tripod

Essential for long exposures on a night apron and for holding a heavy telephoto through a long wait. The limitation is that a tripod head good at staying still is usually poor at following a fast subject, so tracking work is done handheld or on a monopod.

Nearby in Photography

• spot metering — Metering from a small area of the frame rather than the whole scene.
• teleconverter — A supplementary optic between lens and body that multiplies the focal length.
• vignetting — A darkening of the image towards its corners.
• white balance — The adjustment that makes neutral tones in a scene render as neutral, compensating for the colour of the light.