French Brown Photography

Ringflashes are great for portraits as they have a nice diffusion of light and create a great round catchlight in the eyes.

I used a large white plastic bowl, posterboard, some tinfoil on the inner ring, a fluorescent light diffuser and some packaging tape.

I made it very big so that it would work with my Sigma 10mm. The flash is fired remotely. Most of these shots were at 1/4 flash power or lower.

For the Beauty Dish, I also used the same bowl with the flash mounted on the back, center. The clear top from a 50CD cakebox fit perfectly in the bowl. Inside the taped in a 3″ blindspot mirror that I got from a car auto parts store.

Tags: beauty, beauty dish, dish, DIY, ringflash

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