Tips, Tricks
&
Photographic Ramblings
Rime Light Clip Fix
How it connects to start with. Using the box clip to stretch the elastic and clip tight to the pole. You can see the difference in this last two by the edge shown on the Deep...
FourSquare 48″ using an Elinchrom Head compared to Speedlights
My former assistant Ted Pruess was recently in the studio when we were working with the 48" FourSquare bank. Ted is living and working in Chicagoas a fine art photographer. If you have a moment you...
MF1217 with B2
Sometimes you just have to show how you do things so you can pass it on. I have here a MF1217 with a B2 Profoto Kit. I have modified the heads using FourSquare Mini Mounts so that they are easily...
How To Pack And Organize 72 Rechargeable AA Batteries
These images should be pretty self explanatory. A Pelican 1060 Micro case and AA battery holders from LightwareDirect.com. (they are in the Cool Tools section). This battery kit lives with my speed...
Recent Set – Purple Background Set
One of the first set ups using a FourSquare 48. We used the large FourSquare to blast through the hanging drapes from Ikea. I have a Lumedyne head in the box that I modified with a Mini Mount so I...
Belkin Rockstar Sync Cord Splitter
Thinking outside of the box again ... this little device is used to share your music with friends. It also works great as a trigger hub for speed lights in a FourSquare box (or your...
B2 and the FourSquare 30″
So here we go... Two FourSquare boxes on with B2 heads the other with two Nikon SB 900's. What you see is a pretty good comparison on options available for your road kit. I was pretty amazed to see...
Mounting the new style Flex TT5 using Mini Mounts
000000 This tip comes from Peter Lockley formerly at Clarkson Creative here in Denver. He expressed interest in the FourSquare when I was teaching a lighting workshop. He was able to solve the...
Sometimes Life Gives You Lemons
It has a been awhile since my last post. Just while I thought I had the bumps in the road smoothed out, life came a knocking at my door. It has been a interesting experience. One that I can not...
Modify the Paul C. Buff Umberella with a Piece of All-Thread
Well it has been some time since I posted last. Life kind of got in the way. Had a meeting with a surgeon and his scalpel. He worked on me for a long time. Fortunately I was a good patient and did...
Budget Diffusion from Ikea
Hey! Listen up! Take notice ! I found these "curtains" at Ikea. They are a great deal like wedding dress tewell and diffuse the light very nicely. This set was $2.99 and gave me two pieces 110" x...
Wescott Arm for Holding a Sunbounce Scrimm
Now this is one of those moments when you just go....ah ha. That was for me any way. This is a holder from Wescott that is used to hold a there Scrim Jim frame. They retail this arm for around...