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Photography

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts) Fri Apr 25, 2014, 04:01 AM Apr 2014

I get many of you asking for DIY instructions relating to photography equipment. Here's a pretty simple beauty dish set up that will cost you under $20.00 in material and looks pretty simple to build.

http://www.photographytalk.com/forum/tips-and-taking-photos/111875-photography-tip-diy-beauty-dish-for-under-2000

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Photography Tip: DIY Beauty Dish for under $20.00 (Original Post) Sherman A1 Apr 2014 OP

Nice tip! Here's a link to his page of various DIY beauty dishes csziggy Apr 2014 #1

It will probably work better Major Nikon Apr 2014 #3

It's a bit bigger than the bowl he used. It's probably lighter. alfredo Apr 2014 #4

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1. Nice tip! Here's a link to his page of various DIY beauty dishes

Fri Apr 25, 2014, 12:46 PM

Apr 2014

The one he made is the first link on the page, but he added many other links to other versions:
http://weeklyphototips.blogspot.com/2010/01/diy-beauty-dish.html

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2. Thanks. I have an old Aluminum Weber grill splash pan that would work just fine.

Fri Apr 25, 2014, 02:21 PM

Apr 2014

For the mirror I could use an old CD.

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3. It will probably work better

Fri Apr 25, 2014, 07:30 PM

Apr 2014

The larger your modifier is, the farther away you can place it from your subject.

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4. It's a bit bigger than the bowl he used. It's probably lighter.

Fri Apr 25, 2014, 11:15 PM

Apr 2014