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So I've got with me here, a sandbag
it's an empty sand bag and it comes
in a variety of different colors.
So.
You may already be using some of these
for your studio, lighting setups or
your boom arms, audio, things like that.
So these are great to counterweight, whatever you
have on a light stand, whether you're in studio
or on location, if you're using it for lighting,
typically you have them up against stands.
On the legs or c-stands as
well as hanging off boom arm.
So you can counterweight, whatever it is on the
other end of the actual boom arm, whether that's
a light or something like a microphone, you
can see here, there's some different versions.
These are all empty.
And they're kind of like saddle bags and
they have zipper compartments on both
sides and they come in different colors.
There's also shot bags.
Which already have weight inside.
And typically they have no openings because
they have lead shot inside, which is
basically just some weight that's used.
And you find them in gym equipment, such as
ankle weights, wrist weights, or weighted vests.
And that's basically what's inside these and
they're great for, they usually have a strap
like this, and they're great for hanging off
the ends of boom arms or also onto stand legs.
Now setting these up because
typically these come empty.
Setting these up is obviously
pretty straightforward, you've got to
separate compartments on either side here.
And when you open that up, uh, you'll see
that there's actual two zipper parts here,
which you can actually double zip up.
So that's just for extra protection for
whatever it is that you place inside here.
So we have some examples of what
you can place inside, whether that.
Some gym weights that you have laying around.
I mean, if you're able to get to a beach and grab
some sand, just put them into like a Ziplock bag.
We also have some rice that's
put into a Ziplock bag.
So just anything that you have, whether they're
household items or something that you can grab
really quickly, we also have bottles of water.
So if you just have small bottles of water
that can fit inside here, they're obviously
great to use as counterweights, uh, and we'll
go through and how to set that up right now.
I've got with me here, a couple
of ideas as to what you can use.
As weights for empty sandbags.
So here we bought some Ziplock bags with
some rice inside, and you can put that with,
You know, you can put anything
basically inside these Ziplock bags,
as long as it fits into your sandbag.
We've also got some lead shot
in these weighted pouches.
So these are from like a weighted vest
or like ankle weights or wrist weights.
If you have some gym equipment laying around,
or if you have any of those, we've also got.
Some little bottles of water here as well.
Now this is the empty sandbag here.
What you'll notice is this one here is an
orange color and that's a nice high-vis color
because if you're on location or in-studio
visibility is obviously going to be a lot better.
If people see it, it's not going to
walk, pass and accidentally knock
your boom arm or lighting setup.
Um, so that's good to have a high
vis color on the inside here.
Um, you can see those zipper compartments.
So we opened that up there.
And you'll see a second zipper as well.
So that's that double zipper, which is
just extra protection for whatever it
is that you place inside as weights.
And if we grab say the Ziplock
bag, simply slide that in.
So we'll go ahead and zip up that inner zipper.
And there's the outer zipper here
as well for the added protection.
So that's one side there and you can see it's
already got a little bit of weight on there.
So now in terms of what type of weight
you place inside, you obviously need a
counter balance, whatever it is on the other
end of your boom arm or your light sand.
So if you've got like, say a two, three
kilo light head and it's advisable, we'll
put something that's equivalent to that
on the other end, inside your sandbags.
So place the second one in
There we have it.
So we've got that on the strap there.
So this one's kind of like a saddle bag
because you can see there's two sides to it.
So this is great to drape over stand legs.
Um, but you obviously still have that strap
there, which you can hang off the ends of
boom arms, especially if there's like a
hook or a Carabiner hook that you can just
hang off the end of the boom arm there.
So that's one example there with
some Ziplock bags, we can also easily
grab some bottles of water as well.
If you have them laying around, as
long as they can fit inside, obviously.
You can grab two or three, throw them in there.
You can use them as well.
And that provides a good weight for your sandbag.
So that was just a quick run-through on how
to use and set up a sandbag counterweight.
These are great accessories to use, whether you're
using your lighting, audio or backdrop setups,
just to ensure safety for your lighting setups.
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