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shad309
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 Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject: DIY Beauty Dish |
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shad309 wrote:
I decided to try and make one of these for myself. What do you think?
Plastic bowl, metal guttering for flash inlet, aluminum duct tape, angle iron, and too much time LOL
Self Portrait with "new" beauty dish
Canon Rebel XTI, Nikon SB-25 flash, Zeiss Jena 50/2.8, & cheap ebay triggers
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| Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Excellent! I like it pretty much!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Mal1905 wrote:
Ha ha! That's inventive to say the least! |
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exen wrote:
Impressive.
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A G Photography
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A G Photography wrote:
The idea isn't bad, but I hope you didn't run the flash at max power in the test because this seems more like the results I have with a snooted 300ws monotorch than the ones you get from a real beauty dish (which is pretty wider btw).
Jokes apart, DIY is so much fun and I also tried to make a beauty dish out of a disposable aluminium bowl, but then you have to fight with the lack of power of small flashes.
Being in the US get an Alienbee and a real beauty, it's not that much money and you'll get the real desidered effect.
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shad309
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shad309 wrote:
I am in the process of making a large one for my JTL strobe. I am using a very large mixing bowl from a restaurant supply store. Once finished I will post those results.
I would love to get the one from AB but right now it can not be justified 
On the shots above I only had the flash set to 1/16th power. Even at lower outputs I like the results I have been getting. Most recently I used this as a fill light for our Christmas card.
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Orio wrote:
Shad, with those beautiful children you don't need beauty dish, just take them out in the garden and everything you would need, at the very most, is a white cardboard as reflector. 
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shad309 wrote:
Orio,
Thanks! I plan on doing more portraits of them as the weather is getting nicer here. Well, as long as they cooperate  They don't like being photographed 
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Orio,
Thanks! I plan on doing more portraits of them as the weather is getting nicer here. Well, as long as they cooperate They don't like being photographed |
So does Monica 
My cats are more cooperative, as long as I feed them regularly 
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shad309
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shad309 wrote:
Hmmmm, maybe I should try treats with the kids and train them.... 
I don't think it will work for my wife though
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I don't think it will work for my wife though |
try with new shoes 
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shad309
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shad309 wrote:
That will work  But that gets expensive 
I bought her some for christmas and OMG!!! I could have bought several "new" lenses
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martinsmith99 wrote:
I bet she has more shoes than you have lenses!
I know mine does.......at the moment.
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