How to light a headshot using a beauty dish

You beauty! Learn the best way to use your beauty dish.

For this shoot, Gina photographed actor, singer, dancer and model (quadruple threat!) Timothy Springs using a beauty dish.

In this tutorial, Gina will show you:

  • The best position for a beauty dish
  • How to use a reflector with the beauty dish
  • How to direct your model
  • How to add light to the background using gels.

categories: Lighting, Tutorial, , , , , , , , , ,

Want this tutorial?

Sign up for Gold Membership to access this tutorial and hundreds more
  • More than 200 tutorials and masterminds
  • Live masterminds each month
  • Personal mentor
  • Great community of like-minded photographers

More tutorials like this

All/Behind the Scenes/Business/Capture One/Constructive Critiques/Gear Talk/Lighting/Lightroom/Photoshop/Retouching

How to remove noise in an image using Lightroom

In,

Lighting headshots 101

In, ,

Basic Photoshop beauty retouch using frequency separation, burning and dodging

In,

How to make eyes in portraits pop using Lightroom

In,

How to create soft window light using flash

In,

Behind the scenes as Gina shoots Timothy Springs

In, , ,

Sri Lanka surfer portrait: Natural light vs fill flash tutorial

In,

How to remove a green colour cast

In,
Load More

How to direct and pose like a pro

Find out more

About Gina

About Gina

Gina Milicia is one of the most widely known and respected photographers in Australia. She is the master of capturing that ‘magical moment’... READ MORE

instagram Instagram