Light comes  in two different varieties either hard naked light as a bare light bulb or spot light or soft as the light on a cloudy day or light shining through a translucent fabric. The beauty dish seeks to be somewhere in between those two extremes. For this reason if you already have hard and soft light sources the beauty dish is a good option for another quality of light. It's got its name because of its popularity with fashion and beauty style photographs. The quality of light is hard enough to create a solid black in the shadow details but soft enough not to be too harsh on the skin tone as say a spot light or straight reflector dish. The beauty dish achieves this by placing a dome at its centre that the light source hits and bounces back off then being spun around the parabolic dish before being  propelled forward towards the subject.

They come in a variety of sizes from 42, 55, to 70 diameter. The 42 inch is ideal for headshots and will allow you to easily sculpture the light creating a very dramatic look. The Silver finish will give you more contrast than a white finish.

Please make sure to order the correct fitting for your flash head