Messing around with the beauty dish

rexbobcatrexbobcat Registered Users Posts: 49 Big grins
edited October 10, 2013 in People
Messing around with the beauty dish.

I'm part of an organization at my university that is centered around video/photo/audio, and since I'm pretty much the only one invested heavily in photography (most members are interested in video), I did a short presentation about lighting.

And one of my friends was all dressed up and she needed a new photo anyways so it's win-win lol.

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And then a friend of a friend needed some graduation portraits - which I don't normally do - so I thought "meh, why not?" Thankfully she wasn't high strung and was really chill, so it went smoothly. Her look kind of reminds me of a golden-age film star.

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In other words, I've really been digging the beauty dish lately. :)

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  • Eustace2Eustace2 Registered Users Posts: 32 Big grins
    edited October 5, 2013
    I like the lighting you get with it. Did you make the beauty dish of buy it? I have seen directions on how to make one and I have the parts but have never put it together. Do you use if off camera?
    David
    davidmcpherson.smugmug.com
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2013
    Love these, especially the first three.

    On the graduation pix, I'd back off the black point a little and maybe dial back the exposure just a tad - on this (calibrated) monitor, there's no detail at all in the shadows, and the high contrast has pushed the colours a little too orange.

    Nice work!
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  • BrettDeutschBrettDeutsch Registered Users Posts: 365 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2013
    Third one is my favorite -- you mixed ambient light well with the beauty dish to create an edgy feel that matches the pose and scene.
    Deutsch Photography: Actor & Executive Headshot Photographer | NY Wedding, Mitzvah and Corporate Event Photographer | Family & Child Portrait Studio
  • rexbobcatrexbobcat Registered Users Posts: 49 Big grins
    edited October 5, 2013
    Eustace2 wrote: »
    I like the lighting you get with it. Did you make the beauty dish of buy it? I have seen directions on how to make one and I have the parts but have never put it together. Do you use if off camera?


    I bought it. I think it's a Paul C. Buff...but I'm not sure since I bought it used from someone and it doesn't have any branding.

    Yeah it's off-camera.

    I used a boom arm and placed it pretty much directly in front of and above the subjects.
  • rexbobcatrexbobcat Registered Users Posts: 49 Big grins
    edited October 5, 2013
    divamum wrote: »
    Love these, especially the first three.

    On the graduation pix, I'd back off the black point a little and maybe dial back the exposure just a tad - on this (calibrated) monitor, there's no detail at all in the shadows, and the high contrast has pushed the colours a little too orange.

    Nice work!

    Are you looking at them on an iMac screen? My monitor has been calibrated as well, but it seems that iMac/Macbook screens have a much deeper black point than most PC screens, which is what I have.

    I can never tell which kind of screen is correct. I use a PC at home and a 27" iMac at work, and the iMac is always contrastier. :(
  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited October 5, 2013
    rexbobcat wrote: »
    Are you looking at them on an iMac screen? My monitor has been calibrated as well, but it seems that iMac/Macbook screens have a much deeper black point than most PC screens, which is what I have.

    I can never tell which kind of screen is correct. I use a PC at home and a 27" iMac at work, and the iMac is always contrastier. :(

    Nope. PC IPS screen, calibrated with a Spyder Pro...
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  • rexbobcatrexbobcat Registered Users Posts: 49 Big grins
    edited October 9, 2013
    divamum wrote: »
    Nope. PC IPS screen, calibrated with a Spyder Pro...


    Oh okay. I'll bring up the shadows a bit. Mainly they probably got so dark while I was trying to get contrast in her face, because there was a lot of flare. lol

    I need to learn to look at the entire photo instead of just the parts I like, haha. :P
  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited October 10, 2013
    Very nice work, love #3esp.
    Charles
    www.cameraone.biz
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