I recently came across Brannon Estis’ tutorial for this ingenious DIY beauty dish made largely from foam.
Cost:
- $3.50, or $10 if you pimp it out with Velcro
Materials:
- White craft foam
- Sticky-backed Velcro
- Bottom of a Ziploc container
- Piece of emergency blanket
- Scissors
- Spray adhesive
Brannon explains the process:
I used a bowl to cut a 12″ disc in the craft foam. Made flaps in the center for my SB900. I scored the disc and put pieces of Velcro on either side so I could create a relatively bowl shaped disc. I cut the bottom out of the cheapest Ziploc bowl I could find, used spray adhesive to attach the piece of emergency blanket inside it and attached Velcro to a few strips of foam and the back of my new reflector. Works reasonably well as a parabolic reflector or beauty dish if you will.
View additional photos here.
The results? Amazing, in my opinion, especially for the cost.
I have yet to try this myself, but it is definitely on my shortened To-Do list.
