Your guide: Ian Pack Ian is a seasoned photographer based in Sussex. He works across a number of industries and runs a creative studio. To see his work visit his website or Instagram @packs.hacks. Stability hacks: s hopping bags and drink bottles Sandbags and counterweights are used extensively in commercial photography, video studios and on location for stabilising light stands and booms, especially with heavy mono bloc flash heads and larger flash modifiers. However, you can use readily available household objects to stabilise light stands. To aid stability, use two bottles of fizzy water in a shopping bag tied to the base of the light stand If you have a reusable shopping bag, preferably with long handles, and a couple of 2 litre water or fizzy drinks bottles, you have 4 kilos (8lb 13oz) of instant ballast to attach to the base of your light stand, which is sufficient to stabilise most Speedlite to 200Ws flash set-ups with a 60cm softbox/beauty dish. Water bottles are just one solution. Carry a few tote or shopping bags in your kit and use whatever else is available as ballast – rocks, logs, books, magazines. Location portrait using a lightweight portable flash kit […]
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