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Click to EnlargeBasic Training: Breaking it Down
"Geez," sighed Larry after the DVD was over, "how come my video never looks like that?" The words "talentless hack" danced through my head, but that wasn't really helpful.
"One reason might be that you never use a tripod," I said
"Why on earth would I want to use a tripod? I move the camcorder all the time!"
This was true. Larry likes to videotape auto races, so you get half an hour of a car going around in a circle.
"Tripods aren't just for static shots," I said. "There's much more to using a tripod than sticking a camcorder on one in the back of a room and leaving it there."
"Really?"
"Absolutely."
"Whenever I've tried to use a tripod, I've found it really awkward to move - all those knobs to twist and things like that - and I can never tell what direction it's supposed to go in...."
"Well, Larry," I said, "let's talk about tripods th…
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