Made my own beauty dishes

thought id share the 2 dishes i made the large on is 22in the small one is 9in and still have to get a grid for it as well as a diffuser/sock for both

22 beauty dish..

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That's awesome. Do you mind posting a parts list?

Great looking dishes. Do you happen to have a DIY set of instructions?

pyrojim wrote in post #15979165
That's awesome. Do you mind posting a parts list?

Mesmer wrote in post #15979176
Great looking dishes. Do you happen to have a DIY set of instructions?

lol guess i should put one together... there is some welding involved as i didnt have time to order a bracket and mount like many people use

bartc wrote in post #15979223
lol guess i should put one together... there is some welding involved as i didnt have time to order a bracket and mount like many people use

I can handle the welding part. That's why I was hoping for a DIY. It would mostly be for a parts list and what order you did things. Is there any reason you went with gray paint instead of white paint?

Mesmer wrote in post #15979237
I can handle the welding part. That's why I was hoping for a DIY. It would mostly be for a parts list and what order you did things. Is there any reason you went with gray paint instead of white paint?

its white i edited very quickly and didnt really make sure the WB was correct i guess

Very cool!! Do you know how heavy they are?

Have you tested the light pattern? How do they work?

That looks great. I picked up a bowl awhile back that is in my list of projects to tinker with. I like the added handle part.

I haven't actually seen a beauty dish for a speedlight in person and have been trying to determine what best to put in the center. I was thinking slightly concave to help spread the light or do you find the flat works ok?

Also is there some magic ratio for dish size vs center reflector size that works best?

Very neatly done! The flash mount looks to be *very* well executed.

What would we all do without 22" mixing bowls and 7" pizza pans?

looks good

In for instructions!

Mesmer wrote in post #15979511
Have you tested the light pattern? How do they work?

yes i have i;ll take some pics of them again and post them here... the little guy im really likeing the effect you get when zooming the flash from 17-105.. i made the little guy to be more for grids to be more of a spot then a flood...

brooksclayton wrote in post #15979496
Very cool!! Do you know how heavy they are?

not to bad i will weight them and let you know

toolman21 wrote in post #15979560
That looks great. I picked up a bowl awhile back that is in my list of projects to tinker with. I like the added handle part.

I haven't actually seen a beauty dish for a speedlight in person and have been trying to determine what best to put in the center. I was thinking slightly concave to help spread the light or do you find the flat works ok?

Also is there some magic ratio for dish size vs center reflector size that works best?

from all the reading i did seemed like 22" bowl with a 7-8" reflectors seems to be best so roughly a 3:1 ratio.. as far as the concave i put the reflector both ways as the ends are taperd and really didnt notice any difference...

I made one a while back from a wooden bowl and aluminum foil, works great!

Now post up some samples using it