The first thing everyone does when you give them a camera is to look in the view finder and shoot. That is whether they are sitting or standing up. To be a good photographer you need to look at different angles. Shoot low. Shoot high.
The worst thing is when your camera is on the tripod. It stops you from looking from different angles. You just end up shooting "tripod height". But that doesn't have to be it. Your tripod can be used differently. The following shots will show you different angles using a tripod.
This was taken with the tripod only using it's lowest set-up.
These two were taken using the tripod on it's longest legs and lifting it with the camera. I pre-focused on a nearby object with the same distance as when I raise the tripod and used a 2 second timer for the shots.
