I picked up a Damian McGillicuddy 19" Beauty Dish yesterday for use at the weddings I cover. I wanted to test it but my wife and daughters went to bed so the dog volunteered for biscuits instead!
The dish itself is really sturdy and collapsable but I haven't practiced how long that takes yet. They aren't cheap at about £195 but I couldn't really find anything else thats portable and does both octabox and beauty dish. A real gap in the market there.
The great thing with the dish is that its perfect for location portraits plus I can use the octabox feature to photograph my tanks
The image was taken at 1/2 strength flash on a speedlight, F8 @ 125th sec. BD positioned above benji's head.
Benji - Damian McGillicuddy Beauty Dish test by Stu Worrall, on Flickr
The dish itself is really sturdy and collapsable but I haven't practiced how long that takes yet. They aren't cheap at about £195 but I couldn't really find anything else thats portable and does both octabox and beauty dish. A real gap in the market there.
The great thing with the dish is that its perfect for location portraits plus I can use the octabox feature to photograph my tanks
The image was taken at 1/2 strength flash on a speedlight, F8 @ 125th sec. BD positioned above benji's head.
Benji - Damian McGillicuddy Beauty Dish test by Stu Worrall, on Flickr