For this project i was looking at how using a Tripod can improve your landscape shots by providing a solid platform to shot from.
No Tripod.
Tripod.
No Tripod.
Tripod.
Tripod.
No Tripod.From all these shots it clear that when using a Tripod you reduce the amount of blurring that occurs dew to the movement you would naturally produce when using the camera handheld from simple your own breathing or from say the weather conditions if its a windy day (although this can effect your shots even when using a tripod if it isn't a sturdy example.) By using a tripod you also open up some creative options that aren't available to you when shooting handheld. For example in my final pair of shots above when i try to shot handheld at a low exposure to capture the movement of the water its possible to do but the results aren't very good because i just don't have a stable enough platform to shot from. Introduce a tripod and this changes meaning you can gain the effect that i was looking to achieve.
Although this project doesn't introduce me to any new concepts it's still a useful project to illustrate the facts and to experiment with different settings on the camera so as to move away from just using the auto settings and to get more use to using the manual exposure settings.
