Inverted Tripod Low Angle Shooting | Landscape Photography

[@andyg4vpm512]

I just bought a couple of Joby Beamo Cold Shoe adapters. They slide into a hot shoe and have a 1/4 inch thread hole through them. You can attach them to your hot shoe, screw in your tripod mounting plate and attach your camera right way up to your inverted centre column.

[@hermilioquintana9178]

Great video with a great tip which I have never tried , beautiful image . Thank you for sharing James.

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks Hermilio 🙏🙂

[@Traveler_Greg]

Great photo tutorial. Good tips. Greetings my friend and have a good weekend. Thumbs up.

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks very much Traveler Greg 🙏

[@GarrickGillettePhotography]

Nice job James! Great info. Great image!

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks Garrick 🙂

[@adrianalfordphotography]

Great video James. Love those low unique angles. Never done that before, so thanks for sharing the video.

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks very much Adrian! I'd highly recommend giving it a go with the right scene

[@scottdavis6186]

Those are beautiful! I love low angle photography

[@OracleFP]

Nice image James, worth the effort.

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks Simon 🙏

[@paulcomptonpdphotography]

Brilliant idea and I think you nailed it well done I am always bending and pushing my tripod lol it’s can’t fall out with the stop on the bottoms

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Cheers Paul. Logically it's not more unsafe then normal shooting position but it doesn't feel that way. The heart was certainly pumping that bit faster 😅

[@iainmc9859]

Lovely images, worked hard for.

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Cheers Iain 🍻

[@RobOutenPhotography]

Great vlog James and very good point about "Tripod Yoga"!! I've done this in the past and will consider it when and if the composition presents itself. Thanks for sharing and take care 👍📸

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks Rob! Cheers for watching 🍻

[@KnightGTR]

Thank you for great vids James. Probably the only channel here on tube that really is about landscape photography and not just the tips that everyone knows.

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks very much! I try my best to cover things which I feel are genuinely important. Glad to hear that you enjoy it 👍

[@SebastianBevanPhotography]

Crackin shot and great video James, thank god for LIVE VIEW 😃👍

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks Sebastian! Live view saves the day :-)

[@achalsmehndiart5461]

Hiiii I'm your new subscriber 🤗 from Indian 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳love your videos 🤗🤗

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks very much for subscribing 🙏🙂 welcome aboard

[@RalphGoldsmith]

Nice video James and a great solution for the clear sky problem (something I know a bit about). My old tripod had a centre column that could be angled at 90 degrees that would allow very low shooting. My new one has a completely removable centre column that allows for a very low POV but I haven't used that feature yet. Great final image with lovely texture in the water. Thanks for sharing

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Cheers Ralph! Yeah you will be a master at dealing with those sort of skies. I find them very tough indeed, I'd take rainy grey days over them to be honest. Appreciate your thoughts :-)

[@JohnGreenwoodPhotography]

Nice video but you didn't explain how do you turn your monitor upside down to edit the image?

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Cheers John! Haha - it was a right pain having to edit in the head stand position

[@hermilioquintana9178]

That's is really funny , LOL

[@gabrielegrazioli8340]

Great video as usual James, this is a classical situation where probably I give up because lacking of point of interest in the image. But you find a creative way to manage it. I always have something to learn from you!

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks for your kind words Gabriele. I appreciate your support :-)

[@ChrisHunt4497]

Have not seen many people use the reverse tripod method so well done for giving us something unusual to try. Not sure I would be that happy with my camera being so close to the water though. I have been to that place recently and got my tripod covered in sand. Nightmare. Loved your image and how you crafted it. Great vlog, as always. 👍

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks very much Chris! Yeah shooting over water like that gets the heart pumping a little bit haha. I think I would have cried had it gone wrong lol

[@paulm8157]

👍 Beautiful outcome, James. Impressive water images. Your fancy was clearly well tickled. Clouds would have detracted, in my opinion. Tripod yoga - new one.😁🧘‍♀️ I’ve used the method for some macro shots, when maneuver space is limited, but prefer “splayed legs” method. I take it that your tripod legs don’t do the flat out thing. Although viewfinder/lcd image would not be upside down, the displayed cam settings don’t invert. Correct? I imagine this would be an excellent situation for a smartphone based remote cam control app with live view - no need to “stand on one’s head” per above comments.

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks Paul. The tripod legs do splay out but the centre column means it's very difficult to get properly low. The inverted method allows me to basically shoot all the way to ground level. Shooting upside down was hard but live view did spin round thankfully. So no need to shoot from the handstand position 😂😂

[@paulm8157]

James Brew Were cam settings also inverted, James?

[@JamesBrewphoto]

@@paulm8157 The buttons were obviously all upside down but the screen did flip round in live view which did make things a little easier. Still a bit fiddly though

[@justinwood1570]

Was about to think of investing in a new fancier tripod until I saw this!

[@miguelm6307]

I heard you say D850 and a jolt of joy ran through me. You dont know how happy I am to see people use DX format cameras. I truly want to grab myself a full frame. But, budget constraints just won't let me.

[@JamesBrewphoto]

The D850 is an FX camera - sorry to burst your bubble 😬

[@speedways1]

Well done, but I have the same question. In the video you show the image on the back of the screen. The image is proper but your camera is upside down. I use D850's also and there is no way, that I know of, to flip the monitor upside down to get this view. How did you do it?

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks very much Steve. I assume you are referring to the b roll around 6 mins in? When I turn my camera upside down it shows the displayed image correctly for me via live view but the hud of menu options are upside down. I assumed this was just standard for the camera. If yours doesn't do that it must be a menu option somewhere in the bowls of the camera controlling that (no idea where :-S)

[@speedways1]

I assumed it was LV so I’ll need to investigate the menu settings, thx

[@speedways1]

@@JamesBrewphoto The D850 in LV knows it's upside down, in regards to the image, so it automatically flips the image, but the info remains upside down. Unlike using the eyepiece. Simple as that, nothing to tick or untick in the menus.

[@DarrenKnightPhoto]

Considering the conditions James I thought your image was very well thought out and beautifully executed. Great work mate. 👍

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks very much Darren. Landscape shooting is massively hard this time of year but part of me likes the challenge. It's not as fun when it's easy haha

[@JamesBillingsPhotography]

Nice capture on the NLCs at the end! I've gone out 2 or 3 times this season by not had any yet, which is annoying as I've seen lots of reports of good displays!

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Well spotted James! I think many people have missed it at the end there. Thank you! Yeah it's been a good season so far still time left too. At least another good week or maybe more yet. Good luck 🤞

[@mattwoodproperty]

Have you done the waterfall 100 mtrs south of niarbyl James?

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Yes the one that comes out onto white beach. I took a shot of it many years ago but not recently. Probably one to revisit

[@mattwoodproperty]

James Brew definitely mate, man of your calibre got scope for several shot options, cottage, fauna, headland, rocks, fishing baskets. There is also a shack made from driftwood another 100mtrs south, if you look at a satellite image, it’s the zigzag path that leads to it, maybe that might make an interesting compo

[@JamesBrewphoto]

@@mattwoodproperty yeah I know the shack you mean, seen it from a distance but never up close. One on my list for sure. So many hidden places 👍

[@maxmillion4216]

Great job James, but it doesn't hold water (lol) to the Noctilucent video from last week..! I do have a tripod that reverses, but haven't had the need for it yet.

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Cheers Max. I'll probably never top those noctilucent images. Times to retire 😂

[@dcallan812]

It can be hard without any cloud cover but you did a decent job getting a photograph. I dont know why camera bodys are missing kensington lock slots it makes so much sense to have one. You can use them to deter thief or as security when upside down. 👍

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks very much! Yes that's a very good point. I'd love that. You should be working for nikon 👍

[@dcallan812]

@@JamesBrewphoto Cheers James.

[@NayarPervez]

How did you invert the video? This would have come upside down?

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Just flip footage in Adobe Premier Pro

[@paulmcwilliams8641]

I take a lot of low level macro shots of mushrooms, stacked and 3D. I tried the upside down technique you used, but it mas a massive faff using the controls. To improve things I initially made a square frame out of some flash brackets for use on my inverted tripod, which worked, but was lump to carry around. I now just use a flat twin flash bracket (Like this one from Amazon UK B07CVWF35T) and screw the centre 1/4 UNC thread on to the inverted tripod thread then mount the camera right side up on to the right side flash bracket. I use my 2nd body to counterbalance the camera I am using, but it would be easy to make something to hold a few rocks, or some earth etc instead. It also means you can get the camera even closer to the ground. Hope this makes sense.

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks Paul, that is very useful and detailed indeed 👍

[@Noealz]

your vlogs remind me of an earlier thomas heaton

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks very much! I'll take that as a compliment 🙏

[@muradjam]

awesome video, but I'd comment about using CPL in such time (sunset), thought that CPL best works when it's 90 degree with the sun (around noon)

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks Murad! Good point. My polariser is actually stuck on the front of my holder currently (poor design from Lee). So I can't actually get it off, I just turn to engage it or otherwise at present. Going to need to fix it somehow 🤔

[@muradjam]

James Brew i’ve done an extensive research about the holders and filters, turned out that Haida M10 holder along with their break-resistant anti-color cast Red Diamond filters are unbeatable.

[@JamesBrewphoto]

@@muradjam thanks for the tip 👍

[@Jeremy2A]

I have tried that way before but I don’t trust my tripod enough lol. First tripod was a cheap one lol! My next purchase is going to be a good tripod and ball head

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Thanks Jeremy! Yeah I totally understand, it feels very scary shooting in the inverted position. Definitely make sure you trust your tripod before shooting upside down over a river 😂

[@Jeremy2A]

James Brew I am currently trying to buy a used Gitzo for 200 USD! This one is just my height and goes down to about 4 inches off the ground!! We will see!

[@mostirreverent]

have you tried an inverted gimbal; ?

[@JamesBrewphoto]

I’ve never owned a gimbal at all, so no unfortunately not

[@derekcoe9633]

Strange watching this video, the beach is almost identical to our local one (Thurstaston, Wirral).. but then the IOM isn’t that far away I suppose, the only reason I don’t go there is parking charges 🙄

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Yeah same sort of latitude so our beaches must be very similar I'd say. I can almost see the Wirral from IOM 👍

[@derekgillan7314]

The other way of a low shot is to use a short centre tube. Some are available on the bay. The centre tube is usually to long as standard, not allowing the photographer even with the legs open wide to get close to the ground. Macro extension arms come with a short tube and long tube.

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Yeah that would work and is a good option for people where the column is maybe not reversable. Nice tip Derek 👍

[@unisbangura8038]

What tripod is it

[@JamesBrewphoto]

Mefoto Globetrotter

[@19Photographer76]

Great photo James, I really like your composition. I've been taking many of my Mushroom images inverted, www.flickr.com/photos/davedube/ both my D500 and D850 will correct the image orientation if you flip the screen sky-upwards. I also use my phone and tablet to see and trigger the shot.

[@satyagyangogoi1006]

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