Entries Tagged as 'Hardware'
November 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments
The other day I saw this nice post at diyphotography.net about a simple backdrop stand, and it made me think how I do this with bamboo. Nothing bamboo specific about it I think, and in fact really not much to it at all.
Basically I leverage chairs, specifically any chair with straight legs (so no sofas or lazyboys or office spinners). Why? Because chairs are everywhere, and they tend to stay put — they are easy to weight down with a few books or you can even have someone sit on it. So you it isn’t anything extra, it’s just using what you have.
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If you follow any of the small light shooters or “strobism” in general as I do then you’ll have come across the “Justin Clamp” quite a few times in passing. If not, then lets just say it is an ugly beast that provides several useful ways to attach something to something else — typically a hotshoe flash to a pole, shelf, tripod leg or probably someone’s nose if they stay still long enough.
Supposedly it was invented to satisfy the need of one particular photographer, but anyone can buy one if you are prepared to part with $54.90 plus shipping.
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September 18th, 2008 · No Comments
In my last post I used the folding paper grid spot — you know what a grid spot is right? Now there are plenty of ways of making your own — if you don’t want to buy a professionally made one — the most effective seem to be using black drinking straws, and I have made a couple like that and they are great.
But they are a little on the bulky side — I mean I can’t slip one into my pocket — at least not without the girls saying “Is the a grid spot in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me“. So wanting to be a little more discrete I came up with this idea.
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September 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Why a bamboo light stand? Well if you are a reader of Strobist then you know that lightstands are very handy — if not read here first. Of course a factory built one is simple and probably the best option, but it isn’t exactly cheap. Particularly if you want more than one — and you will, you’ll want several. There’s your main light, then fill, then hair and rim lights, and what about some reflectors and… you get the picture. Just try not to over-do the whole speedlight thing, heh?
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