which is more worth my money? i already have a slew of umbrellas, so i'm looking for a different, useful, and portable way to modify my light on-location and in-studio.
10 points most convincing answer!Which is better and why? Alienbees Large Octabox or Alienbees Beauty Dish with Diffusion Sock?
The light from an Octobox and a beauty dish aren't all that different. They are different but not worlds apart like you'd expect. So what has more usefulness to you? Based on the portable part of it, I'd say the Octobox. It can fold down for travelling and is still useful. You'll probably find that outside neither one is ideal, as they act as huge sails, but the Octobox being sealed up rather than umbrella like would probably catch the wind a little less. I still wouldn't want to hold onto one in a wind storm.
Beauty dishes give round catchlights in the eyes. It looks a little more natural to see a round point of light than an eight sided or worse yet a square point of light. Umbrellas are ok, but if they are in a reflection you can see the ribs of the umbrella and it just screams umbrella.
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