First Beauty

So, here it is. One of my latest tests-3 weeks old I guess and it was first test I did since we came back from Hawaii. So, as you know my girlfriend Ariel is a make-up artist. Very talanted one, love her and she was asking me to work on beauty test for a while, so, since it was fashion week and we didn't have a stylist it was a great time to learn how to shoot beauty. When I'm thinking about beauty I'm getting board right away. It's so commercial and it's more about your retouching skills then anything else. At least that what I think right now. So, I was trying to create something interesting, something fun to shoot and look at. Check it out.

So, I'l go thru each picture...

We called story 'Made to order' and idea was to create robot-like girl, android, who would be expression less, with shiny skin, flat light and we would change make up and leave hair. For hair we decided pull it up, but in modern way, we tried to make her look unrealistic/futuristic, if it makes any sense. Anyway, we picked a model from agency, it was a first time I worked with them and on a pictures she looked fine, when she arrived we had to change game plan.

Her eye line was to low, so she would carry make up that we had in mind very well, so different make up. Also, I had in mind certain light scenario-flat light-2 kinos on each side-very simple but with certain make-up it would work very nicely. Didn't worked out, so I added Key light and add my signature hot light for drag.

Personally I like 3rd, 4th and last image. It's more of me, my energy and style, but in general I don't hate this test, this was my first studio try for beauty, beauty as I see it. All clothe I've got from my friend Dmitry Sholohov, he's designer for Domenico Vacca, his woman's collection, I liked the pieces, it's fun to photograph it, it's very much my style, I like sequence, because of nice drag and it adds energy to it.

Lesson: I learned that I have to be open to changes at any time, you have to have some clothe even for beauty, I learned some skin retouching technik, casting would help a lot.

Next stop-my second beauty test.