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Brackish
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RustyB
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Re: [Brackish] Anyone using a monopod or tripod for their events stills? [In reply to] Can't Post
I've only seen wedding photogs using them a couple time. Once, it was a little asian girl, who used it for the formals. All I can think, is that it must have been the first time she's tried it, because it looked like a major PITA. Between each shot, she'd have to throw the entire setup on the floor to go pose the next shot. The camera must have taken a heck of a beating. I don't know why she didn't simply carry a small tripod for the formals.

The second time I saw one, the photog dude used one to take some natural light pics of stuff on the cake table, for example, but didn't use it much more than that.

I used to use mine sometimes for my amateur pics, but since then just started using a very lightweight tripod, which is also equipped with a ball head for vertical shots. For me, any picture that will benefit from the use of a monopod, will benefit even more from a tripod (I don't have any IS lenses). And a tripod is required for longer exposure shots anyways, so it's pointless for me to use both.

Seems like they'd be especially helpful for sports photography, with those big nasty fast extreme telephoto lenses. Like this girl I took a picture of at a Houston Astros pep rally a while back....





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Rusty....something tells me you weren't taking the picture to admire the monopod she was using or the big lens.

Where did you get the money to go to the pep rally....musta been a freebie! Wink At least you got out of the cave for a little "you" time!



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Oh, come on. It was a professional thing. He was "checking out" possible "competition"...Angelic


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Rusty....something tells me you weren't taking the picture to admire the monopod she was using or the big lens.

Where did you get the money to go to the pep rally....musta been a freebie! Wink At least you got out of the cave for a little "you" time!

Yeah, it was free. Cool It was last year...my best friends are baseball fans, and dragged me out of my apartment to go to the pep rally.

They were pissed off because I came home with no good pics of the baseball players. Whoops...I was a little distracted by the photog, and the videog on the field...







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A monopod does not work well for wedding photography. Many times you are shooting with two cameras with two different lenses so switching between the cams becomes a problem if one is attached to a monopod. Also, you really have to pay attention to what is in the background, and a monopod makes it hard to change positions quickly. Photography is very interactive compared to video and if you have to poof the gown, move the veil etc. it is hard to put a camera on a monopod down.
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A monopod does not work well for wedding photography. Many times you are shooting with two cameras with two different lenses so switching between the cams becomes a problem if one is attached to a monopod. Also, you really have to pay attention to what is in the background, and a monopod makes it hard to change positions quickly. Photography is very interactive compared to video and if you have to poof the gown, move the veil etc. it is hard to put a camera on a monopod down.
Thanks, Julie. That all makes sense. So the photogs who are shooting
the ceremony from the back of the church are doing it
handheld? I'm just wondering about the camera shake using
teles from the back of the church. Or maybe they're able
to get a high-enough shutter speed? I just was thinking that
shutter speeds would have to be too slow in a dark church to steady the
telephoto image.
A tripod with a quick release head works best. A photography tripod is different than a video tripod. With video, the head can tilt up and down and swivels left or right. A photo tripod tilts side to side as well. They usually have 3 handles that you twist left to loosen and right to lock.
Julie


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Re: [Brackish] Anyone using a monopod or tripod for their events stills? [In reply to] Can't Post
Those tripods with all the levers frighten me. Laugh I've seen a few old photogs with them, and they would fight with those things, making it look like it was their first day on the job. Tongue

I have a lightweight Manfrotto 3001BPRO tripod, fitted with a 486RC2 ball head...instantly adjustable to any angle. Plus, the center column can be fitted horizontally to shoot straight down. (Not that you'd need that for a wedding.Laugh)

I'm about 5'9", and with the column extended, it puts the viewfinder at exactly eye level. For telephoto shots, I have a cable release, but I guess that wouldn't be necessary if your cam has IS lenses. Just about every photog I work with at has a camera mounted on a tripod in the back row, or in the balcony, even if they're roaming the church handheld. In that case, the photog runs the tripod cam.





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Yeah, that one looks pretty tame compared to some of the goofy ones I've seen. Laugh



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I'm not an expert here but for me...a mono works with video but not photo. I do the high school hockey highlight video and I like the monopod because I can adjust positions in a hurry and steadiness isn't as important as getting a good action shot. I have also used a mono for weddings in very tight consitions but I prefer tripods whenever possible.

As for photo - I've only done a few weddings and go hand held for everything except the formals. IS lens make a difference here. I like a tripod for formals because I can compose the shot then step back and see what I am getting better than looking thru the viewfinder. You know, watching for blinkers or someone looking the wrong way etc. I bought a release cable especially for this situation but, frankly, I've not used it.

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