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The Chinatown Special DIY Beauty Dish

October 21, 2011 - Article by Pye

Beauty dishes produce a wonderfully powerful, yet soft quality of light. However, they do come with a heafty price tag when you purchase one from standard photographic retailers. Here is an awesome DIY video we found by the Browyoungs teaching you how to make your own beauty dish.

The Chinatown Special: The Best DIY Beauty Dish from The Browyoungs on Vimeo.

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About Pye
Pye (AKA Post Production Pye) is a founder and the Managing Editor for SLR Lounge. Pye is also a Partner of Lin and Jirsa Photography, an Orange County based wedding, engagement and portrait photography studio. Connect with him on Google Plus
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  • Bae7

    very nice!  Do you have any test shots?  How much f-stop do you lose?  thx for a great DIY project.

    • http://twitter.com/kefoster Kevin Foster

      Take a look here: http://ishootshows.com/2010/12/28/diy-beauty-dish-band-portraits/

  • http://twitter.com/pkarolewski Piotr Karólewski

    I know this video. It’s from http://www.ishootshows.com (www.ishootshows.com). 
    You can find photos and everything about this BD. Pretty awesome, I think :)

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