Recently my parents bought me a Vanguard tripod . They bought it as I am very interested in photography. You may think that it is used only for taking videos, but it is also used for macro photography (a close up view of a photo). I love taking macro photographs. You can see some of my photographs by clicking here . Pictures 1 to 7 are macro photos. Why is a tripod used for taking macro photographs? We can take macro photographs even without a tripod. As we capture the close up view of the photograph our hand may tend to shake and hence blur the photograph. When we use a tripod it is better as our hand will not shake and blur the picture. I will soon post pictures of of some macro photos that I took with my tripod. I will also attach the picture of my tripod.