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Final outcome

I am so proud, happy, excited, everything about what I did. When I started I had no idea that my final images are going to look like this, but personally, I absolutely love the result!  Hope you enjoy it too!
Many thanks to everyone who helped me to achieve this: teaching staff, Lauren, Rafael, you are amazing!

Final submitted photographs:

Other photographs that I love:

Sneak peak of the final outcome - before and after

I had the final shooting today. I am too exhausted to write everything right now. All I can say is that I was in the studio from 9 to 5, working continuously. I had a collaboration with a second year Fashion Styling student in the morning and I had to do the make-up for her "behind the scenes" short film. After that I did my model's make-up and my shooting. My model was Lauren, which I have to thank forever for her patience, and my assistant was Rafael, my boyfriend, who helped me enormously with the lighting.

Here's a sneak peak of the final outcome and also a before and after the "natural" make-up:

Make-up tests for the final natural beauty look

I have a clear image of what kind of make-up I want to do for the final shoot and I hope that it will turn out well, because these pictures I took of me don't encourage me much. I think that I don't like them that much because they don't really stick to the brief, because of the smudged smokey eye. But if I'll remove it then maybe it will look better but still not incomplete. I tried to do freckles with a darker foundation but I don't know why, on me just look like pimples. I hope that on my model (Lauren) won't look the same... anyway, I think it's all about the lighting. So, proper lighting, proper images. Even a not so good make-up looks fab when professional pictures are taken of it.

Inspirational photos for my final natural look

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Second practice session

Today was our first practice in the studios from floor 4 and also my second practice. I paired with Lauren and Sian and they were great models, assistants and photographers at the same time :)). We used the beautydish this time and I particularly liked it because of that round light that we can see in the model's eyes when shooting with a beautydish. What I didn't like is that I found the lightning a bit harsh at the beginning, but after I set it up properly everything went good. This time I gave up using the tripod because I just couldn't work with it, but I realisez that the photos could easily be ruined because they can get blurry sometimes if I move or don't focus correctly etc. But that's fine, I have to work more at focusing the pictures better and at adjusting the flash properly.

Here are a few photos from my practice session:

List of necessary items when doing a photoshoot - MUST HAVE

You have to be always prepared in order to skip unpleasant situations, so here's a list of what should contain any make-up artist's kit when doing make-up for a photoshoot and not only:

• water;
• scrissors;
• straw;
• tweezers;
• small towel;
• duct tape;
• tissues;
• wipes;
• brush cleaner;
• hairclips;
• hairpins;
• hairbands;
• grips;
• pin tale comb;
• neutral eyeshadow palette;
• at least 3 foundations;
• cotton pads;
• cotton buds;
• make-up remover;
• plasters and bandages;
• lip balm;
• highlighter;
• nailpolish remover;
• neutral and red nail varnish etc

Low-key photography

You’ve probably guessed already that low-key light is the opposite of high-key light, the yin to its yang. High-key lighting focuses on light tones and whites; low-key lighting relies on shadows, deep blacks and darker tones, with very few whites and middle tones. The mood is opposite, too – while high-key lighting is hopeful and optimistic, low-key lighting is somber, mysterious and moody, dramatic or even ominous depending on the subject.
High-key images are flatter with less contrast than an image that qualifies as mid-key, which is most of the images that photographers produce. Low key images, on the other hand, tend to have a lot of contrast, with the primary impact coming from the shadows.

Studio lighting for low-key photography:

A low-key studio set up is a lot simpler than a high key one. You just need a single light source and a dark or black backdrop. You may find having a reflector on hand can be helpful, too, though in many cases all you will need is that single light source. As a general rule, keep the light off of your back drop and on your subject, but other than that you have a lot of freedom as far as where you choose to place your light source.

Examples of low-key photographs:

References:

1. Peterson, D. and Profile (no date) How lighting affects the mood of your photos. Available at: http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/3558/using-lighting-style-to-create-mood-high-key-and-low-key-lighting/ .
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High-key photography

High-key lighting simply refers to images that are mostly bright, with a range of light tones and whites and not very many blacks or mid-tones. In high-key photography, tones that generally would have been mid-range become much brighter, near-white tones become white and white becomes, well, white. This style of lighting was originally developed for films and television, back when the technology wasn’t very good at capturing high contrast ratios. Today high key is purely an artistic decision – photographers and filmmakers choose it when they want an image or story to be upbeat, optimistic or youthful.

A common misconception is that a high-key image does not need to have a true black. And while that is sometimes true, high-key images can and often do have very small amounts of black. These very small areas of black and middle tones will prevent the image from looking washed out. That small point of black – your model’s pupils, for example, or a shadow under her hair – can mean the difference between a high-key image and one that is just plain overexposed.

Studio lighting for high-key photography:

A basic studio lighting set up for high-key photography consists of a key light and a fill light, with your key light two times the brightness of the fill. The background should be lit independently–preferably with two lights positioned three to five feet away at 45-degree angles. These background lights should be at least one stop brighter than your subject lighting. This will result in the blown-out background that you’re looking for in a high-key image.

High-key images can also be obtained in the studio with a pastel-colored background, though white is more common and generally simpler to work with. As for your model, you can certainly achieve a high-key effect regardless of what she’s wearing, but you may find yourself more satisfied with your work if she’s dressed in lighter colors or in white.

Examples of high-key photographs:

References:

1. Peterson, D. and Profile (no date) How lighting affects the mood of your photos. Available at: http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/3558/using-lighting-style-to-create-mood-high-key-and-low-key-lighting/ .
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