From the course: The Practicing Photographer

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Working without a tripod

Working without a tripod

- From time to time viewers send in email asking me why I don't use a tripod more often, and I feel guilty about it actually, that I'm not more diligently carrying a tripod around and using it, and my short answer is always, well I'm lazy, they're bulky and they're heavy and all of that's true, even with a lighter tripod it's still an extra thing to carry and it's just a hassle. But when I actually stop and think about it, when I'm out shooting I realize, no there are other reasons that I don't use a tripod more often. Now I do use a tripod and I do travel with one, and I'm pretty diligent about always making sure that I have one at least with me if I'm going on an extended trip because if I'm going to shoot a low light there's simply no way around long exposures requiring a tripod but for a lot of other stuff I really prefer not to work with a tripod because it changes the way that I shoot. When I'm mounting the camera on a tripod and framing things, I get really locked in to this…

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