Circus World Museum and Photography

[revchris]

One of the things we had done shortly before going to the Circus World Museum was to buy monopods for our cameras. This was done to allow longer-exposure shots a better chance of success because it helps stabilize the camera without providing as much bulk to carry around as a monopod would.

Photographing circus wagons at CWM also provided another use for a monopod - it gives the photographer very long arms. I can take pictures from as high as 12' off the ground, or reach into windows of wagons, or around corners, etc.

Examples:
First we have a caliope wagon (the angle is a little extreme because there wasn't much space between the wagons where they were parked in the wagon barn). Second is the Giraffe Wagon (if you look closely in the giraffe's-eye view, you should be able to find teeka).

Here's the wagon: (640x480) (1600x1200)	And inside: (640x480) (1600x1200)
The Giraffe Wagon: (640x480) (1600x1200)	Giraffe's-eye view: (640x480) (1600x1200)

And, finally, the Eastern Hemisphere Wagon (I don't have as good a pic of the Western Hemisphere one):

(800x470) (2672x1571)

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[revchris.livejournal.com]

teeka and I each have a Promaster 1100 monopod. She has a Bogen/Manfrotto 482 ball head, and I have a Bogen/Manfrotto 3082 3D head, which is a little big for use with my CoolPix 2100, but also works very well with the Eos Rebel film camera.