The Beauty of Hair & Makeup
The Beauty of Hair and Makeup
It started with a call from an executive who wanted a new headshot, as most calls begin. But this one knew that she wanted the full treatment. Usually, it’s offices that bring in a hair and makeup (HMU) person for their full staff, but this woman booked a single business portrait and she wanted someone there to take care of her look. So, I called Marnie Brooks, a professional I know who’s worked in the industry for years and booked her to take care of my client.
It started with a call from an executive who wanted a new headshot, as most calls begin. But this one knew that she wanted the full treatment. Usually, it’s offices that bring in a hair and makeup (HMU) person for their full staff, but this woman booked a single business portrait and she wanted someone there to take care of her look. So, I called Marnie Brooks, a professional I know who’s worked in the industry for years and booked her to take care of my client.
We worked together to make multiple looks for her, some with glasses, several with different outfits. And I always work without a deadline, I want to create portraits until we get the various looks my client wants and can use. So, we do. That’s just part of the session. And as always, I compose horizontally knowing we can always crop verticals but if I were to photograph in a vertical format, creating a horizontal photo would be impossible, and there are many conference directors that request horizontal format photographs for their programs, so I create all headshots in that orientation.
It was a good day and a good photography session. The photos show her confidence and she has various looks for different purposes.