Flarestick - Pro Lens Flare Crystals for DPs by DPs

Shooting through weird contraptions, household items, nylon stockings or broken glass is nothing new, and specialty shot or look., you do what you have to and get the shot however you can using whatever you have at your disposal.   Coming through the trenches of early 90's video shoots, Dirk shot through crystals from chandeliers, sellotape, vaseline, nylon stockings, and broken glass to battle the video look of early Betacams that were used at the time.   It was not uncommon back then for DPs to have their own secret weapons, or secret sauce for creating partial blurring or reflections in the camera lenses getting special shots for highly stylized fashion, commercial or video shoots..   According to Dirk, the arose to bring this homemade collection of tools into more professional form that is easier to handle gave birth to Flarestick...   Thanks to transparent stick attachment, designed so that the shaped glass body of the crystal can be placed in front of the camera lens and into the desired position.   You can then create the desired blurring and reflection effects by moving Flarestick around in front of your lens to your preference...   Each Flarestick is sold for about €45, which is $52 which is not exactly cheap however there is the added convenience of the added stick handle and multiple varieties for different effects.   By some of you in the It would be interesting to see how these perform when put against the cheaper, off-the-shelf chandelier crystals that you can find online for about $8-10, out rather quickly..   At least I think that's what the rationale behind the pricing is ..   In any case, in the event that I make any money off my bet on England winning World Cup, I may buy one.   Read more