Choosing a suitable tripod merely depends on the weight of your camera, the kind of photography you do, and the amount of time you spend traveling. From my own experience, a tripod needs to be heavy so that it can balance the weight of your DSLR camera. There are times when you want to step in to the flowing water stream and take the photograph with a dreamy effect from long exposure, in this case a heavier tripod would certainly help you in countering the water currents and will keep your camera stable. Heavier tripods also help you in situations when there is high speed wind, an uneven surface such as huge rocks or when you want it to mount over a moving vehicle.However, on the other side, light-weight thin legged alloy tripods have their own advantages. With their weight even less than 1000 grams, they are pretty much easy to carry and use. They offer you great mobility and comfort while traveling. Imagine the difficulty in having a 3 kg tripod on your shoulder while hiking up the hill rather than a 1 kg one. It all depends on the kind of photography you are up to. Maybe where you’re going, a heavier tripod is necessary. Normal day to day photography could be done with normal light-weight tripods.
Professional photographers use different kinds of tripods according to their preference. If you have a “Point & Shoot Camera”, you do not need a heavy tripod. DSLR users require heavy tripods to balance the weight and keep the center of gravity low for stability. A 0.01% movement could make your long exposure shot something which is not as crisp as you were expecting. Serious photographers cannot afford this and that is why they opt for heavier equipment. Tripods have multiple uses. They can be used not just for one kind of photography, but they can help you in almost every situation. Long exposures, HDR photography, Time Lapse Photography, Night photography, Interior & exterior photography, Portraits & Fashion and much more!
Price range for light weight tripods: Rs. 1,000 – 2,000
Price range for professional heavier tripods: Rs. 3,000 – 15,000 (can go up to 30k)
The estimated rates are according to Pakistan.
Feel free to ask about any issues you face while doing photography.
This is the shot of my own light-weight tripod while I was using a point and shoot camera. The HDR photograph is not from a DSLR. There are plenty of opportunities for almost every simple camera owner. Experiment and enjoy shooting 
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Mangla Dam Pakistan – The Perfect Shot
This is one of my favorite photographs that I have taken. A shot of the spillway of Mangla Dam Pakistan! The 6th largest dam in the world and adjacent to one of the world’s biggest reservoir at Mangla! All thanks to my friend, Eusha Bajwa, who had arranged this very memorable trip to Mangla in July 2010.
Mangla Dam Pakistan - A shot taken by Arsalan Asad
I simply cannot describe the feeling I had while standing here on the top and taking the shot. There was this huge Mangla lake on the other side which was held back by this enormous dam! It was the time of dusk when we all were coming back to our room after a long day at the lake and while crossing this dam, Eusha decided to stop the car and check out the view.
I feel very proud to get this shot as there are very few people in Pakistan who get the opportunity to go at this very spot for photography. I can say this very confidently that this is by far the most unique and most detailed photograph of Mangla Dam Pakistan available on the internet.
If you want to analyze the size of this spillway, you can see in the photograph, the doors on every control section of the dam’s gates, and imagine someone standing there.
A memorable group photo of all friends at Mangla Lake
Description from Wikipedia:
The Mangla Dam (Urdu: منگلا بند) located in Mirpur District, is the sixth largest dam in the world. It was built from 1961 to 1967 with funding from the World Bank. The project was designed and supervised by Binnie & Partners of London, and it was built by Mangla Dam Contractors, a consortium of 8 U.S. construction firms, sponsored by Guy F. Atkinson Company of South San Francisco. Mangla Dam Contractors employed Pakistanis, Americans, British, Canadians, Germans, and Irish.
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