Beauty dish

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Photo shoot portrait

Nikon D800, Nikkor 135mm f/2 2x large stripboxes on either side of the model with colour gels on, as main 40cm beauty dish with grid in front left of the model

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Directing Lea is always fun. She's up for anything and knows exactly how to respond to any given setup. This time though, I just faked dropping a pencil. One 50cm silver beauty dish with two homemade diffuser socks.