Beauty dish lighting setup

Beauty dishes are widely used modifiers in portrait photography and can help to create a number of key “beauty effects.” Rather than diffusing the light like a soft box, a beauty dish focuses harder light in the center, while falling off around the edges, creating a concentrated pool of light that can both soften skin […]

Today, I’m sharing a behind-the-scenes look at my beauty lighting setup using a beauty dish—a must-have modifier for crisp, high-contrast beauty shots. Here’s a quick breakdown of the setup: Settings: Equipment Facts Camera: Nikon Z7 Lens: Sigma 105mm Macro f/2.8 Camera Settings Aperture: f/6.3 Shutter: 1/200s ISO: 64 Lighting Equipment: Key Light: Beauty Dish Rim Light#1: Parabolic Softbox Rim Light #2: Small Softbox The beauty dish creates a high contrast, directional light that hi...

Getting into fashion or beauty photography doesn't have to involve getting lots of expensive gear right away. As New York City-based photographer Jeff

When it comes to shaping the light sources photographers use, there are a lot of modifiers available. Each lighting modifier has it's own characteristics which can make it difficult to determine the best light for your project. Karl Taylor has produced one of the best videos I've ever seen showing exactly how the light fall off, contrast, and specularity differs between the

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