Elinchrom versus a DIY Beauty Dish

Beauty Dish for Awe Striking Pictures

Beauty dish is an amazing lighting device.

It brings a picture to life

You can buy the equipment from a number of makers.

If you are short on budget you may also make one yourself

Do It Yourself Beauty Dish

Beauty dish is a simple tool, therefore it can also be designed by anyone. You just need a suitable plate or dish of foam/metal, a fluorescent bulb etc. for making it

DIY works well, though you may not have all the advantages of a Elinchrom beauty dish

Elinchrom Beauty Dish

Elinchrom beauty dish comes in different types of deflector types- silver and gold are commonly used.

Illumination from the device exaggerates the texture of the matter being photographed. A number of accessories can also be used with it for better effect

Elinchrom versus a DIY Beauty Dish: Which one to

Chose?

If money is not a constraint, you should opt for an Elinchrom beauty dish.

You can attach different accessories for modifying light further.

The deflector dish can also be changed quite easily with minimum loss of time

Changing dish is often not possible in case of DIY beauty dish or it may take a lot of time. Limited number of attachments can be used with it.