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I want to get some flags, but the branded ones I have found (arri) are pretty pricy. Has anyone got ideas/plans for building some DIY ones, that attach to stands easily? May 19 08 10:23 am Link Just dont mix hot lights and left over pizza boxes. They like to burst into flames while hot. Dont ask. May 19 08 10:27 am Link Check the discount bins at places like Joann Fabrics. I got 2 yards of 54" black canvas for $3.00 Use a staple gun to attach it to canvas stretchers (available from art stores for about $10). Done! May 19 08 10:40 am Link AcmeStudios wrote: You know we have to ask now. May 19 08 10:41 am Link College film project about 1980. Maybe you saw it, "Invasion of the Popcorn People"? Still want more? May 19 08 10:43 am Link AcmeStudios wrote: Trying.to.resist... May 19 08 11:23 am Link Jules Johnson wrote: Foamcore and black craft foam (aka "foam paper"). Apply the craft foam to one side of the white foamcore. Treat the edges with gaffer's tape. Use spring clamps to attach to a stand. You can never have too many spring clamps.... May 19 08 11:25 am Link Edit: Somebody already beat me to it-lol. On my last shoot I used black foamcore and attached them to stands with clamps similar to the ones show above. Seemed to do what I needed it to do. K. Allen May 19 08 11:28 am Link Black foamcore, Gatorboard, or Corplast for rigid flags; black fabric and a wood, conduit, or PVC frame for ones that can break down. Scrims to reduce but not eliminate light can be made from window screening material. A grip arm with head, a 'magic arm' or other articulated arm, spring A clamps, a foamcore fork, gaffer grip clamp, clip clamp, or gaffer tape to attach it to a stand. May 19 08 11:56 am Link Simplesoul26 wrote: That is all that it has to do May 19 08 12:04 pm Link Rob Domaschuk wrote: Naaa, I might get briged. May 19 08 12:40 pm Link I use window screening from any home, or hardware store. I usually clamp it to the front of my soft-box. If I need it to cut more light I'll double it up making sure to overlap the squares. I started doing this because back in the 90's I found flags to be too pricy. Have been using them ever since. I actually have them in every imaginable size to fit all my soft boxes and bare lights. You can also staple them to a canvas stretcher frame, or cut out the middle of a sheet of foam core. JC P.S. Make sure you bet the black plastic kind, not the old fashioned metal kind May 19 08 12:40 pm Link |
. I even used white foamcore for this (no black side). I had it mounted to the head of the tripod by means of a 1/4-20 tee nut in the center. I rotated the panel until I saw the shadow that I wanted on my subject.