I've been thinking . . . again. DSLR's are great, but one often needs to take a shot at low angle, waist high . . . 
So often, the perspective improves when the camera is a couple of feet lower? So we get down knees bent, looking like Groucho Marks . . . or worse, grovel about in the dirt:shrug:
The good old large format, waist high hold, got over a lot of this, producing those flattering angles, now of course, rarely, if ever seen outside the studio.
Forced into a camera change due to 'racing senility'
and a dodgy knee, I have overcome these indignities by using a DSLR with swivel screen and having a 'walking mono pod', mounted with a light ball head and removable fixing. The 'wmp' doubles as a walking support, makes pin sharp pictures easy, works like VR widening the stops setting
and provides the perfect support when a low angel is deemed necessary with the screen swung out.
I know, some (young'uns) will laugh, but you wait, you are on 'catch up' . . .
CJS
So often, the perspective improves when the camera is a couple of feet lower? So we get down knees bent, looking like Groucho Marks . . . or worse, grovel about in the dirt:shrug:The good old large format, waist high hold, got over a lot of this, producing those flattering angles, now of course, rarely, if ever seen outside the studio.
Forced into a camera change due to 'racing senility'
and a dodgy knee, I have overcome these indignities by using a DSLR with swivel screen and having a 'walking mono pod', mounted with a light ball head and removable fixing. The 'wmp' doubles as a walking support, makes pin sharp pictures easy, works like VR widening the stops setting and provides the perfect support when a low angel is deemed necessary with the screen swung out.I know, some (young'uns) will laugh, but you wait, you are on 'catch up' . . .
CJS
