Hello everyone!
Well i have a fun announcement... i'm diving into the world of photography!
Don't worry, i would never forget my first love of makeup and beauty! But i do love all facets of the fashion and beauty industry which has lead me to take up the camera!
I know i still have a lot of learning to do, but for the last month and a half I have been studying and studying aperature, ISO, and all sorts of other fun terms i never paid much attention to before! I have a new camera, with new fun goodies to attach to it (lenses, flashes, etc).
Here are some shots from my first shoot (and yes, i did makeup and styling as well)
I got the idea from a magazine tear sheet of a Oscar De La Renta gown. Ok, so my final shots have absolutely not one thing in common with the tear sheet other than the fact that i'm looking down at the model! HAHAHAHA. But it sparked some ideas. And i knew i wanted a gown... um, but i had no access to a gown. That's when my brain went to tulle, and I decided to make a brown tulle ballet skirt. FYI - sewing a tulle ballet skirt is not as easy as it looks!
My dear and darling hubby.... we have no leaves in our yard (or didnt at the time). Especially in our back yard. I wanted bright colored and beautiful fall leaves... so i sent him on a mission to find some. THe best ones he found were at a another house in a neighborhood (mind you someone we did not know). He knocked on the door and asked if he could rake some of their leaves for his wife who asked for brightly colored fallen leaves. The man laughed a bit and said rake away. And so he did. Didnt he do a good job? I heart my art department. :D
Oh - i suppose i should talk a bit about the makeup, huh?
I started off using Dinair Olive Beige airbrush foundation for a smooth and flawless fresh face.
Next I added some of the bronze Stila Smudgepot around her eyes and then smoked that out a bit using MAC's sable shadow. Her eyes were then also lined with a thin line of black to intensify the black mascara i'd be adding on her.
Blush is GARB by mac and her lips are Boss Brown (my favorite mac shade of prolongwear lipgloss).
Next up, we switched up the shoot a little and changed wardrobe and makeup.
This "bamboo forest" is actually in the backyard edge of a house for sale very close to mine. We just borrowed it for a moment. :D I actually do like the house even though a bit smaller than ours, and would buy it for the large property lot if we could sell our house! haha.
Here is a close up shot so you can see the makeup a little better....
I used MAC pigments (golden lemon, electric coral and shadow in steam) to create the eye look.
Her lips i juse added a little bit of myth lipstick by mac to tone down the existing lipcolor.
Here's one more shot...
I'm very proud of myself! I know that i still have a bit to learn, but i'm getting there.
Stay tuned!
6 comments:
wow, it all looks great!
Katie Cotton......you are so amazing,and very talented person!!!!
Maybe Emma Grace can be your next "little model"!
Great work!
Donna
Wow! Katie, you did a fantastic job on these...everything about them!!
At first glance I thought it was the girl from Dark Angel. She's beautiful and these pictures are fabulous! My favorite is the last one.
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