What are tripods used for?

Tripods and monopods are used for support and help you hold your camera steady. Holding the camera steady is important because if the camera shakes your photos will be blurry. Tripods are very useful for shooting at night when the shutter stays open longer (because of lack of light), helping to prevent blurry pictures. Tripods can be used on both point-and-shoot digital cameras and digital SLRS (DSLRs).