Videocrafts: Don't Knock It (Over)
Solve a lightweight light problem with homemade heavyweights.
Whether you light your videos with a fancy professional light kit or those ugly-but-effective yellow halogen shop lamps, you're sure to encounter portable lighting's worst enemy: gravity. Video lights somehow have a natural tendency to fall over and crash to the floor. A fact that can be not only embarrassing, but downright dangerous. Not to mention that this type of disaster usually means having to replace a bulb before you can continue with production.
If you fear that your teetering lamp stands are a problem unique to you, take heart. The falling lamp phenomenon is not confined merely to the hobbyist. A recent network news promo aired nationally showing a scene in which the President and First Lady dashed fearfully from falling CBS light stands. So what can be done? Are we doomed to the perils of tumbling lights? Hardly. In fact, this simple Videocraft can all but eliminate the p…
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