A strobe is a very powerful flash that does not mount to the camera hot shoe. Traditionally we connected it via a sync cable to our camera, but today we often use a radio controller that sits in the camera’s hot shoe and that talks to the strobe(s) directly.
In this article, we are going to look at a key light shaper for anyone shooting portraits; the beauty dish.
The beauty dish takes the strengths of both hard light shapers and soft light shapers and brings them together in what is going to be a very unique look.
For professionals, and particularly for aspiring professionals, the selection of the right studio strobe system has a long-term impact.