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Cheap and easy lighting stand bags
Probably not news to the pros here, but I found that a handy way to transport your lightweight light stands and rolls of window gel is with a baseball or softball fence bag.
These are designed to hang off the chain link of a backstop at the baseball diamond, and hold a selection of bats. It rolls up into a duffle-bag shape for carrying.
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Awesome; that’s right up there with going to the Hunting & Fishing supply store to buy an (audio) boom holder (fishing pole holder) for $20 instead of $89.99
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Very cool, Mark.
Not sure they would hold actual light stands (at least not ones of any size), but they would be perfect for shorty C-stand risers.
I too used a fishing pole thing as a mic boom holder for years… although I did eventually bite the bullet and buy a “real” one. I think that’s one of those things where a real one is definitely worth the money if you use it much. But the fishing pole holder works fine for occasional use.
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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Well, it’s sized right for the Lowel stands and folding tripod mic stands I got. Eventually I’ll post a picture.
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I’m in the market for a couple of the boom holders – what model did you buy?
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If you mean the “real” holders, these are the ones we use…
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/885688-REG/Auray_BPH_BOOM_POLE.html
Before we started using those, we on occasion used one of the bent-wire fishing pole holders from Kmart. They work ok, but the real thing is worth the price difference, in my opinion.
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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Thanks that’s what I had in mind. I thought we were talking 60-$70 bucks. We have a shoot coming up where the talent is in a fixed positions but the shot will be continuous for close to an hour.
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Another company does make one for about $60… but frankly the cheaper one works much better. The more expensive one doesn’t have a stem you put in the grip head.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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