💥✨💥 5:40 Most interesting is that in all 3 shots your model barely moved from her pose. I so greatly appreciate all of your work and time spent creating these videos.

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Yes she's a bit stiff and thank you

@Jimmy_Cavallo

3 жыл бұрын

@@VisualEducationStudio always really amazing work. Such an inspiration ...!! Stiff. HAA

A beauty dish PLUS a softbox, together, is an amazing set-up as well.

Your explanation demonstrates, your in-depth knowledge and commitment. Thank you so much for making this video.

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

When I shoot a glamour head shot I use the Beauty dish & a silver reflector below the models face under her chin, works like a charm! Nice video for newbies!

Amazing lesson. Best explanation I have found on KZread thus far!! thank you

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Fascinating! What an excellent result with just a single light and one modestly sized modifier.

@VisualEducationStudio

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks

Your model is a real doll.

Love your classes. Learned a lot.

Thanks for taking time of your busy schedule to educate us :)

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Excellent video as always, Karl. Very informative. Thank you.

@VisualEducationStudio

2 жыл бұрын

Very welcome

Once again, Thanks for sharing karl, depth of knowledge and clear explanation. I appreciate it. It came at the time I wanted to buy a beauty dish.

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great demonstation of light modifiers. Well done.

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thank you for this demonstration. Great information.

Awesome job as always. Informative, well explained and examples well demonstrated.

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

Very informative. I greatly admire your work and excellent advice.

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that

Stiffanie, love it!!

Bravo! Great video. With your explanations, things look simple. In my experience, when I'm using silver umbrellas, l'm taking care of their limits. The difference of result Vs beauty dishes is not so evident (most of the customers takes care more of the results than the tools I use). First, when using a silver umbrella, I can "zoom" by pulling or pushing them from the light. More important, I can move my lights on an another angle. Second point, when it is possible, I can also move my subject closer or more far. Last, imho, even if the beauty dishes are great modifiers, bring them on location is a pain.

Excellent, expert comparison, thank you!

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you very much Mr. Karl

Terrific information and comparison. Thanks for sharing!!

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful

I agree with you as I also have a 70cm beauty dish, however, i always teach that a 'shoot through' umbrella is a good close match for the amateur to try and use, and again also how the umbrella is placed, ie closer or further away from the strope, so a variation is achieved and worth exploring. great vid karl

nice.....i like your videos because you explain in metric units .... thank you and of course THE CONTENT !

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them, thanks

As I would expect... Karl has a keen eye for minute changes with aspects of lighting .. and what a studio !

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

வீடியோ மிகவும் பயனுள்ளதாக இருந்தது மிக்க நன்றி 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 இரா.மனோகர் சென்னை . Very useful video sir, I learned lot from it, looking forward more videos like this keep it up good work, thanks a lot sir big thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 R.MANOHAR Chennai.

Good video, thank you. Now I don't have to wonder. Editorials, here I come!

This is super informative bro. thank you

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Really u r God to photograhers who will develop their professional value

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

very kind thanks

Karl, thanks again for sharing your wisdom with us. Very useful. Best regards from Mother Russia

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure and hello to Russia.

Great Video, as always Karl :)

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Thanks Karl, very interesting mate.

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Love your videos. Bags of insight, and knowledge clearly explained.

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them

Very interesting explanation - many thanks. I wonder if you have covered in another video that I am yet to find about the "flash into the umbrella" vs "flash through the umbrella" technique. I notice different photographers seem to use it one way (bounced) and others use it the other way (shoot through, such as Platon who seems to use this technique). My understanding is that both methods diffuse the light but I am a little muddled as to when you'd use one technique over the other.

Stiffany is a great name!!

Lesson learned. I like the contrast the beauty dish creates on the subject

@VisualEducationStudio

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Thanks Karl. You are the best.

@VisualEducationStudio

2 жыл бұрын

Very kind thank you.

Great work sir, thankyou

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Most welcome

Thank you for this video.

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Muchas gracias.

I find the differences between a shiny silver and a frosted silver umbrella interesting - I`m only a hobby photographer who has to be economical with his money, so I`m using speedlites, but a 40 cm silver beauty dish is my favourite modifier too

Thank You!

Thanks. Nice tutorial. The model is great, could smile a little bit more.

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

She's very moody.

@robert_samuels

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thanks buddy

The model is very cold face 😂😂😂 I love all ur videos and I hope one day when I come to UK to meet u 👍👍

Work in studio like that make any other places little if we compare , good tutorial thanks 👍

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I wonder if the umbrella would render a different result (wether being closer to the beauty dish or further away) by pushing the flash further inside the umbrella. You did something similar with the deep parabolic light modifiers. Without having experience with those particular modifiers, I assume it might just work in a similar fashion. Of course, the larger segments will always be inferiour to a perfectly rounded surface (like on a beauty dish) in regards to shadows on the background, but it might improve performance. How a bout pushing the flash a lot further in and then going for bare bulb? Beauty dishes are always interesting but they are a pia when having to bring it to a location shoot. And collapisble beauty dishes (even with lots of segments) usually fire streight through it without the center dish blocking the hotspot. It has to be possible to get a proper collapsible beauty dish that gives you almost as good of a result as a solid one.

I actually really loved the light from the silver umbrella, though.

Thanks a lot!!

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

No worries!

Gracias por la traducción al español!

Very interesting karl. Its shows the difference that not many do. What do you think of film as a medium instead of digital.

Thank you very much!

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

No worries

thnx

Thank you for all the great info you give free of charge....whish i could get a brand name for that beauty dish 😊

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. No brand just a 70cm silver, most studio stores sell them.

@crismi144

4 жыл бұрын

@@VisualEducationStudio thank you

This good if upgrading from umbrellas for models or product photography.

Am I the only one stunned by the sheer size of the stands and other other equipment.

I have always admired the result I get with the beauty dish, however, I tend to use more often the umbrella or a foldable softbot due to its portability. The main downside to BD is its size and its non-portable friendly.

Thanks for this. It's interesting. If i understand well this video and others I watched about the beauty dish : there is just one position to use a BD otherwise you get ugly reflection/shadows, right ? You cant really play with it, put it on a side etc. If this is correct then it's a bit boring no ? Thank you !

thanks for sharing your knowledge.I thought that use the beauty dish with diffuser was better, now I know is not. I got to try it now.thanks

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Stiffany xD I loved the seriousness the entire video until you called her by name. Thanks for the comparisons. I think I need a beauty dish :D

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

Fantastic video. Thanks for sharing and I'm looking forward to subscribing to kte soon

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you, and we look forward to seeing you on our platform

Using a model that can’t move while practicing lighting is genius!!

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Stiphannie is very good at modelling 😊

@macbaar6073

3 жыл бұрын

And no arguing...

thank you

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome

Bonjour Karl, Thanks for your explanation in an understandable english for non native. Do you know if it could be interesting to use a reflector 70cm with the Elinchrom deflector set (silver, gold, frost and translucent 14cm diameter) compared to classical metal silver beauty dish as in your video with a little flash 200Ws? if yes, it is better to choose a white reflector or silver directly? Best Regards, David

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I've used lots of beauty dishes and beauty boxes and my favourite is always the 70cm silver as in this video.

What about the Glow folding Beauty Dishes?

Thanks for that video Karl ! Really appreciate the way you've compared the 3 modifiers. A question for you, between a white and a silver beauty dish, if you had just one to buy, witch one will you prefer and why?

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Silver, more sparkle, more sculpting. Especially for models, younger subjects, good cheek bones etc. A white beauty dish isn't hugely different from a medium to large Octabox with a round mask diffuser on it.

@jacques060

3 жыл бұрын

@@VisualEducationStudio Merci so much for that precise and great answer... Really appreciate Karl !

Is the pack/lighthead color temp shifting on those last couple shots at different outputs? Great comparisons. I too like the dish. There is a dish with a indent shape, which is the Mola, vs other dishes. Would be interesting to see if the $900 extra warrants that dish shape vs a "Studio Essentials 28" $79.99.

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Phil, no these packs are spot on, apparently there can be a small shift if one light is at 9 and the other is at power 1, but these were all shot around 5. It's the change in modifiers that can often cause a shift in colour temperature. Yes I've not used a Mola, the design looks like and industrial lamp shade, would be interesting to try one.

Great video! Does anyone know where can I get a mannequin like this? Being able to see the catchlights is great. Also, what’s the brand of the beauty dish? Thanks in advance

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

We got this one on Amazon

Does anyone know what brand the beauty dish is in Karl's video? I have watched the video multiple times and I can't figure it out. Just trying to pick one up from B and H. Thank you in advance :)

Hello Karl, hope you can help me out here... I can't for the life of me find a 70cm beauty dish for my set (with a bowens mount), do you have the link for this one you're using on the video? Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the information, it’s very useful. Just one question, is there beauty dish that’s compatible with a pocket flash and is just as if effective?

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

If you mean a speedlite by pocket flash then all you need is to put a dome diffuser on it and find some sort of adaptor that will hold the speedlite and beauty dish, the physics of it will work with a dome diffuser on a speedlite.

@GrandEpicPhotos

4 жыл бұрын

@@VisualEducationStudio Thank for the advice, it's highly appreciated.

I love the light from a beauty dish, but one downside if you don't have a permanent studio is that it's not at all travel-friendly. The only way I can carry mine around is to give it its own seat in the car!

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Good point

@boostedmaniac

Жыл бұрын

Some soft boxes also work as a beauty dish.

@zacklarez

Жыл бұрын

Ironically, portability is why I got a BD. I hated fussing with softboxes on location so I got a smallish dish and just screw and go! Less bulk and I don't always have a lot of room. However I'm thinking I should try these larger dishes now..

Sensacional!

I think the loss in exposure could be due to the fact that the light opens into the beauty dish directly but it fires into the umbrella from a distance and is then reflected forward. That short distance is enough to cause the exposure variation

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Hi it's just down to the dispersion of the light from the material and the fact that the beam isn't as focused as the light from the beauty dish. The distances were the same with the first umbrella but because of less dispersion the exposure remained the same although the look didn't.

Really nice, comprehensive comparison. Thank you. Do you have any words of wisdom/opinion on the difference between a silver and white beauty dish? How about with the addition of a "sock" on either? PS - Whatever you're paying "Stiffanee," she deserves a raise!

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

White beauty dish, not much different to a small round softbox, but slightly better. The silver one provides better sculpting. Putting a sock on any of them just turns them into a white round softbox. This is all lighting physics stuff, which if understood (and you can learn it on KTE) then you'd know the answer to almost all lighting questions. The great thing about light is it's a fixed quantity it always behaves in the same way based on its interaction with different materials or modifiers or mediums so in many ways it is very predictable. When you understand the science of light more deeply you know what it will do or how to make it do it.

What's a tri-reflector?? Got a link?

Thank you for sharing those interesting infos! May I ask what monitor brand and model are you using for accurate color representation?

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Hi I have an Eizo coloredge 31inch 4K in my office for main retouching. I have an Eizo 2K 24inch in the studio. One of the team has an Asus Pro Art and our video editor also has an Eizo but an older one.

@andrescastillo4971

4 жыл бұрын

@@VisualEducationStudio Thank you for the content Karl! i would like to know what´s your opinion about the Apple pro display XDR for editing?

@bojangbg

4 жыл бұрын

Eizo has also changed my mind once I tried it.

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrescastillo4971 Hi I'm afraid I can't comment on that monitor as I've not yet seen or used one.

Question why do I get shadow on my background when using the beau dish It’s 16inch but when I use my large soft box no shadow

Thanks Karl for these insights. Well done. Side question: where have you found Stephanie? She's not a common model, the face is pretty realistic with real volumes. Thx

@VisualEducationStudio

2 жыл бұрын

I think we found her on Amazon but I also so one the same on Ebay

What model beauty dish is that?

👌🏼

I prefer the Elinchrom beauty dich to, have adapted it over to Broncolor my self..

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

That's great if you prefer it. This wasn't the broncolor beauty dish either this was an independent brand one.

cool

Hallo, what have you Program, please the Name And link thank you

Thanks for the video. So (Para 133) > Beauty dish 70 cm > frosted silver umbrella > shiny silver umbrella... and what about focus 110? Since it is possible to zoom the flash in, would the comparison remain interesting in terms of contrast and texture?

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

We have another video on that coming soon

@yanncabello5432

3 жыл бұрын

@@VisualEducationStudio thanks so much

Hey Karl, what's your view on the new type of Beauty Dishes, like the EZ Glow Beauty Dish. It's not a metal circle bowl anymore.

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Not as effective as an actual beauty dish and not quite a true parabolic shape to be as effective as a Para and remember when it has a diffuser on it it's just a round softbox.

@andrewmckenley5355

4 жыл бұрын

@@VisualEducationStudio I was wondering what would be the difference with that and a softbox because it seemed the same. Thanks much.

Thank you Karl, can we have a studio measuring 25ft x 16 ft ro shoot online Photography full length model shoot, white background.

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

I think it would be tight, I could just about shoot full length comfortably in my old studio which was 11m x 7m. You have to remember that your model is not going to be at the far end of the studio, your background is and you generally need some distance between the model and the background to light effectively. If you are only doing white background then you could reduce the distance by using an illuminated white background but again if you bring your model too close to it then light will spill on to your model.

@krishnapramod5350

4 жыл бұрын

@@VisualEducationStudio thank you Karl, for usefull advice. See you soon at your Karl Education

How different is a silver beauty dish from a small octabox of comparable size if you remove the diffusion panels from the octabox (both diffusion panels or only one of them)?

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, very different because the light focusing is very different.

@sports_car_enthusiast

3 жыл бұрын

@@VisualEducationStudio thank you

What shade of gray was your background? Distance of model from background?

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Manners maketh man...... White/3m

And how would the beauty dish compare to a deep umbrella such as the broncolor focus 110? Were any of the two umbrellas you used here from broncolor?

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Hi it's different but I do like the focus 110, we do a complete comparison of that and other modifiers on KTE

@sports_car_enthusiast

3 жыл бұрын

@@VisualEducationStudio thank you

Where did you buy the manequin, The ones i bought, there wasn't any eye reflection. So if you got a link to the one, or if you know similar. Like your videoes

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Amazon

@mindblowinganimator

4 жыл бұрын

@@VisualEducationStudio Can you provide a link please? I would be very grateful!

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Search this on Amazon UK - SONGMICS Female Mannequin, Full Body Manikin, Dummy Realistic, Adjustable Mannequin, for Windowshop Clothes Display, PE Plastic, Flesh Tone MPLM07

Hi Mr. carl What is the software you are thretening

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Phocus by Hasselblad

Have you used a folding beauty dish? Do they give the same light as a rigid beauty dish? Beauty dish or deep umbrella preference?

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid I haven't used one.

Hy Karl. beauty dish to full lenght shoots?

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

Yes possible but the fall off of light will be quite quick as the light is focused perpendicular to the centre of the dish and optimised for about 2m away. As you use if further away the spread is greater and the light less focused and therefore will lose some of its qualities. This is often the case with most modifiers. If you wanted to retain a focused look then you'd need to move to a Para 133 or if you wanted a softer look then an Octabox 150.

where to find the independent brand beauty dish?

@trondhelgehie6771

4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Ng Chun Ming Elinhcom 70cm

Thought the fall off in the beauty dish would be faster given that it appears to be closer to the subject than the umbrellas.

Stiffanie is so cooperative.

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

:)

🙏😊

Was the beauty dish also silver?

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it was

How much does the size of the beauty dish matter?

@VisualEducationStudio

4 жыл бұрын

The bigger the better for me because it's quite a sparkly light so bigger makes it a bit softer.

Hi Karl, Nice Name... What model and size dish did you use

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

70cm silver

@karlweb1

3 жыл бұрын

@@VisualEducationStudio who made it

@VisualEducationStudio

3 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid i don't know it was just an independent brand from a studio supplier, it was available in a number of lighting brand fittings.

Obviously not the point of the video, but how are you reviewing your pictures on your laptop straight away after taking a shot? I can't find how to do it anywhere? Thanks

@VisualEducationStudio

2 жыл бұрын

Tethered shooting: karltayloreducation.com/class/shooting-tethered/