I often get asked how I come up with my photo shoots and what the process is...
Where do your ideas come from?
Who does the hair?
How do you know how to do this?
What did you go to school for?
How long does it take?
Who edits the photos?
I am here to clear up the questions ;) ... I am going to take you behind the scenes of not only my photo shoots but my brain for photo shoots... A step by step detailed process that you will see from start to finish! Enjoy!
STEP #1: SKETCH
The first thing I do for every single shoot that I create is analyze the models face that I will be working with and sketch my ideas out. Sometimes I will sit and sketch ideas for hours. Usually this is just a base point and often I do not follow my original idea. A lot of the time I change my mind when the model is in front of me, but this is how it starts...
Step #2: HAIR AND MAKEUP
The day of the shoot has come and its time to get down to business. The most timely part of the photo shooting process is definitely the hair and makeup (for the day of, not post)... People usually think its the photography. If the hair and makeup is not perfect than what you are photographing will not be perfect.
With my model Leila... her hair alone took 2 hours!!!!!!
I had to wear gloves because the tool was getting so hot on my hands!
Halfway there...
Hair is done and ready for perfecting!!!... Time for makeup....
I decide which colors to use in my palette.
Always start my makeup process with the eyes... in this case I did a rough layer of red.
Eyes are being perfected, brows are now put on...
Fake lashes... gods gift to women.
Testing out the bottom lash to see if I like it... Which I do.
Glue glue glue glue...la la la.
Perfecting everything getting ready for some serious gold lips.
Practicing the look...
Look is complete and ready to be modeled... Now its up to Leila to relay the beauty with the makeup and hair and fashion and to give me movements to capture to create beautiful images for my fans :)
STEP #3: EAT A BANANA?
This is not an actual step.
STEP #4: BEGIN SHOOTING
Shooting usually takes me anywhere from 1 hours to 8 hours depending on what I am shooting the nature of the shoot etc.
STEP #5: SHOOT IS OVER TIME TO REVIEW
After roughly 7 hours with Leila between preparation and shooting we are getting a little restless and delirious, clearly! Modeling is tedious work, this poor beauty had me poking in her eye balls and was eating glitter!!!
The next thing I do is upload all of the photos onto my computer and go through each one (can sometimes be thousands of photos) and decide which ones I like... An elimination process if you will.
Which leads to the next step...
STEP #6: EDITING
If you are a photographer, generally you spend most of your precious time doing this word above. EDITING. The most timely tedious and detailed oriented process in the whole game. After choosing WHICH photos to edit, then I proceed to perfect my favorite photos and add extra flair and artistic point of view.
STEP #7: FINAL PRODUCT
Essentially I am a one man army and truly/passionately enjoy creating every aspect of my shoots... the hair the makeup the photography and the editing, it is my art work it is how I express the creativity that is trapped in my brain. It can be extremely tiring doing it all, but at the same time completely exhilarating and exciting for me to see what has been created through the team work of the model and I. I truly enjoyed working with Leila, if you would like more information on the model please feel free to email rachaellynseyrubin@yahoo.com
Until Next Time,
