Video Tutorials
Ditch the Tripod: How Handholding a 70-200mm Can Make You a Better Landscape Photographer
I used to haul a tripod everywhere. Heavy bag, slow setup, missed shots while I was still screwing in the quick-release plate. Then I started questioning whether I actually needed it for every situation, or whether I was just following a rule someone handed me early on and I never stopped to examine. That question got answered pretty decisively when I watched this Nigel Danson tutorial shot on location in the Lake District, where he spends a full morning handholding a 70-200mm lens for landscape work and pulling off shots that look like they came off a tripod-mounted medium format rig.