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From my blog:
Product and macro photographers are rather forced into having a reflector and diffuser fetish.. I regularly set up shots using 7 or 8 reflectors, flags, scrims and diverse diffusers and have often torn my hair out trying to position one "just so". You would have thought that numerous companies would have produced a multitude of cheap solutions to the problem but actually, not really! Manfrotto has a few hideously expensive articulated arms, 6-8 of which would set you back about a grand or more! There are some Chinese companies that produce a couple of gooseneck products but either the necks are two weak or the clamps are, so they're not particularly effective, even at £20 a pop. So now let me share a top tip that I recently discovered: I give you the Lonzoth Universal Phone Holder Clip! These are very simple plastic covered wire goosenecks to hold mobile phones but with a few big differences.
1. The goosenecks themselves are incredibly strong and actually need a bit of effort to bend into place. That means, however, that they'll support the weight of anything you're likely to use as a reflector and then some! OK, the phone clip is not designed to hold pieces of card and therefore could be a tad strong but it does work and is easily modified to be stronger if necessary.
2. They have screw down clamps to attack to the table, which unlike clips, actually stay in place!
3. You can purchase them in white, which means they won't reject weird and wonderful colours all round your shooting table or subject.
4. Finally, they're £7.99 a piece, a veritable bargain for something this useful.
So there you go. Simple, effective and cheap reflector/diffuser holders!
Product and macro photographers are rather forced into having a reflector and diffuser fetish.. I regularly set up shots using 7 or 8 reflectors, flags, scrims and diverse diffusers and have often torn my hair out trying to position one "just so". You would have thought that numerous companies would have produced a multitude of cheap solutions to the problem but actually, not really! Manfrotto has a few hideously expensive articulated arms, 6-8 of which would set you back about a grand or more! There are some Chinese companies that produce a couple of gooseneck products but either the necks are two weak or the clamps are, so they're not particularly effective, even at £20 a pop. So now let me share a top tip that I recently discovered: I give you the Lonzoth Universal Phone Holder Clip! These are very simple plastic covered wire goosenecks to hold mobile phones but with a few big differences.
1. The goosenecks themselves are incredibly strong and actually need a bit of effort to bend into place. That means, however, that they'll support the weight of anything you're likely to use as a reflector and then some! OK, the phone clip is not designed to hold pieces of card and therefore could be a tad strong but it does work and is easily modified to be stronger if necessary.
2. They have screw down clamps to attack to the table, which unlike clips, actually stay in place!
3. You can purchase them in white, which means they won't reject weird and wonderful colours all round your shooting table or subject.
4. Finally, they're £7.99 a piece, a veritable bargain for something this useful.
So there you go. Simple, effective and cheap reflector/diffuser holders!
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