Studio Lighting Bag / Case Autumn offer

We have new studio lighting arriving soon and as bags and cases take up a lot of space we are offering them at reduced prices to clear some space in our warehouse.

If you have any studio lighting whether it be studio flash or video lighting you will need somewhere to store it and you may need to take it to different locations. Well the answer is a bag or case, this keeps it all in one place and is easily transported.

We have quite a range of studio lighting bags and cases all different shapes and sizes some big some small in fact we have something to fit everyone’s needs. Starting with a Large Stand Bag, this will take up to three stands up to 105cm long it opens along its length and at one end with three pockets to slide the stands into.

The next bag is a general studio bag it has velcro dividers so you can have just a open space or use the dividers to configure it for your needs,  Studio Bag Medium.

Slightly larger again with dividers and plenty of padding the Studio Bigbag

Next up is our Wheely bags one smaller Studio Lighting Wheely Bag – Case this comes with wheels a pull out handle a side pocket and a top opening for stands,  then one very large, Very Large Studio Lighting Wheely Bag – Case again this has wheels a pull out handle and top opening. Both of theses have dividers that can be configured as you want.

The Excel Studio Lighting Bag – Case is a great size and shape and is also configurable inside and has 2 outside pockets this is currently the best value.

Last but not least our premium bag, Large Studio Lighting Bag – Case this although a soft case has rigid sides, reinforced corners and will take a lot of punishment. 2 front pockets one large enough to take a laptop.

 

Take a look at our Special Offers category.

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Studio Flash Softbox Lighting Tutorial

In this video Gavin Hoey shows how to use the Ezy Up studio flash softbox with grid, he shows what effect the egg crate grid has and how you can use it to control the light in your shots.

The Ezy Up softboxes come in 2 sizes 80 x 120cm and the 120cm Octagonal softbox, both have internal diffusers, outer diffuser and egg crate grid. The grid is simple to apply and uses the Velcro type attachment they also come in Bowens and Elinchrom fit.

Ezy Up 80 x 120cm softbox
Ezy Up 120cm Octagonal softbox

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Studio Flash 180ws

The summer is now over and with autumnal weather setting in our thoughts  turn to what we can photograph indoors and possibly setting up our own studio, with a small studio set up you can take all those family portraits or even start a small business taking portraits and baby pictures. With this in mind we have come up with a great offer on our 2 head M180 studio flash lighting kit a very versatile starter kit, the M180 heads are digital and we have 2 videos, one is an overview and explains exactly how they work the other one is a portrait tutorial to give you some ideas.

180W 2 head studio flash kit video

Studio Flash Lighting Tutorial video

Our special offer is that not only will you get the kit of 2 x M180 heads 2 x stands a 60 x 40cm softbox and an 80cm gold/silver reflector, were going to include a snoot (ST150), a wireless trigger (CYA4), 40 x 40cm softbox (SB4040) and a 91cm gold umbrella (GU110) these extras add up to a total of £88.66. This offer is only available for a limited time check the here to see if still available 180Ws Flash Lighting Kit.

We also have a great adapter available for this unit that allows you to use Bowens fit or S – type fit accessories and light modifiers Bowens fit adapter for flash heads

Not forgetting we also have 300ws – 800ws studio flash kits in our studio flash lighting categories

 

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Portable softbox to fit Elinchrom and Bowens

We have a portable folding softbox for studio flash heads with speedrings to fit Bowens s type fit or Elinchrom.

The great thing about these is that they pack away into a small bag and take up very little room so are very portable, unlike conventional softboxes with rods, speedring and cover to contend with and can take some time to erect very frustrating when you are in a hurry.

Take the portable folding softbox out of the bag and the softbox springs open, fit the speedring attach the diffusers and you are ready to go in a few seconds, it is just as easy and fast to pack away .

A good size 80cm x 80cm and has a detachable internal diffuser and of course an outer diffuser also removable. It can be used in conjunction with our strobist adapters so that speedlights can be used with it.

We do also have conventional softboxes and some with grids.

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SuperSoftbox 5 Continuous / Video Lighting

We have a new Continuous lightingvideo lighting kit its our most powerful yet the Supersoftbox 5 this is a very powerful addition to our studio lighting kits.

With 5 x 105 watt daylight compact fluorescent bulbs 5400k CRI of 90 gives the equivalent of over 2000 watts of a tungsten bulb per head, they are switched on the back to allow a lower power setting either 3 bulbs on or 2 bulbs on.

Using a softbox of 60 x 80cm it uses 4 rods to secure it to the head and it has an outer diffuser, the head can be used without the softbox and has the facility to use an umbrella. There is a handle on the back of the head to allow easy positioning.

These kits are ideal for still photography and for video lighting.

Supersoftbox 5 single head kit

Supersoftbox 5 two head kit

Supersoftbox 5 three head kit

Video Lighting

Continuous Lighting

Daylight Bulbs

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Studio Flash Softbox Offer

Up until the end of August we have some great offers on our studio Flash softboxes up to 15% off selected boxes. All our softboxes have an inner and outer diffuser.

60 x 80cm softbox available in Bowens and Elinchrom has 15% off

80 x 120cm softbox available in Bowens or Elinchrom fit has 10% off.

80 x 80cm folding softbox available in Bowens or Elinchrom fit has 10% off.

80 x 120cm Ezy up softbox including a removable grid available in Bowens or Elinchrom fit has 10% off.

Octagonal 150cm softbox available in Bowens or Elinchrom fit has 10% off.

Octagonal 120cm Octagonal Ezy up softbox including removable grid available in Bowens or Elinchrom fit has 10% off.

Check out our special offers category.

We have a great video showing how to get some great results from an octagonal softbox the 120cm Softbox Portrait Lighting Tutorial

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Strobist Softbox Mark II

We now have an update of our strobist softbox.

It now has a much sturdier metal bracket which has replaced the ball head and will take the heaviest of speedlights without a problem.  It has an adjustable flash shoe which enables it to fit larger flash shoes like some Nikon speedlights and adjusts with a thumbscrew to avoid damage to the shoe, the bottom part of this is plastic to avoid any shorting on the speedlight. Like the mark I it fits to a standard lighting spigot but it now also comes with an adapter so that it will attach to a tripod with either 1/4 or 3/8th thread.

Stobist Softbox

Strobist Accessories

 

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Up to Half Price Reductions

Following our warehouse reorganisation we have some great deals for a limited period.

Half Price - 95cm Octagonal softbox with universal speedring.

Half Price - 200cm x 150cm Gold – Silver reflector

Half Price – Sand / Gravel bags

40% off  – Large Professional Heavy Duty Lighting Boom only available mainland England Wales and Central Scotland.

30% off – 60 x 40cm Softbox to fit small form flash heads and also Portaflash

25% off – 40 x 40cm Softbox to fit small form flash heads and also Portaflash

25% off – Large studio Lighting Case / Bag

25% off - Background support poles

25% off - Large Barn Door with gels

25% off - Studio Bag Medium

25% off - Umbrella softbox

25% off - Studio Clamp

10% off Lightbank Softbox

 

You can see all these items in our Special Offer Category

Until the end of  July while stocks last.

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Planned Warehouse Reorganisation

Starting from 20th of June until 11th July we are reorganising our warehouse and we also have staff holidays, during this period your order will be delayed and we cannot give times when you might receive it.

This will result in delays on orders being shipped and we will not be able to respond to any urgent requests like we normally would, there will also be delays in answering your emails but we will do our best. Normal service will be resumed on 11th July and at that time there will be some great bargains to be had as we uncover some old stock that we will need to clear.

So if you wait you might just get a bargain.

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Light Modifiers and Reflectors

We have a new sub category now Light Modifiers and Reflectors under Studio accessories to list all relevant items to make the studio accessories various less cluttered as we have several new light modifier products.

The first new product we have is a beauty dish with honeycomb grid the honeycomb grid and diffuser are available separately, we have 2 fittings for this the Bowens s – type fit and Elinchrom fit. Next up is an Elinchrom fit snoot with honeycomb which complements the Bowens fit Snoot. A standard reflector Bowens fit for spill kill, other items in this category are Barn Doors with gels and aim to bring more products to this category when we can.

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