Behind The Scenes: Secrets on Beauty Portraits

Beauty portraits are conceivably an intriguing and intimate way to highlight a subject’s beauty for commercial or personal purposes. A successful beauty picture has the power to attract a wide variety of buyers, whether they’re in the makeup, skincare, jewelry, or even clothing business. Beauty has a lot to do with being a little bit closer in and really highlighting the details of the product that you want to “sell”. It’s really exciting because you can shoot stunning elements that sometimes go unnoticed to the eye. It allows us to get creative and show a unique perspective on the face. 

Here, we’d like to share our behind-the-scenes secrets on beauty portraits. Let’s dive in!

Models & Concepts are Crucial

Just like fashion shoots, beauty shoots require teamwork. Half the process of a successful beauty shot relies on the selection of models and the developed concept. This is why models and concepts are crucial. It’s about finding the right face to achieve the right mood and look that fits with our beauty concept and story.

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Quality of the Skin

Beauty images truly depend on quality retouching marked by attention to detail. When it comes to retouching, one of the first aspects that come to mind is flawless skin. The core of most beautiful work is to convey the art of healthy and well-looked-after skin as well as the joy of make-up and skincare.  In this case, knowing the tools to achieve what we view as ‘perfection’ and having a good understanding of the vast option of skin presentation in beauty work is super important. The skin needs to be done with high attention to detail. Natural-looking skin goes well with natural-looking portrait work, while more polished work fits well with refined beauty images.

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Capturing Details in Beauty Portraits 

Creating real beauty work is about making someone’s natural features shine. This is where we love to focus on the details, the features that make a person unique. It is so interesting to capture the details in beauty portraits; seeing the lashes, the baby hairs, the texture of the skin. There are always some stunning little details that we want to highlight to enhance the model’s natural features in the photos.

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Work with Skilled Make-up Artists

The flawless makeup application with the minimal product on the skin is the best approach for capturing details in beauty portraits. It’s crucial to work with skilled make-up artists who appreciate the natural texture of the skin and don’t overdo the make-up. 

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Choose Powerful Lighting for Beauty Portraits

We love to adapt the light according to the rendering style that we want. For portraits, the lighting we choose will depend on our model’s face. Sometimes a photo gets a little more interesting when there is some drama, something that catches attention and pleases the eyes. 

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Incorporate Facial Expressions & Hands Posing 

Facial expression, posture & hand movement are the main elements that can make or break any portrait in beauty photography. We love to create something visually interesting with hands posing and give fun and bold facial expression while making sure the entire pose looks natural.  

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Black & White or Colors?

The use of colors in beauty photography plays a great role in defining the mood and look of the images. We use colors specifically to highlight and showcase the colors of the makeup on skin tones while black and white beauty portraits enhance the mood and personality of the models. 

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We hope our observations on beauty portraits are helpful to you.
Get in touch or look for more inspiration on the beauty portfolio from Supercool Studio Bali.
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