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How do you use your Beauty Dish?
Do you use it up close really close for only portraits, or do you put it farther away for upper torso shots as well? I got one (24") about two weeks ago and I'm not quite sure how to really maximize it's potential... May 22 07 12:05 am Link I use it on a boom angle down :p May 22 07 12:07 am Link I like to mix it up. May 22 07 12:12 am Link While I'm shooting, I aim it at myself because I need it way more than the model does. May 22 07 12:17 am Link I turn it on and attach a pocket wizard to my camera then bam! I start shooting. May 22 07 12:20 am Link Steve Reynolds wrote: That was easy... May 22 07 12:38 am Link Audley_Young wrote: The short answer is YES. May 22 07 12:54 am Link In all the years I assisted I never saw a single photographer use one of these things. I happened to get one when I bought my kit a few years ago & have only just started using it. Still not sure if I like it but I have made some mods to it so it behaves more like I would like it too. Basicly I don't use any of my lights 'out of the box' anyway. May 22 07 01:41 am Link I just ordered mine today! May 22 07 02:41 am Link I use it to serve a decent assortment of sushi... May 22 07 04:46 am Link ehsenTuphor wrote: Just don't try to use it as a punchbowl... May 22 07 05:20 am Link Brandon Ching wrote: Now you tell me... May 22 07 05:25 am Link I use my two a lot!. Love them. Dumped the more problematic softboxes outside and use the Beauty Dishes now. Close up...10 feet away. Up in the air on a boom and behind on a "Gary Coleman" for BG and BL. I have diffusers for them too. May 22 07 05:31 am Link Put it in The closet and Never use it.....That's what I did......I Get better results with my 60 inch Octa's..... May 22 07 05:39 am Link Funny how tools become such a fad (even justified).... I remember when softboxes we're a rareity...then gablang... anyone using an umbrella was either outdated or poor! now the same is happening with the dish, I'm not saying it's not a great tool, it is, but I think that for many people....it's more about having the tool than actualy needing the tool. May 22 07 07:01 am Link I love mine, use it for everything. Its great for on location because its relatively small and very durable, also less likely to get blown around by the wind. Its not going to produce soft light from more than a few feet away, but works great as a fill. May 22 07 07:05 am Link Gil Perron wrote: Exactly! I started with a Lowel and some white nylon stretched over a frame I made with PVC pipes. Even now, I have a pie pan with a hole cut in it as a spill catcher with one of my umbrellas. I used it on my current avatar, you can see it in the bottom catch light..... Tools are tools, use them as you see fit. May 22 07 08:56 am Link I use it all around. I just find it easier to use and takes up less space than my med softbox. My shooting area is kinda small so any extra space I can get, i'll take! May 22 07 08:58 am Link I've been using my 70cm beauty dish with grids, fantastic stuff. Mar 13 08 02:47 am Link I use it at least 17 different ways Mar 13 08 02:49 am Link I use mine up close on a boom arm for the key light, or I'll pull it further back for half or full body shots. I'll also use it maybe a stop under for fill... it just depends. You're only limited by your imagination. Mar 13 08 05:54 am Link Started using one before they became fashionable (again) because my studio though long is narrow. Softboxes are great in front of the model but when I wanted to light from the side I had problems. Played with smaller softboxes but somehow the beauty dish alway gives better results for closeups and 1/2-3/4 torso. Mar 13 08 06:16 am Link Kent Johnson Photograph wrote: Thats weird as an assistant almost every shoot I work on uses a beauty dish as anything from just a hair light to the only light Mar 13 08 08:10 am Link mine comes in the mail today! Ive heard great things about beauty dishes, let hope I get good results!! Mar 13 08 09:26 am Link Brooks Ayola wrote: Cool idea...thats my new approach Mar 13 08 09:29 am Link Audley_Young wrote: Both. I have two and they are my most used modifiers. Mar 13 08 11:14 am Link JR Mandeville Photograp wrote: I read what I wrote and was thinking... "Who hacked my account? I don't remember writing that." Then I realized that this thread is almost a year old. :-) Mar 13 08 11:42 am Link Mar 13 08 11:46 am Link I use them all the time. They work great up close. The light falls off very quickly so you need the dish within 3 to 4 feet of the subject. Mar 13 08 11:47 am Link Brooks Ayola wrote: I did the same thing...it's an age thing...now the beauty dish aimed at me is of little help! Nov 20 08 02:34 pm Link |
