Comments on: DIY Beauty Dish For Beautiful Portraits http://dptnt.com/2009/02/diy-beauty-dish-for-beautiful-portraits/ All about digital photography - DPTnT Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:16:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Patt http://dptnt.com/2009/02/diy-beauty-dish-for-beautiful-portraits/#comment-864 Patt Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:31:25 +0000 http://dptnt.com/?p=1858#comment-864 This seamed pretty easy and I am in the middle of making mine. I own a 580EX. The plastic down spout didn't quite fit. But, fear not. I put a cut from the edge to the base in the four rounded corners. This aloud the sides to flex around to except the size/shape of the flash. I got the bowl (18" plastic flower pot), plastic down spout, spray paint (white only) at Lowes. I got a 3 3/4" convex mirror at Advance Auto. The mirror isn't quite a large enough diameter to fit inside the CD case. Take any old CD the you have. Glue it inside the CD lid with the shiny side toward the bowl. Then add the convex mirror onto the CD. This will make the entire inside of the lid a reflective surface for the flash. I used some "professional welder" cement that I already had on hand. I can't remember the cost of that. I am sure JB Weld would work as well. So, far I don't plan on using screws to mount the down spout; only the adhesive. We will see how that works. I am going to let the cement cure for 24 hours. I also used my dremel to make the cuts, cutouts, and to rough up the surfaces between the bowl/down spout and CD spindle/bowl. Hopefully, this will aid in the bonding process without the need for screws. The bowl is an olive green. I elected not to spend the extra 4-6 bucks on the black paint for the exterior. I figured who cares what color the outside is. If I find some reason for the black later, I can add it then with no problems. My price came to $20 and some change. I already had the tools, cement and the CD case. I only picked up 4 items (flower pot, down spout, white paint and convex mirror). This will be 2" larger in dia. than the real one I bought for my studio gear. And it cost 50% less! Thanks for the info friends, Patt This seamed pretty easy and I am in the middle of making mine. I own a 580EX. The plastic down spout didn’t quite fit. But, fear not. I put a cut from the edge to the base in the four rounded corners. This aloud the sides to flex around to except the size/shape of the flash. I got the bowl (18″ plastic flower pot), plastic down spout, spray paint (white only) at Lowes. I got a 3 3/4″ convex mirror at Advance Auto. The mirror isn’t quite a large enough diameter to fit inside the CD case. Take any old CD the you have. Glue it inside the CD lid with the shiny side toward the bowl. Then add the convex mirror onto the CD. This will make the entire inside of the lid a reflective surface for the flash. I used some “professional welder” cement that I already had on hand. I can’t remember the cost of that. I am sure JB Weld would work as well. So, far I don’t plan on using screws to mount the down spout; only the adhesive. We will see how that works. I am going to let the cement cure for 24 hours. I also used my dremel to make the cuts, cutouts, and to rough up the surfaces between the bowl/down spout and CD spindle/bowl. Hopefully, this will aid in the bonding process without the need for screws. The bowl is an olive green. I elected not to spend the extra 4-6 bucks on the black paint for the exterior. I figured who cares what color the outside is. If I find some reason for the black later, I can add it then with no problems.

My price came to $20 and some change. I already had the tools, cement and the CD case. I only picked up 4 items (flower pot, down spout, white paint and convex mirror). This will be 2″ larger in dia. than the real one I bought for my studio gear. And it cost 50% less!

Thanks for the info friends,

Patt

]]> By: Tom http://dptnt.com/2009/02/diy-beauty-dish-for-beautiful-portraits/#comment-736 Tom Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:55:11 +0000 http://dptnt.com/?p=1858#comment-736 Thank you for posting the link to my DIY Beauty dish at <a>Lightandpixels.com</a> I hope that other photogs can use the plans to create a dish of their own. The key to the dish is the adjustable mirror. It lets you match the mirror and the bowl shape so you get good quality light. Cheers, Tom Thank you for posting the link to my DIY Beauty dish at Lightandpixels.com I hope that other photogs can use the plans to create a dish of their own. The key to the dish is the adjustable mirror. It lets you match the mirror and the bowl shape so you get good quality light. Cheers, Tom

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