Category Archives: Classes

Makeup Classes

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Linda

I enjoy teaching makeup and also taking the photos at the end of the classes as this enables me to see the progression and development of each artists individual style. IBF, NYMA of Japan have been a faithful client  for 15 … Continue reading →

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Shooting Photos for the Makeup Artist’s Portfolio

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Linda

Just before I left for vacation at the beginning of July I finished another truly wonderful class  for The New York Makeup Academy of Japan. We were  fortunate to have the use of the  classroom at Temptu which gave us the … Continue reading →

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A great Photoshoot location

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Linda

We were very fortunate to have the use of the BBFL http://www.jplusbdesign.com/store/c43/BBFL.html space in Parkslope Brooklyn for the NYMA 2016 makeup class session in July. It was also good for the photo shoot as we had a variety of different daylight situations to work … Continue reading →

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Makeup Class Photoshoot 8

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Linda

 Congratulations to Nene Yamamoto for keeping the delicate freshness of Tatum from www.majormodel.com who was the baby of our models on this shoot. Nene did this both with the natural makeup and the stronger one by using soft pinks and iridescent silver and glitter. Almog did … Continue reading →

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Makeup Class Photoshoot 7

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Linda

Sage http://www.majormodel.com has one of those ivory skins that just captures the light and great bone structure perfect for natural beauty. Stronger makeup definitely changes her.  I especialy loved her look  as she ressembled Thalita who I was lucky to have … Continue reading →

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Makeup class Photoshoot 6

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Linda

The makeup of the model Kendall from Click http://clickmodel.com was done by Sayaka Sato. A fabulous fresh natural look (right) then an elegant classic with a cool twist acheived through applying a corn colored blush to the cheeks and green shadow to the brows. Hair by Almog and … Continue reading →

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Makeup Class Photoshoot 5

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Linda

When the artist Kimi Goto did the makeup on Rose from the agency Click www.clickmodelnyc.com , I was pretty amazed. Kimi had never done makeup on a darker skinned model before. She did a fabulous natural makeup ,which you can see … Continue reading →

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Beauty for Fashion

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Linda

Fashion we use to shape the beauty shoots has to be either timeless, cool or avant garde. Jane Wilson Marquis gowns are timeless. They inspired the artists Mirei Morita/Taylor, Nene Yamamoto/Tatum and Sayaka Sato/Kendall,  to do elegantly creative makeup…not boring. They used touches of unusual … Continue reading →

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Styling for Photoshoots

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Linda

One thinks a T shirt is just a T shirt but as you can see from the photos of Taylor, Rose and Kendall each one accentuates the individuality and beauty of the model, not just  through color but with the … Continue reading →

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Makeup class Photoshoot 4

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Linda

Not all but many of the artists quickly add spontaneous “Freestyle” artistic touches to create a third and final makeup and this time it was amazing for me to  see how they all blended their own individual style with  the models personality (in this … Continue reading →

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