THE BIG COVERUP (repeated)

[Note:  this is another in a series of postings that were originally hosted by Apple but went away when Apple cancelled mobileme.com.]

   Unless you use an armored truck to transport your equipment to shooting site the equipment is probably visible from the outside of your vehicle.  I’m assuming here that if you’re using a car then you may have some equipment in the back and or back seat, or if you’re using an SUV it will be visible through its windows.  Having such equipment in full view of potential thieves is an invitation to disaster.

   I saw this particular tip somewhere on the internet and, having applied it, can recommend it highly.  

  Go to your local fabric shop and buy a couple of yards of some lightweight black cloth.  Use this to cover your equipment and it will prevent “looky loos” from seeing precisely what you have in there.  

  If you have tinted windows like most of us in the southwest have, the equipment covered with the black cloth will be almost invisible to an external observer.  If you have an enclosed van for equipment transport obviously this tip doesn’t apply.

   Otherwise, try it, you’ll like it.