Beauty dish

The light created is between that of a direct flash and a softbox, giving the image a wrapped, contrasted look, which adds a more dramatic effect.

There are many uses for a beauty dish, but its basic function is to provide a focused source of light for photographers.

Because the beauty dish wraps the light around the subject it gives the image a better contrast and highlights angles that other modifiers wouldn't be able to highlight, which is why most fashion photographers use them for their models.

With the way the beauty dish creates certain shadows in the "portrait" of the model it basically sculpts the face of the model, so that their beauty is captured in a more unique and high-profile way.

The way the beauty dish reflects the light allows it to accentuate and highlight the muscles and textures of the model, which is very important when a photographer's goal is to make a model look as if they are athletic even when they may not be.