Essentials: portable tripods

Peter Chayney

Taking holiday photos as a reminder of your time on the road can be frustrating if you are alone and there's no one else around to take the picture. If you are fed up of stretching out your arm and getting a squashed snap of your left ear, it's time to get a portable tripod. Here are three options for your compact camera.

pchayney@thenational.ae

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