Studio Photography Tip – Using A 22 Inch Beauty Dish And A Slightly Shallow Depth of Field
You can scroll down below the image to see the details on how I shot the image below:

22 Inch Beauty Dish and 640WS Einstein – Both From Paul C. Buff
Basic Overview Below Of How This Was Shot:
…I Was Standing On Step Stool For Angle
…2 Brolly Boxes – One Left – One Right – For Side Lighting
…2 Inexpensive 180WS Strobes For The 2 Brolly Boxes
…70-200mm Canon f/2.8 Set F/5.6
…Canon 5D Mark III – 100 ISO
…Pocket Wizards To Trigger Strobes
…Paul C. Buff 640WS Einstein Strobe
…Kupos C -Stand With Boom Arm
…22 Inch Beauty Dish With Soft Cover
…53 Inch Savage Super White Background Made Slightly Gray In Post
…Subject Was About 4 feet From Background
Do the best you can with the equipment that you own or have access to. A prime lens will likel yield better results than a kit lens. But other than that, most of the rest of this can be shot with alternative options to what I used above. No, you don’t have to shoot it with a FULL Frame Pro Body. No, you don’t have to have an Einstein Strobe. etc. etc.
David Williams
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