> I shot a wedding this weekend, did the dressing candids with a Canon > 580EX flash on a stand shooting through an umbrella. > > As the bride didn't stand still and as the dressing area had many > nooks and crannies, I had to move my gear a bunch. > > It crossed my mind that the thing that would be incredibly perfect in > a situation like this is a light stand with collapsable legs; legs > that would automatically come to the middle when I picked the stand up > then spread back out again when I put it down. > > Does such a thing exist? If so, what's it called? The usual term (at least over at Strobist) is "voice activated light-stand". They mean "an assistant", though :-), not a relatively cheap piece of equipment. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
