Photoshoot 2

The second photoshoot I participated in was arranged by Lucille a fellow level 6 student and was to be assisted by myself and 3 level 5's. The shoot was for a second year commercial photographer and was looking at using glitter and gemstones to represent stones such as Amethyst, Rubys, Emeralds, Topaz etc.
Prior to the shoot Lucille unfortunately was unable to attend, therefore I stepped in to head up the shoot. We decided which gemstones we would assign ourselves to before the shoot to make it run more smooth on the day. I was assigned to Turquoise, Topaz and Opal.

Before the shoot I used the mood boards sent by the photographer to identify the correct kit list for the day;

On the day of the shoot I was working alongside 3 Level 5's one of which was designated as hair stylist, therefore I left the hair designs up to her. Regarding my Opal make-up I was quite unsure about the hair style which was created, which made the model look like a unicorn, which I felt was going off concept, but fortunately the photographer had also thought this and the style was changed and worked very well. I was also slightly concerned about the stylist using mastix in the models hair and was able to bring this up with her, out of the models earshot to keep her calm. The situation was the rectified. Below are some images from the day whilst working on the shoot;

The images above from the turquoise shoot used gold leaf on the lip and originally used Illamasqua eyeshadow around the eyes. The photographer requested Diamantes, which is something I was reluctant to use as I often find they give a very amateur feel. I applied them around the eyes in as good an application as I could achieve however I was still really unhappy with the final look, however did really like the lip colour.

On receiving the images, I was very unhappy to see that once I had left the shoot (two of us were released early due to health and safety regulations, and my models had been completed) somebody had tampered with my make-up and applied diamantes to the lips of the turquoise model, and also applied diamantes to the Topaz model. These are now for me unusable images, which I am too unhappy with to include in my portfolio. This is a good learning curve which has taught me to stay until my models have been photographed, and also to discuss with the photographer the make-up ideas before hand. Below are the images from the photoshoot;

**** Update February 7th 2015 ****
After some hard work on photoshop I have been able to work with the turquoise image to remove the dimantes and restore the image back to the make-up application I had left with. Below is the edited image;

The image is not 100% perfect, but images that are digitally compromised rarely are. The harsh line above the left eyebrow is something I am aware of and working on currently, but I am happier with the image than I was, and am now able to place this alongside the opal image as a collective pair onto my website.