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01/09/2008 02:33:00 PM · #1 |
I've never used a bowl and spoon reflector (ie Beauty Dish) before, but now that I think about it, how is the light from a beauty dish different than a reflective umbrella when using a small reflector to cover the element?
Seems to me the lighting would be about the same. Anyone?
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01/09/2008 03:08:22 PM · #2 |
I've actually been thinking about this some lately and found a number of people who suggested that a small shoot through umbrella can give close to the same affect. I think the general goal is to get directional light that is still soft (no specular highlights). I happened onto this thread because I love the light from the big parabolic reflectors (briese focus and broncolor para) but there is no way I could afford either. Then I followed the thread of investigation down the beauty dish route.
Message edited by author 2008-01-09 15:20:07.
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01/09/2008 03:09:51 PM · #3 |
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01/09/2008 03:20:51 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
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Yes, that's a beautiful dish....
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01/09/2008 03:22:44 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
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Yum. Just like Grapenuts... |
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01/09/2008 03:31:18 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
I've actually been thinking about this some lately and found a number of people who suggested that a small shoot through umbrella can give close to the same affect. I think the general goal is to get directional light that is still soft (no specular highlights). I happened onto this thread because I love the light from the big parabolic reflectors (briese focus and broncolor para) but there is no way I could afford either. Then I followed the thread of investigation down the beauty dish route. |
Yeah, I was thinking that the light is also somewhat directional but soft. I think the small shoot-through may be the answer....although I still wonder if a small reflective type might be better.
You would loose that donut catch-light though.
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01/09/2008 07:36:06 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
I've never used a bowl and spoon reflector (ie Beauty Dish) before, but now that I think about it, how is the light from a beauty dish different than a reflective umbrella when using a small reflector to cover the element?
Seems to me the lighting would be about the same. Anyone? |
Not all dishes are created the same. I use a 22" Mola. It's pretty directional. The reflector up front is perforated so not all the light bounces off of it.
Regardless of what dish you use, I'm sure it'll have less spill than a bounce umbrella with a reflector (plus you won't have the strobe head to work the light around).
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