How To Set Up a Tripod

To Set up the tripod, there are three legs on the tripod (tri stands for three), on the three legs are clips that help tighten the legs to stay strong when they are both put away and when they are extended to make the tripod bigger and taller. To make the tripod stand up, the clips are undone and the legs are extended to make sure that the height of the tripod is adjusted to where the user wants it. The neck of the tripod can then be adjusted by turning the handles by it (this handle is opposite the pan handle which is the long stick that is prominent on the cameras side). To then take the tripod down just unclip the clips and turn the handle the opposite way so that the neck comes down. The Pan Handle is used to move the camera from left to right, up and then back down again. This can create a range of different shots by being able to tighten and loosening the handle by turning it and then locking it where the user wants it. On top of the tripod there is a camera hold/plate which the camera is then attached too so that the camera doesn't fall off when the camera is being used and also stays in position when moving it around.