I have to say the beauty dish is very versatile and comes with all sort of fitments so it can be used as a soft box, beauty dish and also has various diffusers to help you get the effect you are looking for. It also is very mobile and fits easily back into the nice small bag you get to pack it into.

All in all I have been very impressed with the dish to date, it isn’t cheap (£385) but in my eyes you get what you pay for, and if you want a quality versatile light modifier with guaranteed superb beauty effect results then you can’t go wrong with one of Damian’s modifiers.

The key design of the inside of the beauty dish is the shiny silver reflective surface which helps achieve the relevant contrast you are looking for in your lighting, a lot of the other products on the market are more of a matt effect and simply don’t come close to the effect you get with this modifier.

I wish I had invested in one sooner and not wasted my money on 2-3 other solutions first which I have ended up putting these in the loft to collect dust as they didn’t provide me with the effects I was craving from my lighting.

The only suggestion I can make is that perhaps a brief diagram be included to show how to put the various configurations together which might help people as there are no instructions with it. However it is very easy to put together even without any instructions.

I would rate the 36” beauty dish as follows:

Ratings out of 5.

• Quality of product = 4.5
• End Results = 5 (as seen on the MMOS course)
• Versatility = 5
• Service = 4.5
• Ease of use and setup = 4.5
• Value for money = 4

Overall = 4.5 / 5

The McGillicuddy Multi-Modifier and all of Damian’s lighting modifiers can can found at www.art4artssake.co.uk/light-modifiers.html

Next Tuesday James will share how you can adapt the modifier to use with Bowen’s lights.

James Spencer

James is a professional photographer based in Bristol in the South West of England. James is self-taught in photography over a number of years; James is an active member of the SWPP and very much into the principle of continuous learning through photographic training. James is also a course tutor on a photography degree course in the South West where he enjoys mentoring upcoming photographers work and helping them develop into full time pro’s. James’s passion is for photographing people through his portrait and wedding work. James is continuing with his photography journey in 2011 by being mentored by award winning photographer Damian McGillicuddy. James’s other photographic interest is post production techniques using Photoshop.
James’s other passion is computing and the web, with his specific interests being web development, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), CMS solutions, social media and web marketing.
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