiful moment is often a magical hour before and after sunrise/sunset. At this time, there is not enough light in the sky, and the tripod can ensure that the photos remain clear and sharp and take good photos.

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(7) Shooting car tracks

It often takes tens of seconds or even minutes to photograph train tracks, and tools such as black cards are also used. Without a tripod, it will bring great difficulties to shooting!

(8) shoot graffiti with lights.

Light painting is the same as car tracks. The camera must be stable and the shutter must be opened to shoot successfully, so the tripod is one of the necessary tools to shoot graffiti.

The photo was taken by jasonbelliveau.

Photo by Alex Tam

(9) Shooting portraits at night

You don't have to use a tripod to take portraits at night, but with a tripod, we can improve the brightness and quality of the background with a slower shutter and lower ISO. Of course, the foreground (character) can't be illuminated by living light, otherwise "ghosts" will appear.

(10) Shooting high-quality night scenes

To shoot high-quality night scenes, small aperture and low ISO are the best combination, but then the shutter will become very slow! A tripod can effectively solve this problem and make shooting easy.

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(1 1) Shoot a short film

A tripod is necessary to make a time-lapse movie, because we have to fix the camera and shoot continuously, and then combine this series of photos into a time-lapse movie with software.

(12) as lamp holder

You don't have to use a tripod to set up a camera. Putting an external flash on it, plus a wireless remote control, allows you to take professional photos in more vivid light. You can also use a tripod as a lamp holder for portraits or merchandise shooting. Of course, a real lamp holder will be lighter and taller if used frequently, but a tripod is also a good partner.

postscript

Taking the above photos, a tripod can really help a lot, and some of them are even indispensable. Without a tripod, you will miss many subjects and limit the progress of photography. ...