These large metal clamps feature a soft rubber to avoid damaging the supports are perfectly suited to photography. It lets you easily attach your funds on your bars, but are also useful for positioning of accessories (I think including Lastolite reflectors tissue type) where you want.
Another example: When shooting outdoors Portrait-Beauty, brightness is high, these pliers have allowed me to spread a white sheet acting as a diffuser, between the branches of a tree. In the end a much softer light was at the rendezvous :)