Beauty Shoot – Evolution 10 Salon

Women love to look their best, and for this reason I very much enjoy doing beauty shoots. The model is pampered: good makeup and impeccable hair. Add  beauty lighting to makes her shine in the photographs. Being able to give someone a picture of themselves looking fabulous is a wonderful feeling.

Beauty show of model holding a champagne glass in front of white background
I really like props. They give the model something to do.
Beauty show of model holding a champagne glass in front of white background
Summer really relaxed when she was given the champagne glass, and sort of “forgot” she was being photographed.

I don’t know how many shoots Summer had done before, but I’d guess not very many. Working with an inexperienced model takes some patience. More than anything, she has to trust you are going to take good photos. A great advantage of digital is you can show the models some of the pictures on the LCD screen of your camera when you explain to them what you’d like them to do. And they can also give you feedback on what they like. I found it was a good way to establish trust, to show the model you really want to make them look their best. And it is fun to watch them gain confidence as the shoot progresses.

Beauty show of model holding a champagne glass in front of white background
At this stage of the shoot, I could sense Summer was more comfortable modelling for me.

I then switched to another set-up I like. A black background. It totally changes the mood of the photographs. In this set-up I have the usual beauty dish flat-lighting the model, but I also like to backlight the model’s hair. By then, Summer was having fun in front of the camera and it was too bad the shoot had to end. I look forward to the next one.

Beauty photograph of model holding a can of hairspray in front of a black background
Fun with hairspray!
Beauty photograph of model holding a can of hairspray in front of a black background
Notice how different the mood of the photographs with the black background is compared to the pictures with a white background. Relatively small change in the set up, but big difference in the look of the final image.

 

 

 

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