Location Shoots, Traveling with lots of photo and video gear best way to?

[Cleo]

I didn't even think of condensation, good point.

Angel's Alien Bees strobes are beat to hell from just shoving it all into a big suitcase and checking it. Last trip broke a flash tube so she wants to get something a bit better and naturally protect it a bit better in the future.

Looking at something like getting a kit like this. I think the modeling lights on the strobes should be bright enough to also double as lights for shooting vids so that she doesn't have to travel with two sets of lights.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...=241104&is=REG

Back when I did photography I always liked Bowens strobes and Norman strobes. Worst strobes I ever had was Novatrons which were forever going bad and had crap modeling lights.

[juggernaut]

Originally Posted by Cleo

I didn't even think of condensation, good point.

Angel's Alien Bees strobes are beat to hell from just shoving it all into a big suitcase and checking it. Last trip broke a flash tube so she wants to get something a bit better and naturally protect it a bit better in the future.

Looking at something like getting a kit like this. I think the modeling lights on the strobes should be bright enough to also double as lights for shooting vids so that she doesn't have to travel with two sets of lights.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...=241104&is=REG

Back when I did photography I always liked Bowens strobes and Norman strobes. Worst strobes I ever had was Novatrons which were forever going bad and had crap modeling lights.

Man I wish my subscriptions worked right. Anyway what I did with my sprobes back in the day was. 1 never take them out of the lamp. Your oil on your fingers can ruin them and over time make the glass weak and cause cracks with the heat or worse just blow up durring a pop. So what I did was I went to the local hobby store or crafts store and bought foam (the same type in the boxes the black stuff) I cut it in little strips and stuff it in the lamps around the bulbs before packing after everything is cooled down. I was never very picky as to the light source I used. I was always concerned with color temp. I know some shooters will think Im nuts but doing this for over 10 years I swear to you I was able to look at an image and be able to tell where in the country (roughly ) it was shot. I was looking so much at light and how it affected film that i was able to almost see it. If that makes any sence. I was always using speedotron (came with the studio) and for serious portait work I was using photogenic. They allowed me to see the light easier (more of a what you see is what you get type of light) anyway im rambling.