Make up Tips for Photos

1. Wear Mattes

When you are going to be photographed, you want to avoid anything that is going to reflect light onto your face.  Mattes are flat colors. They don’t have any sparkle or shimmer. The shimmer looks good to the naked eye but, the camera captures it differently than our eyes do.

2. Apply in Natural Light

For best results, apply your make-up in natural light. Indoor lighting can alter the appearance of your make-up. Most indoor lights have different color casts or tones to them. Because of this, some lights may wash you out causing you to apply make-up too heavily.  So, when you get ready at one location and are photographed at a different location (or using studio lights) your “picture perfect make-up” may look less than perfect in your photos.

3. Use Yellow Tinted Powder

Yellow tinted powder photographs better than shimmery or translucent powders. The other powders will reflect the light leaving you with a shine. They may also leave you looking washed out.

4. Blend in under Eye Concealer

Most of us try to cover up dark circles under our eyes with a little concealer. For everyday use this is fine, but, occasionally in photographs, under eye concealer comes off too harsh. Be sure to blend out the concealer extremely well. If it isn’t well blended, it may reveal fine lines and awkward coloring around your eye.

5. Black Liner and Black Mascara

Many experts suggest using black liner and mascara. If you normally use browns, opt for black.  The darker hue will give you better contrast and make your eyes pop even more.

6. Blush

Skipping blush will wash your face out, especially under a heavy flash. Blush adds definition to your face. Without it, you end up looking like you’re missing something. Be sure to not over apply blush either. Start light and add more if needed.

7. Don’t Skip Lipstick

Skipping lipstick will cause your mouth to blend in with the rest of your face. You need to contrast your features for best results.

8. Avoid Shadows

Try not to create any shadows on your face with make-up. For example, don’t apply dark shadows below your eyes. This will give the appearance of bags and no one wants that. 

9. Contour with Highlight

Your photographs will look great when you contour and highlight your facial features. To contour, use bronzer a shade or two darker than your natural color to brush on under your cheek bones, under your chin, along either side of your nose, and the outer corners of your forehead. To highlight, apply a lighter color on the areas that light hits. Apply it to the tops of your checks, center of your forehead, and the bridge of your nose.

10. Whiten Eyes

Don’t forget to use eye drops to get rid of any redness in your eyes. Those bloodshot eyes can really mess up a good photo. You can also help your eyes look bigger and clearer by using a little white shadow on the inside corners of both eyes.

Looking good in your photos is simple if you follow a few basic make-up tips.

Zoop and Jenny's Engagement Photos

Just before sun set an awesome engagement photo shoot started with Jenny Newell and her fiancé Steve “Zoop” Williams. The photo shoot started out at Jenny’s house on a bench which was turned towards the back pasture. Zoop sat down on the bench and Jenny sat down next to him and just before the pictures started to be taken a black cat kept jumping up on the bench with them and the two dogs just wanted to sit in their laps. The cat won but the dogs lost and the pictures began.

Jenny called her grandfather and he agreed to pull an old tractor out of the barn for a big prop for a back drop. Wow some beautiful pictures turned out on the tractor. We found many different props to use for the photo shoot, so after the tractor we used an old farm rake. We had to work around the sun a little and really had to work hard at getting a smile from Zoop.

We moved on to some tree stumps which made for some beautiful shots as the sun sunk alittle lower in the sky. Posing this photogenic couple proved to be very easy and made for some very good shots. Then we moved on into the woods where a tree stood out to us. And the photogenic couple continued with the perfect poses.

Let’s not forget about Jenny’s father’s old 1950 something pickup just atop of the hill behind us. The sun had just started moving behind the trees, which made for some very good lighting situation. Yes that’s right even more props came out, a picture of a “J” and a “S” was added to the truck pictures.

As we were leaving Jenny’s grandfather’s property we had a visit from a cotton mouth snake which crossed the path just in front of us. Zoop missed stepping on it by mere inches. Wow, a snake that close and luckily no one was bitten.

The photo shoot ended with some shots of the couple walking down the road being followed by Jenny’s horse who wanted to be in the picture too. Then we moved out to an open field for some shots as the sun set behind the hill. The dogs wanted in some the pictures too, and they even posed well for the shots.

By the way Zoop does smile throughout the photo shoot, he just smiles bigger when you fall into a hole in the ground. Thanks Zoop for the support.

When editing the pictures, it was hard to choose the best shots, and even harder to pick a few for my Creative Series. All the shots turned out to be my favorite and this photogenic couple proves there is no way for a picture to not turn out perfect. Jenny and Zoop, we at Creative Sight Photography would like to thank you for a wonderful photo shoot, and wishes the two of you many, many wonderful years together in marriage. We look forward to seeing you at your wedding.