DIY Beauty Dish...

[Lunajen]

So I tried my hand at the strobist DIY beauty dish.

I used a plastic bowl, cd cover, spray painted the inside white....the outside black...cut out a space for my flash(put in a little padding for the flash, didn't want any scratches).


Here is a shot of the inside.....


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/jenduffy/IMG_9662.jpg

The back( yeah I know it is a little out of focus but I am too lazy to take another shot right now...got chicken on the stove).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/jenduffy/IMG_9663.jpg

Here is an example shot with the beauty dish.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/jenduffy/IMG_9658.jpg
Minimal editing....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/jenduffy/IMG_9658-3.jpg
With a little more editing..

She is getting tired of mommy and her camera.....

[slivr]

Fun stuff !!! Creative, and decent results from it, so kudos to you. :)

[jeromego]

So I tried my hand at the strobist DIY beauty dish.

I used a plastic bowl, cd cover, spray painted the inside white....the outside black...cut out a space for my flash(put in a little padding for the flash, didn't want any scratches).


Here is a shot of the inside.....


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/jenduffy/IMG_9662.jpg

The back( yeah I know it is a little out of focus but I am too lazy to take another shot right now...got chicken on the stove).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/jenduffy/IMG_9663.jpg

Here is an example shot with the beauty dish.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/jenduffy/IMG_9658.jpg
Minimal editing....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/jenduffy/IMG_9658-3.jpg
With a little more editing..

She is getting tired of mommy and her camera.....

hi jennifer, what is a beauty dish for? is it like a softbox or an umbrella? im a newbie and would really want to try flash photography. thanks.

[Lunajen]

Honestly I had to look up the actual definition....here is one I got off a website called lighting essentials..

"A beauty dish is one of the most fun, and unique light modifiers for people shooters. It’s very ‘poppy’ light, combined with a focused throw of light makes it ideal when you want to create a definite direction to the lighting. Most beauty dishes are metal parabolic with a very flat pan. The strobe is placed through the back of the pan and a small covering over the head keeps the brightness of the strobe from creating a hot spot.

The flat pan keeps the light more focused, and also lets the light fall off quicker. This allows the photographer to really sculpt the light, to create shadows on edges of the face that can really bring out the features. The small dish in front of the light bounces that main light back and into the larger pan. The light ends up being both focused and diffused."

[david888lee]

hey lunajen,

great idea! i'm going to have to try that sometime. in the meantime, would you mind posting some more shots! i need some more convincing to make my own :].

[jcolman]

Here's some pics of one I made a while ago. I used a plastic party bowl, painted it white and black. The inside dish is a tupperware bowl I stole from my wife. Inside the tupperware is a piece of silver reflective tape to bounce the light. The whole thing is screwed together along with a rain gutter connector from Home Depot that the flash head fits into. The flash is held in place with some velcro.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x148/jcolman_photo/IMG_2176.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x148/jcolman_photo/IMG_2175.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x148/jcolman_photo/IMG_2174.jpg

[Lunajen]

Must hunt down a subject...my little girl is no longer taking the bribes!!!!!!!!

jcolman...very nice set up.