The only suggestion is to do what I've been doing and do tests...
Start with the dish about a foot away from your subject and take a shot, move back a foot and take a shot, move back a foot and take a shot....
At some point you'll find a combination of light/falloff that you like. For me it is around three to four feet, using a grid. Close to 2 feet without a grid and for more of a "beauty look" just over a foot.
Your mileage may vary.
And yes the model looks like a very sensual girl, but I cant get past the hair, it actually gives me goose bumps and I have to look away. It is a completely and utterly stupid and perhaps juvenile response, I know this, but I can't help it.
Same thing happens when I eat/see brussel sprouts...
EDIT: Either tonight or tomorrow I'll post another shot from the same series of the girl you liked. In this one I also used the beauty dish as key (with grid) from further away. It was just an experiment, but I like the result. In this shot I used a second light with a blue gel like moonlight and really liked the result. You can let me know what you think.
Matt
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