Tag Archives: tripod

Camera Etiquette Questions

Posted on February 26, 2015 by lensaddiction

(Reposted Feb 2015) Someone posted a question about this in a forum I browse regularly, and it got me thinking. Most of the responses the poster got was around wedding photography (there may have been an element of that in … Continue reading →

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How to buy a tripod – the wrong way

Posted on February 20, 2015 by lensaddiction

(Repost Feb 2015 – first posted Aug 2009) I say this, because I don’t know how to buy a tripod the right way – I found tripods extremely confusing, especially when buying one for the first time when I have … Continue reading →

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TechTip#5 – Tripod Zen

Posted on February 13, 2015 by lensaddiction

(reposted Feb 2015) I was afraid of my tripod when I first got it. In fact I didn’t use it for several months because of that. I don’t really know why I was afraid of it, something to do with … Continue reading →

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Anxiously awaiting the courier this week

Posted on August 3, 2014 by lensaddiction

A couple of weeks ago I FINALLY got my act together and ordered my new tripod head and brackets!!! I got one of these – the Acratech GP Ballhead with Lever clamp.  And a RRS L plate for the 7D, … Continue reading →

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Tech Tip #11 – Stabilizing your Tripod

Posted on May 16, 2012 by lensaddiction

Both of the tripod legs I have had allow you to hang something off the bottom of the center column. The usual recommendation is that you use your camera bag to help stabilize it, especially on a windy day. Personally … Continue reading →

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Today I shot in full Manual mode for the first time ever!

Posted on February 19, 2012 by lensaddiction

The RPS organised a Landscape Photography workshop with Mike Langford, a renown NZ photographer based in Queenstown. It was $100 for the day which included lunch, so I was hoping I learned something valuable. Boy was I in for a … Continue reading →

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My first ever Sunrise Shoot at Moeraki Boulders

Posted on June 25, 2011 by lensaddiction

Queens Birthday is a 3 day weekend here in NZ, and its the first weekend in June. 3 days beforehand I crashed my car, but my BFF (DJ) managed to wangle permission to use her work car, and so our … Continue reading →

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Totara Stump Graveyard Fieldtrip with NPS

Posted on February 14, 2011 by lensaddiction

Sunday was a Fieldtrip day with Nature Photographic Society of NZ (or NPS for short). My plan this year is to get out and do more fieldtrips and the local ones around Christchurch I really have no excuse not to … Continue reading →

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Winter Scenery

Posted on August 3, 2010 by lensaddiction

Despite coming down with an awful head cold while away on my Winter Retreat, here I am slaving at my computer 🙂 My brain has dissolved and is trickling out my nose so apologies for any (more unusual) typos or … Continue reading →

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Akaroa Photowalk – Scott Kelby’s WWPW

Posted on July 25, 2010 by lensaddiction

So yesterday it was 24th July, and I had volunteered to lead a Photowalk for Scott Kelby’s World Wide Photowalk. Registered numbers were low, but I had been out reminding local clubs the week before, and hoped for a bit … Continue reading →

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