Makeup Artist Interview Question:

Tell me how do you communicate with the photographer you're working with on a shoot to achieve his or her goals?

Submitted by: Muhammad

It's really important for a photographer when communicating with a makeup artist to have trust in the artist he or she is working with. If I am hired it's because he/she trusts in my skill but also it's important for the photographer to give as many visual and verbal descriptions for the shoot that we are working on. It's great if I can be given a detailed “brief” of what the shoot is about and what it's for. The makeup I would do on a model for a teen marketed magazine is very different for a European very edgy fashion magazine. Mood boards and tear sheets of ideas are good but I'm not into ripping off another artists' makeup and I always add my own personal flair and stamp on the look.
Submitted by: Muhammad