Rae Cosmetics

{My Life in Photoshoots} Behind the Scenes

Posted on January 14, 2013

by Ashley

As I was going about my morning, I thought to myself, My gosh… This week has been non-stop with pulling and shoots; I should do a quick blog post on what one of my typical days/weeks looks like to most people who don’t get to experience shoots and hair/make-up! I have quite a few people on a daily basis ask what prepping for a shoot consists of… Not sitting, attempting to eat a normal meal (never works – thank goodness for craft services and Starbucks), running around meeting clients, business meetings, pulling clothes, shoots, TV shows, etc. Take a quick look into what one of my typical weeks looks like. This one was pretty hectic, but was actually quite low-key compared to most!

Monday:

SHOP – Literally, that’s all I did ALL day. Research, browsing and getting ideas together for the 4-5 shoots I had planned for the week/weekend.

Coordinating/Corresponding – Hair and Make-up, Venues, Vendors, Model, Art Directors, Photographers, etc.

List over 100 items on the eBay store for personal clients.

Tuesday:

Actual pulling and putting shoot looks together. Making the rounds to Nordstrom, By George, Forever 21, Anthropologie, Y&I, The Domain for H&M and Neimans, and a few others I can’t think of off hand! LOTS of mixing and matching goes into these shoots.

Coordinating/Corresponding – Hair and Make-up, Venues, Vendors, Model, Art Directors, Photographers, etc.

Wednesday:

Austin Woman Magazine Shoot day – 8am call time

Shoot lasted about 4.5 hours for hair and makeup and shooting 4 looks! Then RETURNS! Back to the Domain and By George!

Coordinating/Corresponding – Hair and Make-up, Venues, Vendors, Model, Art Directors, Photographers, etc.

Then, more pulling for Thursday’s shoot!

My favorite dress from the shoot! Gotta love By George!!

Thursday:

Pull for Sunday’s Farmer’s Market Shoot, Y&I boutique to pull for Friday’s shoot, home to organize for the day’s shoot and then head up to Rae Cosmetics to get our model ready for our 4pm shoot call time.

Coordinating/Corresponding – Hair and Make-up, Venues, Vendors, Model, Art Directors, Photographers, etc.

Print shipping labels, package and ship all eBay items that sold!

And one of the awesome, final images!

Friday:

Meeting at 8:30am for potential large corporate commercial shoots, home to organize for shoot, and head out to the shoot site at 12noon for Jenna’s hair and make-up!

Coordinating/Corresponding – Hair and Make-up, Venues, Vendors, Model, Art Directors, Photographers, etc.

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Multi-tasking!

Sample shot!!

Saturday:

RETURNS!!! and then much relaxation!

Sunday:

Last shoot of the week at 8am! The only thing I can say about that morning is BURRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! A crisp 39 degrees while our poor model had to wear mini dresses! The day was much warmer with my yummy, FREE pumpkin spiced latte!! MMMMMmmmmm!

And then more Coordinating/Corresponding for Monday’s shoot!