My Love of Photoshoots

This post is not specifically about make up. I'm not going to explain how to apply anything, trend or products, I'm going to express why I love what I do.

My favourite way to spend a day is being in a studio doing make up for a photo shoot. I love that there are so many people working together doing what they do best with one common goal... an amazing photo. It is a team that works together and each person has something they know well to contribute, and when everyone involved is passionate about what they do it creates a mood that is indescribable.

A typical photo you see in a magazine is not just about a model putting on clothes and standing to take a picture, there are so many steps from start to finish. There is someone who designs that clothing that the model wears, a designer who designs the jewelry, and another designer who designs the shoes. After someone designs these items there is another person who makes them and chooses the fabric. There are people who take the items and put them together to create the look (a stylist). Usually there is an art director who thinks of the story and mood that they want for the photograph. There are make up and hair people who make the model look the way she does to tell the story the art director wants to tell. A model brings realism in the way they hold their body and the emotions the show in their face. There is the photographer who is there to capture the moment that brings everything together. After the photo is taken there is post production that perfects the photo to ensure the story has been told.

In a photo shoot there are tons of photos, wardrobe changes, different accessories, changes in hair styles or lip stick colours that happen before taking "the" photo. The process is as much a work of art as the final photo and I am so happy when I am part of the creation.

To me a photograph captures the best part of each person involved, the love and passion they put into their work. It is beautiful to see what passion looks like, and the ways people express it.