Must Be Resourceful Styling Contemporary Glamour Photo Shoots

Must Be Resourceful Styling Contemporary Glamour Photo Shoots

Even if you’re a planner at heart such as I am, you’ve got to be resourceful at a moment’s notice when you are a boudoir and contemporary glamour portrait photographer because you really don’t know what’s going to happen from session to session.

A last-minute client cancelation left in me a quandary: I rented two amazing dresses for the client but I had no one to wear them and I was not about to return them to the vendor without using them! It had been a while since I worked with Birdie Belle (formally Kelly Belle) and after a quick text asking if she could do a session for me, things were back on track for the photo shoot.

Or so I thought. The hair/makeup artist who was scheduled wasn’t able to make it, so again I had to be quick on my feet—I was determined to shoot a session with these two dresses!—and I pulled out the makeup kit I created just for moments like this.

I love the huge flowers I placed in her hair and the coloring of the dress was perfect for Birdie Belle.

You should have been a fly on the wall as I attempted to help Birdie Belle into this blue dress—trying to figure out how it was supposed to go on and zip was rather a hilarious moment. It took me and Alisha the Assistant a moment to figure it all out, but as you can see, it was worth the effort.

So while I do think it’s important I know how to do hair and makeup for those times I need to, I really appreciate the hair/makeup artists I hire for my clients!

Hair/Makeup credit: Me 🙂

Until next time,
Shannon