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Compact lighting

Compact lighting

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Compact lighting

- On an earlier episode we talked all about small, portable lighting. - Yeah. - I think it's time we put it into action. We got a car here and you actually drive one of these. - I do. - Where can we put some of these lights? - Well the thing is, just like you go to scout a location, you got to scout a car, especially when you're trying to stuff lights in it. These days there's a million places to put it. Dashboard comes to mind. The foot well of a car comes to mind, the foot well is actually one of my favorite places because it has a nice, soft light shining up on a person's face. You can use sunglass holders in the center, above center rail, right there. - Yep. - Use cupholders, they're another place you can do things, as well as the pockets on doors often work well, as well. - And with some simple things like a Joby GorillaPod, - Yep. - You can easily thread this and then hang it off one of the hooks, like the, what do you call those, the crash handles. - Yeah. (Laughing) - You know…

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