Flash photography tip: Make your kit portable with bags

Saturday 22 April 2023, 16:32 by Elja Trum | 2,692 views | 1 comment

This article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.

When I work with studio flash units on location, I have to load my entire car with equipment. That makes photography quite a job. But you can also put together a flash kit with small flash units and foldable accessories.

Me with my flash kit - f/2.8, 1.250s, 100 ISO @ 70mm
For example, by using speedlights. You want to be able to take everything with you easily, so working on location does not become a logistical challenge.

When I go out photographing with my flash kit, I take three bags with me. The largest is my backpack, which contains my camera, lenses and flash units.

I also have two other bags. One contains my foldable softboxes, two of them, including grids and an umbrella as a backup. The other contains my tripods and colour filters.

I can easily take the entire kit with me to practically any location. Even if I have to carry it for kilometres through nature.

Can't carry it all? Consider a foldable trolley to transport your equipment.

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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.

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1 comment

Mac wrote on Tuesday 25 April 2023 at 08:15 | reply
instead of a wagon you can also get a transport trolley (e.g. from stealth gear). I have one, and the advantage compared to a wagon is that it can also serve as a chair. downside is, you can usually fit a bit less on it.
Translated from Dutch.

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