Tripods & Supports

Learn how to choose the right tripods and supports and use them to steady your camera and improve your photos.
  1. 4 Must-Have Tools for Night Photography

    4 Must-Have Tools for Night Photography

    Tutorial Intermediate

    To get great results at night you will need a range of equipment that will allow you to photograph in the low light conditions.

  2. How to Take Breathtaking Firework Photographs in 10 Easy Steps

    How to Take Breathtaking Firework Photographs in 10 Easy Steps

    Tutorial Beginner

    If there's a grand occasion coming up, you can almost guarantee that it'll be marked by fireworks. This 10 step guide will help you to capture some of those...

  3. How To Use External Monitors With a Gimbal

    How To Use External Monitors With a Gimbal

    Tutorial Beginner

    When using a gimbal, an external monitor can help you see what you're shooting, but is it more trouble than it's worth?

  4. How To Use Remotes and Toggles With a Gimbal

    How To Use Remotes and Toggles With a Gimbal

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Are remotes or toggles useful in panning and tilting a gimbal, or are they more trouble than they're worth?

  5. How to Choose the Right Lens for Your Video Gimbal Rig

    How to Choose the Right Lens for Your Video Gimbal Rig

    Tutorial Intermediate

    If you have a variety of lenses, or just one zoom lens, you have some important decisions to make when you’re shooting with a gimbal.

  6. How To Use a Gimbal: Finesse the Follow Mode

    How To Use a Gimbal: Finesse the Follow Mode

    Tutorial Beginner

    A gimbal can electronically pan or tilt along with you as you turn your body or move inside a vehicle, but the responsiveness or speed of the follow can...

  7. How To Use a Gimbal: Minimize Up and Down Motion

    How To Use a Gimbal: Minimize Up and Down Motion

    Tutorial Beginner

    A gimbal can smoothen your camera's jitters, but it can't hide the up and down motion when you're walking or running. Changing the way you walk is essential...

  8. 10 Top Tips to Get Started with Still Life Photography

    10 Top Tips to Get Started with Still Life Photography

    Tutorial Intermediate

    There aren’t many photographic practices that date back further than still life photography. When photography originated, it was necessary for exposures to...

  9. How To Use a Gimbal: Advanced Shots

    How To Use a Gimbal: Advanced Shots

    Tutorial Beginner

    Once you've mastered the art of walking while shooting with a gimbal, you can create some more interesting shots by simply getting off your feet and onto...

  10. Is It Magic? How Image Stabilisation Stops Shake

    Is It Magic? How Image Stabilisation Stops Shake

    Tutorial Beginner

    You’ve probably seen VR, IS, OIS or a variety of names on the side of a lens or camera, all essentially meaning that is has a form of image stabilisation....

  11. Shooting Portraits for the Web and Why it's Different

    Shooting Portraits for the Web and Why it's Different

    Tutorial Intermediate

    If you have a website, use a lot of social media, or write articles for print, you need a simple portrait thumbnail that will support the content you are...

  12. Build a DIY Rotating Time Lapse Tripod Head

    Build a DIY Rotating Time Lapse Tripod Head

    Tutorial Beginner

    In this tutorial, I'll show you how to quickly and easily create your own rotating time lapse head for your GoPro or compact camera using a kitchen timer. It...