Australian Photography

EXTRA REACH

few years ago I began using a Manfrotto monopod to support my camera and telephoto lens while shooting long portrait sessions (as in 100 or more headshots in the space of an afternoon) but not long afterwards I realised a second use for the monopod - as a tool to shift my viewpoint upwards (or

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