Hey Joel, nothing to be embarrassed about my friend. I have your beauty dish and it is amazing. The simplicity of getting it ready to shoot not to mention the quality of evenly distributed light that comes out of this design is amazing! Just want to let you know that man. Thanks for all your youtube videos too. I learned a lot from them 🙏🏻
I accidentally tripped across one of your pics - cowboy on a horse! wow! Since then I've been watching your videos and just love the drama you create. Love your clear, concise explanations. Thank you.
Hiya Joel - the Westscott Beauty Dish rocks! I use it with my Profoto B1s and to your point, easy set up, fantastic to transport, and awesome light. Love it!
THANK YOU Joel.....longtime fan; love this channel; GREAT resource. I'd also like to add that in my experience the advantage of a modifier w/ silver interior is two-fold: it seems to be slightly more "efficient" for output, and it also gives you a contrastier/edgier type look IF not using diffusion. I've also realized another hack: If I line my softbox w/ alum. foil, the output is even greater- because nothing is lost thru the modifier's walls: Everything goes out the front face.
I had the same hot spot issues with continuous led lights and soft boxes. There are many things about the beauty dish that other reviewers don't even consider, but you nailed it! Great review! Cheers 👍🍻
While a giant silver interior soft box will be softer than a smaller white one, I've found that the silver ones are a bit more specular(producing more shine on the skin in the highlights) than the white interiors. It's not as noticeable as with a silver vs white bounce umbrella, since the light from a soft box still has to pass through diffusion material, but it's there.
Jimmy Hill yes he mentions white vs silver interior at 6:30 but as you said and I have noticed as well... there is a noticeable difference in the quality of light and some videos demo the difference.
Humble yourself, your name is on that beauty dish I’m sure you had to work hard to get to that status. Many new and up coming photographers don’t have the equipment you own. Beside that your knowledge on lighting is vast remember you have viewers trying to understand and learn from you.
Hello Joel, I like your photos and you make great videos, but today I have a question. This 16 Rod Softbox has absolutely nothing to do with a Beauty Dish (except the flat lid in the middle). Its shape is completely identical to a round softbox. It can not possibly have the characteristics of a beauty dish. I would be interested in pictures of the light and shadow of the thing.
Joel, I checked the link you supplied (NG) for that particular BD, I went to B&H on line and they a different one with your name on it. It that a new or modified version?
I have this modifier, and I love it. But watching this video made me love it a little bit less. What is the point of this video? Seemed like a lot of rambling to me.