Beauty with Photographer Tory Rust, Makeup Artist Denika Bedrossian, Hair Florido, and Stylist Ashley Rose Weber
More than just gratitude, I am blessed to be able to work with artists in this way. To be able to be a canvas for others and yourself all at once. Being a model allows you to be creative with your physical self, your movements, your emotion, especially when testing. Theres an openness to creativity and ideas when testing. We aren't held back by specific set of rules. You get to push boundaries, you get to be a character youve never been, you get to try something new.
If I had to explain a test shoot id say they are all different, for the obvious reason being every team is unique and every artist is as well. The way the photographer shoots, the makeup and how far you push it, the creativity of hair and the extreme changes it can make, the styling textures and color palette, everyone works together to make a single thing happen. Its important to note we are all freelancers—doing this for our portfolios and whatnot so the fact that a team can work hours into something that we basically create for free is something of a meaningful reward in itself.
I think its important to highlight these artists and the incredible work everyone is doing. Ive worked with both Denika and Florido before (I mentioned them on my Haus Lab shoot post because they did Makeup and Hair and I love their work so much)
Working with them brings a huge smile to my face, I gravitated towards their energy immediately. When you're on set you spend a lot of time with the team. You're sitting in their chairs, getting comfortable, and talking to them while the crazy chaotic set up happens around you. It’s all a special way of connection for me.
Tory is an incredible photographer and I’ve seen their beauty work around often, I was so excited to be able to work with them. Ashley had great jewelry pieces and even though it was mainly beauty work, her clothing rack had pieces I wanted for myself! I hope to get to work with everyone again.
I'm observant so modeling to me is a way to connect and observe others around me. I see everyone at work doing their specific job to make these stills happen. A beautiful image you see online can be seen and scrolled down in a flash, but when you are on set you see the hours everyone puts into their jobs. Its a beautiful energy transference.
Okay enough of me talking, if you got this far scroll a little more down for the photos from the shoot. Ive been wanting to do more beauty work since I started modeling. This team was so sweet and I am extremely thankful and grateful to have worked with all of them.
