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    #31
    Yeah they hold better but they leave obnoxious linear scars on the pads of your fingers when they get hot!

    I learned lights in the theater, where you can't just clip stuff because it might fall off and hurt someone. There you tend to melt more gels. Plus those ellipsoids are so focused they somtimes melt steel gobos. It's nice to have gel frames that fit your lights, especially for fresnels. Sometimes I use PAR64s instead of scoops or the softbox (since they're just hanging around) and it's handy to be able to just drop the gel in and know it's not going to fall off or burn.
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      #32
      Just picked up the gels. So I just use clothespins to attach them to each of the 4 barn doors, and it doesn't matter if it creases heavily in the center?
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        #33
        Just let the excess hang down, or bulge out.

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          #34
          sort of fold them over the light so that theres a good 6 inches between the bulb itself and the jell. Also dont leave your lights on when your not shooting if possible.
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            #35
            I tried to put them outside in relatively high wind, which proved to be impossible. Any advice on doing something similar, aside from leaving them inside and simulating the window shadows?
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              #36
              Lots and lots of sandbags possibly. Order a lighter wind next time! Seriously the best thing to do in a high wind is to mount a tarp deflecting some of the wind out of view. I just built a metal frame with some angle iron and put a ton of sandbags on both the angle iron and the light as well as stuck my friend out there (You know the PA) to make sure the tarp and light doesn't fall over.
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