Tips For Summer Outdoor Photography
Story and photographs © Paul Mozell
You still need a tripod even if you have a vibration-reduction lens. A VR (vibration-reduction) or VC (vibration compensation), or IS (image stabilization) lens is great to have in your camera kit but it won’t entirely replace a sturdy tripod. If you are shooting landscapes the only way to reliably bracket exposures, or 
merge multiple files using Photoshop’s HDR (high dynamic range) action, is to set your camera on a stable, constant platform. I’m hooked on panoramas at the moment, and if I don’t use a tripod and ball-head with a panorama scale, the sequence of shots won’t line up properly. Read more
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