文档介绍：Headers and Drop Downs
Did you ever feel like that stand you used to on a good sturdy light and mount up to fi ve
love was just too small for your needs? How fl ash heads on the triple header (three on top
about the need to mount more than one light and two on the bottom).
on a single stand? Does it make sense to erect Check back to page 293 where we discuss
two or three stands, side-by-side? Tough Rolux, to solidify the pool of light,
Well, you are not only 100% correct about reducing multiple shadows.
all the above, but we have been there and If you have fi ve fl ash heads, driven by fi ve
thought that, too. power packs (or bination of heads and
monolights) you have a bunch of fl ash power.
You also have quite an investment. Don’t let
this rig e top heavy and topple over. Be
sure to weight it well.
Drop Downs
Th e world’s tiniest boom has to be the Mat-
thews Baby Drop Down. When you are shoot-
ing with a light bank on a boom and trying to
get the bank to hang parallel to the ground,
Others think that way, as well, because all as the boom angles upward, the drop down
those support products already exist. straightens it out. A Cheater Adapter does this,
We try to travel as light as possible. Time too. Th is ability is important to some photog-
wasted transporting gear is money-making raphers
time lost. Once on location, the less square when light-
footage of fl oor space that we consume, the ing with
better it is for traffi c to navigate around us. Lanterns
Th is is especially true in public places. and Pan-
cakes. (Please
Double and Triple Headers see pages 288
To fl ood an area with a ton of light, attach a & 289, for
triple header (pictured above and to the left ) more.)
310 Chapter 9 | Creative Support and Safety
Magic Fingers
One of the coolest support accessories in
the world is the Matthews Magic Finger. You
almost want one for each of the serious stands
and booms that you o