Going Behind the Scenes: A Makeup Artist's Take on a Magazine Fashion Shoot - Makeup and Beauty Blog

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Freelance makeup artist Audrey of Makeup by Audrey pulls back the curtain on a magical world of makeup in today's invitee post.

Have you ever been curious about what goes on backside the scenes at a way shoot? Well y'all're about to find out! I recently had the honor to be the makeup artist for the winter issue of Scene Magazine, a women's style magazine based in northern California, and I'm going to take you behind the airtight doors to go a peek on all the fun that was had!

The solar day started at 9AM where the pilus and makeup team immediately got started on beautifying our ii lovely models, Brooke and Gina, from Ford Models. Meanwhile, our talented lensman got to work on setting upwards the lights in the studio while the stylists were in a separate room getting all the looks together.

Before I went to piece of work, I made certain to talk over the desired makeup wait, a assuming smoky eye, with the editor-in-chief, Katharine Fong, and the contributing manner and beauty editor, Donna Kato. I too ran over to the styling room to come across what ensembles the models would exist wearing so I could have a consummate vision of the entire wait. Once I had that, I was ready to get! I did Gina's makeup while the two hairstylists, Karie and Shayne from Aveda at Santana Row, styled Brooke's hair and then we switched models. It probably took most an hour and a half to get them fix.

Then the models headed over to the styling room to become dressed in their first looks. I loved hanging out in this room! Donna and her team did an amazing job of pulling the wardrobe for this shoot. There were racks and racks of gorgeous, luxurious wearing apparel and tables of drool-worthy shoes, handbags, jewelry, and other accessories.

Because this shoot would back up two fashion spreads (Timeless Chic and The LBD Primer), we had a lot of looks (over ten!) to shoot so everyone had to be on their toes to keep everything moving in order to be done past 5PM.

Every bit the makeup creative person, I had the luxury of having the models to myself in the morning. Only after the initial application, I had to make certain to work with the remainder of the team to take care of any touch ups or makeup changes. Basically, you don't want to concur anything up. If one model's shooting, information technology'south probably a proficient fourth dimension to touch up the other 1 if she is dressed in her adjacent expect and waiting to shoot. Here I quickly swap out Gina'south smoky centre for a more neutral look.

This next picture really captures the multi-tasking that goes on at a shoot. The hair stylists work on changing the hair styles of each model while the stylists become them prepped for their next look. These guys are amazing! I loved how apace the hair stylists were able to turn out different hairstyles for each await and the stylists were so talented in assembling perfect looks from head to toe. I immediately wanted to go shopping afterward!

Styling assistant, Janet, uses clips to give this beautiful gray trench coat a more than fitted wait on model, Brooke. I don't recommend doing this at home 😉

Finally, the photographer, Stephanie Grace Lim, gets to shoot! I think you lot can tell by the buns and the flowers that Stephanie has a cool and artistic vibe in add-on to existence a very talented photographer. She came upwardly with a fun idea of incorporating branches with bird accents that really complimented the winter feel of the shoot.

And talk about existence ready for anything, she made sure to sport her knee pads so she can comfortably capture whatsoever shot!

It was and so fun to watch the actual shoot and all of us were squeeing (it's a give-and-take, right???) at how amazing each wait was turning out.

Here Stephanie lets me take a peek at the images already shot. It'south helpful for me to run into how my piece of work is looking on the camera and so I have a better idea if I need to make whatsoever adjustments or not.

Everything went smoothly and we were able to terminate on time with tons of groovy images! The team printed out some of the favorites for them to review. They already look great even untouched 🙂

As y'all tin tell, all of the images were shot against a white background. Stephanie then used her crawly editing skills to create a wintry blue background with the addition of some sleek branch shadow furnishings.

Whenever I work on photo shoots, I am always anxious to run across the concluding edited images. The waiting is my least favorite office of a shoot 🙂 The result was published about two months after we shot and I was thrilled to see the finished product!

Cover:

I of the fashion spreads:

And hither'south a funny outtake that wasn't included in the issue simply that I love all the same:

All in all, it was a great experience existence able to spend the day surrounded by so much creative energy. I loved working with this talented team and it was a care for to see all of our difficult work come up together in a beautiful finished product.

You tin can see the consummate issue here. If y'all live in northern California, print issues are available now. Take a await at all the featured winter fashions — they are gorgeous looks!

Backside the scenes pictures past Janet Kim Paik and Audrey Mendoza

Scene Magazine Credits
Editor-in-Chief: Katharine Fong
Contributing Fashion and Dazzler Editor: Donna Kato
Lensman: Stephanie Grace Lim
Designer: Becky Hall Lucero
Hair: Karie Bennett and Shayne Thurston, Aveda Atelier SalonSpa, Santana Row
Makeup: Audrey Mendoza
Styling assistance: Janet Kim Paik
Models: Brooke London and Gina, Ford Models

Written by Audrey

This post was written by Audrey, a freelance makeup artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her makeup creations can be found on Makeup by Audrey. She welcomes you to follow her makeup adventures on Facebook and Twitter.

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