TRIPOD
Tripod is necessary to to help you capture the ideal shot in different circumstances. A tripod takes few minutes to position and adjust, yet it can support your camera in the perfect position for however long you wish, helping you to take great images.
Here are some examples of when you will need one:
1.LOW LIGHT SITUATION
Tripods are an absolute necessity in low light situations. When you find yourself in a low light situation, you will need to reduce the shutter speed in order to increase light. Unfortunately, reducing the shutter speed means that your camera will be susceptible to shake and your images could turn out blurry. To ensure that you avoid the blur that may be introduced by your hand movement, you are going to need a tripod to set your camera on.
2. SELF PORTRAIT
Before selfie-sticks, tripods where used for better self-portraits, you will still need them today for a better self-portrait if you want to have a lot of things in focus and the portrait composed properly.
3. PHOTOGRAPHING LANDSCAPES
Landscape photography is one of the most popular types of photography. However, this type of photography requires that you use an aperture of at least f/8 and up to f/16 for most of your landscape shots in order to ensure you achieve a wide depth of field that will put everything into clear focus. Unfortunately, when you use these aperture levels, they narrow the light coming in. To correct this, you will need to either increase the ISO or reduce the shutter speed so you can get the right exposure for the shot. But the problem is that while increasing the ISO will introduce noise into the image so your only other option will be to reduce the shutter speed. When you do that, you will need to set your camera on a tripod to avoid shake.
A tripod is key in getting great nature shots as you can be waiting around for hours for animals to make an appearance that might only last a few seconds, so you need to be ready.
5. ACTION SHOTS AND DOING SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY
Panning is vital in taking stunning action shots as it allows you to really capture the movement. Having a tripod makes panning much easier and more fluid.
6. CLOSE-UP SHOTS
Taking photos of small objects close-up can require a lot of skill, and minor movements will be crucial to a perfect image. Using a tripod will noticeably reduce unwanted movement off the camera.
7. LONG EXPOSURES
You will definitely need a tripod if you want to do any kind of photography with a shutter speed longer than around 1/60th of a second. Failure to use a tripod will certainly lead to blurry images because of camera shake. A good example of this situation is when you want to accomplish long exposure photography. This type of photography requires opening the shutter for a considerable period of time. There is no way you can be able to hold your camera for that long without causing a camera shake. The best way to get a perfect shot is to use a tripod in such a situation. 8. TIME LAPSE
A time-lapse is a sequence of images shot at a certain number of seconds apart, these images are later turned into a video in order to speed up the action. When you are about to do a time lapse you will absolutely need to use a tripod in order to ensure that the frames are aligned in order to create your video. Time-lapse is also used to stitch multiple photos together in order to create star trails and using a tripod is a must in order to achieve this effect.
9. USING A TELEPHOTO LENS
Telephoto lenses tend to be difficult to handle. Their long focal length magnifies any vibration caused by the camera shutter and mirror, wind, or by the photographer themselves. Their slower maximum aperture also causes a frequent need for slower shutter speeds which exacerbates the problem even more.
A good rule of thumb for deciding whether hand-holding a telephoto lens will cause you problems is that a shutter speed of at least 1/ the focal length is required for a sharp picture. For example, if you are using a 500mm. lens the minimum shutter speed you would normally need to use without a tripod would be 1/500th second. When using a shutter speed slower than this simple rule of thumb suggests, a tripod is in order. A good tripod will help steady your camera and ensure sharp pictures.
10. FLEXIBILITY
Tripods don’t just hold cameras, they can hold camcorders and also serve as a light stand that holds flash units, slaves, and reflectors. Using a tripod when using a camcorder will dramatically help picture quality as it will allow you to pan smoothly making your movies look much more professional. 11. CREATIVITY
Last but not least, a tripod can really help by making you slow down and think about the shot you are taking and getting the framing right. With a tripod you can also get your camera into places you sometimes can’t. Many tripods have the ability to let you place the camera anywhere from just inches off the ground to way above eye level.
When you're in the studio, the tripod frees you from the camera, and allows you to concentrate on the lighting of your subjects knowing that the camera is both secure and in the right place.
Reference: https://www.photographyblog.com/articles/7_reasons_why_you_should_use_a_tripod https://the-pro-photographer.com/9-reasons-why-you-should-use-a-tripod/