Any more general
advice on make up
that suits your
style?
I have a make up
guide that I can
send through to you
prior to any shoot,
that covers
application, style
and so on, and I
have a supply of my
preferred eye
shadows and
lipsticks but if you
are looking for
general
recommendations of
what will photograph
well and not cost
you a fortune then
the best of the
bunch are:
With eye shadow, Mac
make the best one,
but a cheaper good
quality alternative
black eye shadow is
made by Stargazer,
and can be found
cheaply and reliably
on ebay.
Other than that, any
eye shadows with a
glitter/sparkle
aren’t favourite
thing at all. If you
are looking for
something more
“exotic” in terms of
colour then Givenchy
do a range that
photograph very well
but these clock in
at around £12 each –
better instead to
purchase Kryolan
Aqua Colour – it’s
actually stage make
up (and comes from
Germany), it’s water
based and makes a
fantastic eye
shadow, comes in a
range of colours and
costs about £3.50
and you get tonnes!
A great range of
lipsticks that won’t
break the bank is
the “Collection
2000” range -
“Volume Boost” you
can get these at
Tesco for around
£2.00 each – “Red
Red 14” is my
absolute favourite –
looks great when
processed. Again
with lipsticks – I
like to keep it to
bold and solid
colours.
Having worked with a
fair few models now,
I understand there
is some reticence
initially about
moving away from
their own tried and
trusted make up
formulas. Certainly,
the results of a
plain matt black eye
shadow and bright
red lipstick can
appear to look far
too “bold” for most
models; however
these harsh looks
are what suit the
way I light, shoot
and process images.
What clothes do I
need to bring with
me?
By all means bring a
few outfits that
you’d really like to
try and we can start
with that.
In addition it’s
handy if you can
bring a pair of well
worn blue jeans
(battered and tatty
as you like – those
with big flare look
especially good too,
plain white/cream
shirt is always
handy.
Generally for the
style of stuff I
shoot, bare feet
always work well, a
cool pair of biker
boots can look good,
converse trainers
(the battered the
better) again can
look good.
If you do want to
wear high heels for
some of the fashion
stuff then try and
get those with a 5-6
inch lift (not
stacked on the sole)
it will get the best
results in terms of
“enhancing” the legs
and posture – please
make sure the shoes
are not gold or
silver though
(tacky).
Also it is useful to
have one set black
of underwear and one
set of white
underwear. Plain
cotton stuff – not
sheer - works best
for me (please no
Wonderbras – as a
brand, I find they
don’t photograph
well – other gel/underwired
brands are ok –
Panache Atlantis are
fantastic!) –
remember that any
underwired bra can
mark the skin easily
which can delay the
shoot while your
skin “recovers”.
Regardless, please
make sure the bra
fits you properly –
loose straps can
spoil a shot!
Thong/g-string type
knickers always
photograph well –
mind you I’ve never
had a model turn up
in big dirty grey
pants that go up to
their armpits, so I
assume you don’t
want to be the
first!
Fingernails and
toenails can be
painted; plain dark
colours (not
pearlescent) can
work well. Gel and
acrylic (plain)
fingernail
extensions always
look good.
As you can see I’m
not really
interested in
standard “glamour”
looks, glamour is
fine of course– but
its better when it’s
given a bit of a
twist!
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