using a beauty dish for a product shot

[Matthew Range]

Has anyone ever used a beauty dish to light a product? Any interesting effects?
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[aimpic]

wrong tool mostly - but you don't give much info do you?

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Peter

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[Barrie Davis]

Has anyone ever used a beauty dish to light a product? Any
interesting effects?

Product shots vary a great deal more than people do, so it would really help to know what kind of product are talking about.

Packet of cornflakes? Car tyre? Pillow? Food mixer?

I am sure a beauty dish will work as an effective source for "some" product or another, at least, when handled appropriately by someone who knows what they're doing. But the same thing could be said of every lightsource. Similarly, all the different kinds of lighting modifiers are all equally UN-suitable for the subjects that they are.... UNSUITABLE for!!

Please note... (because it's really quite important, and not just in photography) ...

It is not what you use..... but how you use it.
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Regards,
Baz

 

[Matthew Range]

I agree. Thats why I left it an open ended question. I think I will rent one and test it out on some products and see what happens.

Has anyone ever used a beauty dish to light a product? Any
interesting effects?

Product shots vary a great deal more than people do, so it would
really help to know what kind of product are talking about.

Packet of cornflakes? Car tyre? Pillow? Food mixer?

I am sure a beauty dish will work as an effective source for "some"
product or another, at least, when handled appropriately by someone
who knows what they're doing. But the same thing could be said of
every lightsource. Similarly, all the different kinds of lighting
modifiers are all equally UN-suitable for the subjects that they
are.... UNSUITABLE for!!

Please note... (because it's really quite important, and not just in
photography) ...

It is not what you use..... but how you use it.
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Regards,
Baz

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Is it done yet?

 

[Ellis Vener]

Sure I've used them.

 

[OrangeYaGlad]

great for nice round catch light in a teddy bears eyes...

 

[christianhough]

great for nice round catch light in a teddy bears eyes...

So would half a dozen other reflectors/ modiifiers...

Christian

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[Jim Salvas]

Works OK, given the right product, in this case, a porcelain doll...



In truth, I often find it a useful light modifier for close work with small products, where a softbox will sometimes give too much diffusion.
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Jim
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