In the first of what I hope will be an ongoing series, I’m profiling one of the many tools that help to make my photography easier. When I say easier, I’m thinking about this from several perspectives:
- achieving an effect that would otherwise be time consuming or overly complicated,
- getting a shot that, because of site or equipment limits, might be difficult or impossible,
- automating tasks that would be time consuming, tedious or repetitive,
- compensating for one or more of the personal challenges we might have as photographers (getting older, mobility issues, etc.)
- alternatives to expensive, top of the line solutions for any of the above
These won’t be “reviews” in the traditional sense. Instead, they’ll discuss how I use the tools and what advantages they provide to me. Hopefully they’ll help you too. This month: 
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