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Elinchrom Quadra, lightstand and umbrella. All contained in a Urban Disguise 70. Also carry grids and other small modifiers in the bag if need be.
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If I'm using one light I carry a lightstand, SB600, umbrella, snoot, gobos and a DIY beauty dish I made out of a big bowl and a lightsphere. (Finally put that jank Gary Fong piece of S%$t to good use)
Edit: I carry it in a small Timbuktu messenger bag. I put the lightstand on the bag and then buckle the straps across it.
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Voice activated lighting stands :)
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sb-600 on a lightstand with umbrella... held by left hand or anchored with foot in windy days.
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If I'm going totally portable then just 1 SB900 and my wife to act as lightstand. :)
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Vivitar 285, 3 Light stands, Cactus V4 triggers,, Small camera bag and a 24 yr old Reflectasol carry all bag. Also a small 5 N 1 Reflector
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lightstand, umbrella, SB800, circular reflector, extra batteries, Nikon D300, 18-55, 55-200, 50 mm 1.8, extra battery, extra memory cards, big blue one hand clamp from Home Depot, MacBook Pro 15". It all fits easily in a LowePro CompuTrak that's 5 years old.
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5DmkII and 40D hanging from Black Rapid Double strap, dual SB-28s through a small softbox mounted to Wescott stand triggered by Radio Popper JrXs. That's my most portable setup, especially good for when I'm shooting solo.
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47" softlighter, monopod, 120j
ultra light:
43" shoot thru, monopod, sb800
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Vivitar 285HV, Bower SFD728C, and cowboy studio rf triggers in my camera bag. my 2 generic light stands, tripod, and umbrellas fit into a folding chair bag.
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cburns1 edited this topic 15 months ago.
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I'm using a Cameron air cushioned quick stand (amazing little light stand that folds up when you pick it up and opens up when you put it down), Lastolite Professional Ezybox Softbox, a fold up round reflector, and either a single Elinchrom Quadra Ranger with battery pack or a Speedlite with Pixel Knight Triggers. The lighting packs into my Lowepro backpack, light stand is usually set-up with softbox ready to go (speedlites are much faster to move around than the Quadra Rangers). It's what I used for my last location shot.
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MINIMALIST? I use a Canon G11 interfit (very)cheap remote flash kit canon 430II pocket softbox and 15 cm alluminium tripod in an old jeans bag.
OR I have to ask someone to carry my other stuff while taking serious shots...
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These guys are the ultimate minimalist lighting shooters/teachers: www.lightenupandshoot.net/
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one sb600 in it's pouch with the dome diffuser i also bring along a homemade snoot 6in and a 1/8 honl grid for variety.
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OK... This is going to sound weird... but my minimalist kit is:
SB-700/SB-600
Westcott Mini Apollo Softbox
Monfrotto Low Mini Pro Stand (156BLB)
SU-800
COOLPIX P7000
I carry it all in a small Domke bag (Domke F-5xb)
At first I wasn't sure that it would be enough. But then I made several images from it and well...
It works OK for my purposes.
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Not sure if this is what your looking for but this is what I use for when i want to "travel light"
mjstepp.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/mini-strobist-bag/
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I think my minimalist setup just changed. I got a Fotodiox 8x12 softbox this weekend... small enough to handhold on the flash, and it's well made and mounts securely. So camera, SB600, Fotodiox softbox, Cactus triggers... no stand needed.
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SB-900 on cam for CLS and SB-600 in 16" beauty dish on monopod handheld.
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Michal, how many light stands can you fit in that bag? Still trying to find a solution for carrying 2 brollys and 2 light-stands.
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for me, di622 mark II + tripod + umbrella :D
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The bare minimum: P7000, cactus V4, SB600 w/ Lumiquest SB-III
Anything than the bare minimum: I'm like a mule.
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Monopod, SB600, Lumiquest SBIII. RP JrX triggers.
My complete mobile set up: Above equipment plus two Lumopro compact lightstands, LP160 flash, 43" shoot through umbrella, Photek Softlighter, gels, extra batteries and small accessories.
Everything fits in a Lumopro lightstand bag and a compact camera bag with one camera body, two zoom lenses and one flash. I place the Photek between the handles of the Lumopro bag to carry in one hand, the camera bag on my shoulder and carry a Wescott 4 in 1 set of diffusers on the other hand.
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Nikon D50 with 18-200mm nikkor
One of my flashes (usually SB-600)
Cerial bowl small soft-ish box
Some cheap trigger
Boom arm to hand hold.
All carried in a Bhangra (traditional Nepali/Gurung backpack thing).
That's my minimalist gear.
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I have many common combinations, depending how minimalist I want to go.
Super minimal: X100, Cybersync triggers, one SB800, maybe a Lumiquest SBIII.
Kinda minimalist: D700, 35mm and 85mm, Cybersync triggers, two SB800s, Lumiquest SBIII, 43" compact umbrella, gels, grids, one compact stand.
Larger combinations include some or all: a D3, 20mm and 150mm, larger stands, a boom stand, another SB800, Einstein and mini vagabond, more umbrellas, reflectors and scrims, beauty dish, and foldable softbox.
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What happend to the "one light theme" the OP specified? The responses read like a list of all the gear people own.
Super minimal for me would be two speedlights mounted on a single umbrella, one light stand, a reflector, and YongNuo RF-602s to trigger. Camera, lenses, gels, tape, Lumiquest LTp, filters, CF cards, etc. in a LowePro Computrekker AW backpack.
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- Manfrotto 5001B Nano Black Light Stand
- SB800 flashes
- Lumiquest modifiers
- Radio Popper triggers
I use Lumiquest stuff because they fold up nicely into my bag. I use the LTP softbox, Softbox III and the Lumiquest Snoot. The flashes and triggers are in my bag, and I just hold the stand in my hand. It's lightweight and folds up nicely.
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lowpro flipside 200 with 7d, 28mm f2.8, sigma 50mm 1.4, 85mm 1.4
2 speed lights with stands umbrellas and triggers- in bag from mpex
with 5-in-1 clip somewhere
or a x1600 + VB mini hanging on sholder and 13foot air cushiend stand in hand, with a soft box on shoulder/
beauty dish attached to x1600 on stand
or all it
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In my backpack:
Metz 45CL4 (W/Stofen)
SB800 (w/Stofen)
PWII's (3)
Cables/chargers
Turbo battery
Laptop
17-55
55-200
30" Eclipse
White ripstop
Shower curtain (white)
Monopod (Bogen)
Manfrotto 55
2-Umbrella tilters
Sekonic 358
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Nickgphoto edited this topic 13 months ago.
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Absolute minimalist: Nikon D300 and SB800 with dome diffuser. Tri-Grip reflector folded up. I hand carry that one and the rest goes in my purse. I do need a lightweight portable stand though.
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Lola Takes Pictures {Lily} edited this topic 12 months ago.
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SB-800 or SB-700, Phottix Strato triggers (or SU-800 is I want TTL) and a heavy-duty tripod off amazon with an AS-19 plate on the top. Tripod folds down to 60cm or so and isn't too heavy, plus it'll sit evenly on any ground. It doesn't have the overall height of a regular light stand but i can live with that if I'm walking for miles to get to locations.
I shoot angling as my day job and this set-up gets me most jobs done. If I want, i can also take a 28" Apollo (when it's not too windy) or I use one of those 40cm folding softboxes, a bit like the Lastolite ones.
Other than that it's regular kit - two D2x bodies, 35mm f/1.8, 60mm macro, 70-200, 14mm f/2.8 and 17-55mm. A spare flash will generally travel with me in the car, just in case.....
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It does not get any more (or less?.)..MINIMALIST than this..! The bare bones gear that is always with me in a Domke F4-AF bag consists of:
Nikon SB-400 Strobe..used on my D700 hot shoe..or more often with a
NIkon SC-28 Extension coiled TTL cord..or optically with an...
SU-4 Optical Trigger
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Sto-fen diffuser for the SB-400....
NIkon SB-30 is my second small strobe and can be used as a slave or as an IR trigger on-camera to fire an optical slave.
Ultra-Pod II used in various ways as a strobe mount, tripod, etc
White Hankerchief..used as a diffuser, reflector or nose wipe..!
CRITICAL....Spare batteries for these units...!!!
I feel very well prepared for most of the Flashy situations that I might encounter on a day-to-day basis. This small bit of gear, coupled with the pop-up flash of the D700...and the huge ISO range of that camera gets me by 99% of the time.
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D3s + SB900 + Lumiquest SBIII (triggered by SU800)
With one light and a voice activated light stand you get this SOOC in 15 seconds.
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Dominick Paoli edited this topic 5 months ago.
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Portable minimalist lighting setup?
interesting question!! :-)
When I am on holiday or on a photo walk, I normally carry my camera rucksack with me, with a little cam tripod tied to the side. Sometimes I use the tripod as lightstand (the YN 602 has a quarter inch thread, see below).
Other always-in-the-bag strobist gear (it doesnt weight that much):
- a 430 EX II with a homemade snoot ("black foamy thing")
- pack of gels
- some RF modules from Yongnuo (YN602 receivers / transmitters)
- some sheets of paper (= reflectors, diffusors)
- some model release forms (you never know ...)
- small role of gaffa tape
Mostly no lightformers (too bulky) -- normally you can bounce on something on location ... or just shoot with hard light! That's my opinion.
If I carry a lightformer whilte travelling light, it is a circular reflector or a collapsible white umbrella. First one is more versatile. Second one can be used in the rain as umbrella and can be tied to the tripod with a little gaffa tape.
Some shots shot with that minimalist equipment:
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... and here the equipment:
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Vicco Gallo edited this topic 4 months ago.
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It would now appear that many people posting to this thread take a stack of gear around with them when shooting! However, with the title here being about "Portable Minimalist Lighting" those of us who do actually shoot with just "one light" a la' "Zack Arias",- find it a little odd that an "Elinchrome" Quadra setup is being described as "Minimalist"! Try shooting with just one tiny strobe and a DIY cardboard "Softbox"! That's what you call a Minimalist Lighting setup!!
(Shooting with one light) - Canon 580Ex @ 1/2 in a hand held DIY cardboard "Softbox", 40:D, Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
1/160sec, f/4.5, ISO:100, RF:602.
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