There are many hazards in a studio. A strobe pack can have several lights hook up to it. This strobe pack can cause a electrical issue if someone were to spill a drink on it. Cords leading to and from it can cause tripping hazards knocking down the lights.
A model or someone can get too close to the backdrop and step on it bringing down the entire setup. Booms if not counter weighted correctly can tip over. Light stands that is overloaded can present issues. There are different types of light stands and one has to use the right ones for the job.
When, when you're dealing with lights on stands, one of the things I like to do is actually run the cord for the light underneath one of the legs on the light stand. The reason for that, if some trips over the cord, it just drags the light, or if it's not under the light stand, someone trips over, the light falls. If it's got a modeling light, you got models or people around, they'll try to catch it and if the modeling light is on it'll burn their hands. One thing I always tell visitors to my studio: if a light falls don't try to catch it. You'll just hurt yourself. Another big problem in a studio is the counterweight, that's on dums. This is about eight pounds of steel. When you're working on a set, a lot of times you're, you're concerned about what's going on and you're stepping over cords, you're stepping around dums, you're stepping around all kind of things. It's real easy to bend down working on something and bring your head up and hit this thing. This will cause real serious damage. You have to be real careful about that. That's why they should either be painted in a bright color or should have a ribbon sticking off of them, so that as you come up your head will feel the ribbon. Another thing, we've got power packs. These power packs are extremely powerful. You have to make sure when you plug in lights in or unplugging lights that you're turning all power switches off and discharge your lights, so that the power doesn't come through as you're disengaging the cable. It's very, very dangerous. The packs themselves will not hurt you as long as you treat them right. Another thing. When you've got any kind of modifier on the front of your strobes you can leave your modeling light on for a long time if you've got diffusers, or grids, barn doors, anything like that. They will get really, really hot. You have to be real careful about that, because when you go to adjust it you'll burn yourself.
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