Specifications

One special line of flash diffusers was created by a photographer name Gary Wong. His diffusers are

specially designed to soften on-camera flash in beautiful ways, have won all kinds of awards, and you

can find them either on his website, on Amazon, or even on eBay. I recommend watching his videos and

looking at the sample images on Gary’s own website to see if this is a purchase for you.

Gaffer’s Tape

It’s an “on-set” thing to have gaffer’s tape and to SAY gaffer’s tape, but usually ANY tape will do. You

will need tape to tape down your paper backdrop, to tape down your light wires so models don’t trip

over them, and your stylist will need some to de-lint the wardrobe. There’s always a need for tape on a

shoot, especially when you don’t have any.

Extension Cords

Any time you have a chance to plug in, whether to save battery life or to recharge your depleted batts,

often an extension cord is a lifesaver and makes it convenient to use the power source without standing

right next to it.

On-Location Equipment

Power Pack

A power pack is exactly what it sounds like, a pack of power. It’s like a giant battery that you can plug

your equipment into, your lights, your camera, etc. The power pack itself is rechargeable and will hold

however many hour of charge as it is capable of. Power packs can be expensive, but if you’re going to

be doing a lot of on-location shooting, especially outdoors, then it can be a real godsend to have your

More and/or Longer Extension Cords

You should always have an EXTRA extension cord or two or three because you never know when you

need to snake them through a window in order to power a strobe light on the roof, or any of the

hundreds of possible shooting situations which may call for more power.

More batteries & More Bulbs

This is self-explanatory, so I’ll just say that you should research prices on Amazon, eBay, and also search

the Internet for other online suppliers to find the best deals.

Sand bags

Sand bags are useful to have if you’re shooting outdoors in order to weigh down your light stands,

tripod, background stands, wind-diffuser screens, etc. Sandbags are helpful tools to hold down anything

that you don’t want to fly off set.

Additionally, often light stands are top-heavy, such as a large soft box mounted on a strobe head hoisted

up high. An accidental bump can take down a light very easily, often damaging the light and likely

breaking the light bulb, which is not so easy to replace if we’re talking about the flash tube bulb, since

these are only available at photography stores.