Good advice from Rick....
Semi on topic, just a trick/tip that I do that works pretty well...
We use 4x4 (foamcore) bounces a lot, but for some lean-and-mean shoots when we don't take a truck it can be a little unweidly to pack 16 square feet of foamcore...
So... sometimes I will take the foamcore and using an Xacto knife I will score it right down the middle, so that it can be folded in half to a more managable 2x4 size.
If you pop it into a duckbill bounce clamp ("Quaker Clamp," the kind that's just a pair of ViceGrips with a welded-on 5/8" stud and sheet-metal jaws), the jaws hold it open and perfect flat... works just as if it were un-cut.
Usually I can use one for quite a few shoots before it is bent up or banged up and I have to replace it.
T2
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