Help me buy an L bracket

We all know the value of using a tripod for shooting landscapes. Not only does it keep your camera rock-steady through the duration of an exposure, but it’s also a vital composition aid, enabling you to carefully compose your scene, then wait for the opportune moment just before firing the shutter.

Jobbing pros also know that to maximize the sales potential of their shots, they have to shoot in both landscape and portrait orientations, so that their images are suitable for both double-page spreads and covers.

But tripods are primarily designed for shooting horizontally. While most tripod heads can be tilted by 90 degrees to flip the camera into a vertical orientation, this shifts the position of the camera to the side of – and often below – the original shooting position, so the carefully considered composition needs to