Alien Skin
Yesterday I travelled up to Finchley Central and there met awesome MUA Ezme Thomas. We walked to photographer Darren Ruane's studio where he was already shooting model 2face Gemini. She and I had already shot together during the circus shoot last month so it was great seeing her again. She was painted gold and wearing an amazing, very tall headdress. Ezme and me started on my make-up straight away and I met the lovely stylist for the shoot Frankie Murray, who had brought along plenty of interesting jewellery and hair accessories to play with ^.^ Randomly, the first thing I noticed about her was her unusually long canine teeth which gave her a flattering vampiric look :)
The first layer of make-up was a bold shade of turquoise which inevitably attracted 'Avatar' comments from Frankie and Darren. Talking to Ezme about it she told me she had chosen turquoise precisely because of the challenge entailed in steering clear of Avatar. I was thankful for that since I definitely didn't want to do an Avatar shoot!
As more layers of make-up went on in other colours such as purple, blue, gold and shimmery pink the look acquired more depth and a character of its own. Looking in the mirror I hardly recognized myself; my face, neck, chest, arms and hands were painted. It was time to shoot and the first accessories we picked out were a gold and black bow necklace and a wreath of black and red flowers for the head. I looked like an alien Maid Marian :) Later I also shot in a Puritan-like collar and huge black bobble rope necklace, among other things. We worked very well together as a team and I left the shoot with a sense of accomplishment. As I left the third and last model arrived, she would be painted pink.
I will post images as soon as I get them :)
The first layer of make-up was a bold shade of turquoise which inevitably attracted 'Avatar' comments from Frankie and Darren. Talking to Ezme about it she told me she had chosen turquoise precisely because of the challenge entailed in steering clear of Avatar. I was thankful for that since I definitely didn't want to do an Avatar shoot!
As more layers of make-up went on in other colours such as purple, blue, gold and shimmery pink the look acquired more depth and a character of its own. Looking in the mirror I hardly recognized myself; my face, neck, chest, arms and hands were painted. It was time to shoot and the first accessories we picked out were a gold and black bow necklace and a wreath of black and red flowers for the head. I looked like an alien Maid Marian :) Later I also shot in a Puritan-like collar and huge black bobble rope necklace, among other things. We worked very well together as a team and I left the shoot with a sense of accomplishment. As I left the third and last model arrived, she would be painted pink.
I will post images as soon as I get them :)