From www.gavinhoey.c... comes the solution to the hardest and most frustrating thing in photography. How to fold your reflector so it fits back in to it's tiny little bag.
This proves that RU-vid is the greatest invention of all time, right up there with fire and the lever. Thanks so much for this video! When you solve the missing sock / clothes dryer conspiracy my life will be forever free of frustration.
Best video on youtube, just spent the better part of 20 minutes trying to do this on my own. Got the first twist down but that second one is pure genius. Thank you kind sir from 2008, your legacy lives on
Now THIS is how to do proper tutorials! Short, fun, easy, to the point with great attitude! Thank you! Saved me (and many others, including wild animals) from eye patches, tumors, padded rooms, heart attacks, prostate limbs, accidental murders, FBI, NASA, the list goes on and on. Best thing since birth basically.
Absolutely brilliant! I've had three diffusers I've been carrying around full size for around a year now, because no matter how I tried, I couldn't get them back in their pesky little bags. I tried your method, and had all three back in their bags in less than a minute. Thank you. It works!
Wow! I now owe you my amateur life as I was in the midst of a tangled despair until I hazarded a try to see wether someone had put a simple tutorial on youtube. A thousand thank yous!!!
This was the best tip and easiest thing to do. Thank you for putting this video up I literally never thought I would get the reflector back in the bag!!!
Wow, I can't believe the company actually thought that we would be able to figure that out! I'm willing to be that most people get so frustrated that they end up breaking the thing. Thanks Gavin, that was a big help!
Probably the single most useful photography video on the internet today. I was about to give it a thumbs up, when I noticed it was already thumbed up. This must have been the same video I needed back in 2010 when I was last tinkering in photography. I thank you... again.
Oh my gosh!!! I just got my first photography equipment set and used the reflector for the first time. I spent the last 20 minutes trying to fold it up before I decided to admit defeat and RU-vid it. This video helped me do it in about 30 seconds! Thank you!! 🙌
lol so mine is called a five in one reflector. i forgot my diffuser was initially zipped up with the reflector covering. the process went a lot smoother once i put the diffuser in the reflector casing. thank you so much for the first few steps with holding it before folding it up. it comes so naturally now. :))
Oh my goodness. THANK YOU!!! It's so simple but no amount of guesswork will get you there. Mine has sat in my room for days because I couldn't figure it out after it came in the mail. This saved my life.
Thank you!! Thank you!! Have not used a reflector in 10 years but finally decided to get mine out for some still life. Your video was perfect. I found it after struggling for 10 minutes with it!
Thank you, thank you, thank you... just bought a set of these, opened the bag and crap... had no clue how to get it back in the bag. You, sir, are a lifesaver!
I’ve been fighting this thing all damn night, periodically, just before bed, one last try, after watching your video, BOOM! Popped in place. Thank you.
O-M-G!!! I was struggling with for like hours, even after watching several other videos, and still couldn't learn it and was ready to cry. Then I found yours and got it in an instant! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! :-) :-) :-)
Brilliant!!!! I've just bought one and thought 'I am not going to get this back in the bag' But no. After watching your video it is as easy as pie. Thanks a million.
OMG! This was SO helpful! I tried this and worked in the first. Kept doing it over and over. Folding it up successfully every time. I could never get the stupid reflector folded back up. I've watched other videos but still had trouble or had forgotten by the time I used the reflector again. Time after time....me ...looking like an idiot trying to get this thing folded before giving up and tossing the whole thing in the back of my car. Thank You!!!!!
Hey Gavin - I was going through videos that show how I could tame my frickin' 107 diameter reflector and get it back in the bag. Yours is the best! Thanks, mate!
Omg this is the best video ever, I just opened mine for the first time thinking this is way too small then boom. I was thinking how the hell am I going to put this back and quickly searched for some tips and this video saved me. Thanks!!
Thank you Gavon. I received my reflector today and took it out of the case and could not get it back in. I was beginning to question my mental abilities. Again, thank you very much.
That was really great. You made it look easy, and you demonstrated it well. Your video is the best I’ve seen concerning this matter. I just got my deflector and I was really struggling trying to get it to fold to put in the bag. Thanks 👍🏾
I was laughing at myself for about 10 minutes while trying to get this back in the bag. Fortunately in the privacy of my own home! Your video kept me smiling....and got it back in the bag! Thanks much! Comedy was not what I had intended, but your answer had me ENJOYING the process all while being successful! Thanks, Gavin :)!!
Thank you Gavin!!! It's very clear your two-step explanation that everybody -- after watching your vid -- should manage to fold a colapsable reflector!!!
Thank you! I just got my first reflector and pulled it out of the bag, knowing I would struggle to put in back in with no instructions. I got it put away in less than a minute!
Thank you just received my reflector and said to myself let me go to youtube to find out how to refold this thing. Boy I'm glad that I will look like a pro in the field.
LOL!! I just got my reflector delivered today. And this is very much an issue I ran into. And searching for a video to explain how to do this Mr Hoey is the first result.... Gavin saves the day again....lol
I honestly feared there'd not be a video for this,.. I just got a new reflector today - haven't used one in 20yrs since my art school days... but I got it to fold up after step two, (reversing the hand),.. the rest came naturally. Thanks for sharing, much appreciated. Please keep it up there, it's a very useful if lesser important skill. Nice one! :)
This was so great. Appreciate the brevity and simplicity of it. ...and yes I did nearly smack myself in the face a few times while trying to figure it out.
I just love You tube clips like this. I just opened mine and i tried to put it back how i got it out of the bag and i couldnt. :( Then i thought i bet there will be a genius who had put something together to help me out. And there was. Thank you so much,
Veeeery good! Worked at first try. Cleaning woman had suggested to separate the Walimex in two pieces because it was "impossible" to fold ;-) You saved the life of a light tent!
It's amazing how many people didn't know how to do this but that's why they have good info from Gavin. Another successful video would be how to collapse the pop up/collapsable background. I spent 20 min trying to fold up an 8' x 12' collapsable.
Thanks Gavin, that was great - easy as. I hadn't used my reflector for years, and tried over and over to fold it - glad I did it at home out of sight, and gave up in the end :) So thought I would You Tube it, and there you were. Was a breeze after that. Cheers, Dennis (Australia).