My 3 Favorite Beauty Lighting Modifiers

Today I'm going to share with you my 3 favorite beauty modifiers and how I use each to create very different results.

If you follow my work you know that I love shooting beauty and the endless possibilities for what we can create with the right tools, especially when it comes to lighting.

Below are my 3 favorite beauty modifiers. Each one creates very different results, but each one is important to my beauty photography. It's important to know the differences which I'll illustrate in this video.

👉 The Magnum Reflector

This lighting modifier is a hard light reflector that creates bright and crisp illumination on your subject. If i want the light to look a little more sunny or have defined edges I'll reach for this modifier. This one is a bit less forgiving than other modifiers and will definitely bring out details such as blemishes, so be careful how you use it! So why use a reflector like this? I love how much control I have over the shadows with this reflector and it's great for beauty.

👉 White Beauty dish

A beauty dish (sometimes known as a softlight reflector depending on the brand) is a softer light source but has a bit more of a pop and contrast to it. The beauty dish is (as it sounds) a dish shaped modifier that has a reflector in it that bounces the light inside it around and then out. Because of this, the light is doubly reflected, resulting in a somewhat softer light. I chose a beauty dish when I want a light that is flattering on the skin, but with a little more contrast and definition in the shadows. A white beauty dish is great for beauty, cosmetic shots etc, and is the modifier I use most often as it's the best of both worlds, it's very soft but has some qualities of hard light. I'll frequently add a grid to a beauty dish to help control the spill of light especially if I'm gelling the background.

👉 Scrim

When I'm looking to setup the softest, smoothest light possible, I go for a scrim. It's by far the softest of my 3 favorite modifiers. To put it simply, a scrim is nothing more than a frame with diffusion material. When you light the scrim with a strobe it becomes an extremely large and diffused light source. Scrims come in different sizes, 4x4, 6x6, 8x8 and even larger. The larger the scrim the softer the light. This is a great modifier for shooting a variety of things -- for beauty it helps cut down on retouching since it produces such a soft quality of light. The downside of course is that this thing can be huge and might not fit in many spaces.

So now you can see how each of these modifiers produces a different result and how each one has its specific purpose. It's not always about which tool is the best, but which is the best for the job!

Drop a comment below and tell me what your favorite modifier is! 😍

✅ Profoto Magnum Reflector: https://adorama.rfvk.net/mvmbO
✅ Profoto White Beauty Dish: https://adorama.rfvk.net/NJNOV
✅ Westcott Scrim: https://adorama.rfvk.net/KNZ5a

🔥 If you're totally new to studio lighting or even have some experience but feel like you haven't yet mastered it I recommend checking out my ultra in-depth class called Master Studio Lighting: https://lindsayadler.photo/masterstudiolighting

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