I have been playing with so-called modifiers or soft boxes for a while, and now I have taken the next step and bought myself a “Beauty Dish.”
This round reflector is often used in portrait and fashion photography to project a softer, more even, diffused light onto the subject. It is meant to produce a “glowing” effect. Depending on how you set the contrast, it might even reduce wrinkles, hence “beauty dish”.
It is too early for me to judge, but I briefly played with it a few days ago and the results are promising. I plan to use it this Saturday with my victims.
The dish came with a bag, a white standard reflector, a honeycomb grid, and a silver diffuser.
I got mine from Amazon.de* for around 88€. It seems to be currently sold out, but there are plenty of comparable ones available.
Check this out as an alternative:
This one is from Neewer, a low-cost producer of photo accessories. It is even a little cheaper than the one that I got, but the reviews are positive:
Neewer 16″/41cm Aluminium Standard Reflector Beauty Dish
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