My DIY Beauty Dish Result.

vizjerei · 08-08-2009, 04:18 PM

Is it a success?... The dish is about 1.75 feet away from me above left of camera.
I think it does give me edgily shadow, somewhat between softbox and just bare flash... but I am not sure as I have no softbox nor professional beauty dish.

P.S. It doesn't make me look any better so I guess it is a failure

35mm, f8, 1/180sec, ISO 100

*pdo* · 08-08-2009, 04:43 PM

very nice lighting.

krypticide · 08-08-2009, 06:33 PM

The light looks nice. How big is the dish?

remoteman · 08-08-2009, 06:35 PM

Yeah, can you post pics of the dish itself? Looks great

vizjerei · 08-08-2009, 06:56 PM

This one is 15", haven't really finished it yet ( You can see the light bleed from the opening). If this one work well then I will make a 20" one.

mi2nc · 08-08-2009, 07:04 PM

How did you make it? I am interested in making one myself.

vizjerei · 08-08-2009, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by mi2nc

How did you make it? I am interested in making one myself.

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vizjerei · 08-11-2009, 07:27 AM

For anyone that want to build one, I changed the design from using a convex mirror to a paper cone with aluminum foil, which increase the amount of light bounce to the dish instead of bonce back to the flash head.

kewpie-o · 08-12-2009, 10:27 AM

Wow - really nice light in that last pic. Mind posting a pic of the new cone design?

**Peter Zack** · 08-12-2009, 10:33 AM

Very nicely done Victor. The results work well. The shadows are there but are softer than bare flash. Sorry you don't look better though

vizjerei · 08-12-2009, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by kewpie-o

Wow - really nice light in that last pic. Mind posting a pic of the new cone design?

I will take a picture of the dish tonight

Originally Posted by Peter Zack

Very nicely done Victor. The results work well. The shadows are there but are softer than bare flash. Sorry you don't look better though

Hahaha I know eh, at least it save me a hundred bucks or two so I can get some make up.

vizjerei · 08-12-2009, 10:09 PM

The Paper Cone wrapped with foil, inside the 20-pack CD case, and the 15" pot saucer

Putting them together: (tip: The flash and the cone should NOT touch each other, I found if the cone is too close to the flash, it will less light output from the dish)

zenimagery · 08-12-2009, 10:27 PM

beauty dish looks interesting. what is the difference between this and using a shoot through umbrella though?

vizjerei · 08-13-2009, 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by zenimagery

beauty dish looks interesting. what is the difference between this and using a shoot through umbrella though?

Beauty Dish suppose to give a focused light, a bit "punch" in the middle, which create a strong contrast difference on the subject, and since the light is focused it give you greater control on the light; instead of shoot through umbrella where it spill everywhere. Of course you can also add a grid to make the light even more directional and focus.

concentration on the important photo content, tapering into soft contours on the outside.

from flash2softbox.com

People tend to use it quite close to the subject like 2 to 5 feet, as it farther away from the subject it loss its characteristic.

I think it is easier to use for outdoor than umbrella too.

MRRiley · 08-13-2009, 09:07 AM

I'd say you've nailed your design. Classic beauty dish light distribution.

Mike