When I spend too many hours at work because everything is bork eventually I can recover those hours by not going to work. I made choice that today would be one of those not go to work days. I have some arrangements to make regarding the visit of the parentals and also day’s off are nice.
Before I reveal my Grand Plan I thought I would show you the octobox I once typespeaked of. As I mentioned briefly before I have a shoot this weekend using some location lighting gear that I haven’t used before. Last night I thought it might be a good think to connect it all up and check for working. Here is what it looks like:
The octobox is essentially a softbox that will give roundish catch lights rather than square or rectangular ones. The clever thing about this particular one is that it can be assembled in about a minute. Usually these things come packed down as a set of poles and pieces a bit like a tent and can be a real pain to put together. This one just pops up using an umbrella type mechanism. Very handy and will be great for location work.
Also shown and being clever in it’s own way is the Tronix XT power pack. This little beastie means I can use my studio lights where there is no mains power. A lot of people do clever things with small battery powered flashguns but I have never really got on with them. The people or the flashguns.
Quite importantly also shown is R2D2. As wifeface was not home and cats refused to sit still R2 became my test subject. Voice activated moving test subject that is. YES he is AWESOME. You can speak commands at him and he does them.
Moving on to the Grand Plan. Gabe is coming over in a bit, we will eat breakfast somewhere on Racecourse Rd, drive in the car to a games shop, purchase Halo ODST and then play Halo ODST. Grand hey?
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Bacon and Cranberry and Camembert Pizza.
Initiate Pizza Preparation Protocol.