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              The Most Detailed Video On Beauty Dish Lighting I’ve Seen

              I’ve seen a lot of videos that attempt to explain why you would use a beauty dish over a softbox but I’ve always had a hard time understanding the subtleties. Jay P Morgan created a video that not only explains everything in great detail, but he also shows 3 lighting examples with each type of dish configuration. If you have always wondered about the magic of the beauty dish, all your questions will now be answered.



              March 22, 2011
              Lee Morris
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              • Von Wong

                Neat, my Paul C Buff BD isn’t as versatile as yours.

                I would have been curious to see the difference between a dish and a small umbrella/small softbox though, It would seem to me that by shooting with the BD from such a far distance the concentric 3d lighting would be lost over the distance.

                Great job :)

              • http://www.wayneleonephotography.com Wayne Leone

                weird – I couldn’t find The Slanted Lens on FB.

              • Adam

                Here is a direct link to the facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Slanted-Lens/169491473102895

              • Fabiano

                @Von Wong, Maybe this help: http://www.zarias.com/modifiers-from-day-03-of-my-creativelive-class/

              • http://www.jaysharpphotography.com Jay

                @Adam, Thanks for the link. I couldn’t find it either.

              • http://www.dafyddowen.com Daf

                The vid compares different kinds of beautydish setups, but unfortunately not beautydish to softbox.
                Zack Arias’ is pretty good though – watched it live.

                Was tempted to get a beauty dish (yes I’m a grear freak 0 but hey I enjoy it so why not) but then follows Mr Arias’ suggestion – master what you have before getting something new.

              • http://www.cityphotosandbooks.com Rod Arroyo

                Thanks for sharing this. I really enjoyed seeing the different grids applied to the beauty dish.

                Rod

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