Building a Photography Diffusion Panel: Portable Version

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"Ok another option we have on these panels is after you take your fabric off, if you go ahead and make a separate cut here in the middle of your long poles and add either a T or a straight slip in here, then if you take this on location it folds up really, really easy. And the bungee cord kind of keeps everything in place so that it fits even in a small car. And the bungee cord kind of helps keep everything together so it goes together really, really quick. My studio used to be in San Diego and we would shoot out on the beach or out on golf courses and invariably when we did that we would use these panels and the wind would always be a problem that's why we decided to do the slits in them. We used sand bags on the bottom to hold them up and we also clamped them to our light stands. But that's how quick and easy all this goes together. If you're shooting inside and you're doing somebody laying down you can use your panel sideward also. If you don't have light stands buy some A clamps like these and you can attach these to chairs or whatever you have just to, just to keep them up. It doesn't have to be expensive photographic equipment."