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|| SportsShooter.com: Member Message Board Modified Modifiers? Brian Ray, Photographer, Photo Editor Fort Worth | TX | United States | Posted: 4:27 PM on 06.06.11 ->> What ideas/examples do you all have of improving on existing lighting modifiers or building them from scratch? I'm always looking for new ideas and happy to pass mine along as they come up. Today's project: Paul C Buff Beauty DIsh Mod I love Paul C Buff products but the beauty dish is just a pain. I always use the little circular piece of metal that redirects the bare bulb back into the dish but I hate having to carry it around separately and it also adds an extra step into my setup/tear down before a shoot. Not anymore..... 15 minutes, 6 rivets and 3 small strips of 26 gauge sheet metal later that little sucker is permanently attached like most other brands of beauty dishes. Plenty of clearance to give the flashtube room to stay cool and the dish still accepts grids and/or diffusion socks. Let me know if you need a picture or a how-to.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Guy Rhodes, Photographer East Chicago | IN | USA | Posted: 7:34 PM on 06.07.11 ->> Way before the Orbis and all these other slip-on ring flash adapters for Speedlites came on the scene, I built one using foam core and foil stove burner liners: http://www.sportsshooter.com/guyrhodes/ringlight/ I've also built many softboxes over the years (even egg crate grids for them) using foamcore, foil, and bleached muslin. White the "real thing" is certainly more portable and impressive in front of paying clients, the end result between those and their home-brew equivalents aren't much different.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions James Broome, Photographer Tampa | FL | US | Posted: 10:12 PM on 06.07.11 ->> "I love Paul C Buff products but the beauty dish is just a pain. I always use the little circular piece of metal that redirects the bare bulb back into the dish but I hate having to carry it around separately and it also adds an extra step into my setup/tear down before a shoot." Mine came attached. I didn't know they came any other way.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Add your comments... If you'd like to add your comments to this thread, use this form. You need to be an active (paying) member of SportsShooter.com in order to post messages to the system. NOTE: If you would like to report a problem you've found within the SportsShooter.com website, please let us know via the 'Contact Us' form, which alerts us immediately. It is not guaranteed that a member of the staff will see your message board post. Thread Title: Modified Modifiers? Thread Started By: Brian Ray Message: Member Login: Password: Return to --> Message Board Main Index

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