Building a DIY beauty dish

Light and Pixels - My Photography Journal » Blog Archive » Building a DIY beauty dish: "The beauty dish is a light modifier that provides sort of an intermediate result between a soft box and a bare bulb. The beauty dish has been said to provide a light for beautiful people because it can show all of the imperfections in skin - especially if used wrong. This is true when used too far away from the person being photographed. The light is best used close up and just above to the subject."