Using a tripod

…I really love a good tripod and I can…go on and look there's a giant bug flying around.…I can go on at length about really…nerdy details about tripods from the advantages of particular…kinds of latches, to my preference for some…materials and let's not even get started on heads.…I currently own three tripods, a really…nice monopod and a couple of different heads.…So, if I'm such a tripod maniac, how come…in most of the courses you see, here on lynda.com,…I'm not using a tripod, I'm not even carrying one, I'm going handheld.…

Yes, I do love my tripods and I use them…for some macro shooting and definitely low-light shooting, product shooting.…Anytime where shutter speed needs to go long either because of lighting conditions…or depth of field needs, absolutely I want the best tripod I can find.…But for most of the shooting I can do…I find that I can work handheld, even landscape shooting.…Because of a couple of different reasons.…First of all, in a modern SLR and even a lot of…smaller point and shoot cameras, high ISO response is so good, that…