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

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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

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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