Hello,

I am looking for tips on the application of facial and body make up for black and white photography. Any tips or directions to books or web sites would be appreciated.

Thanks

-- Stephen Burns (sburns@oregontrail.net), February 03, 2000

Answers

All I've ever heard is for the model to use a little more makeup for black and white than for color photography.

-- Joe Cole (jcole@apha.com), February 04, 2000.

I think you should try diffrent colors (perhaps not traditionals ones!)you should experiment on how the the films respond to colours, ussually they don't have much response to red, so the lips will be lighter than normal, my advice is search for the right colour.

-- Juan Pablo Castrillsn (juanpablofoto@infovia.com.ar), February 10, 2000.

Well

You could try lot's of glimmery make-ep lot's of shimmer. Use with bright lights and perhaps a star filter? Any suggestions?

-- kathyrn (kitykat102@excite.com), February 12, 2000.

Black and white photography is a GREAT opportunity to take advantage of highlighting and conturing the model's face more! It REALLY gives an extra kick to the model's looks, and the drama of the photo.. (highlight the upper cheekbones, brow bones, top of the nose -(from bridge to tip), and the jaw bones..(use a light concealer, and a light powder to finish; (on these areas) -(conture the hollows of the cheekbones, creases in the eyes, sides of nose -(from innerbrow to tip of nose), the temples, and under the jaw, down the neck, and a little into the cleavage)-(use a semi-matte to matte dark blush in deepest areas) and a medium tone powder for the apples of the cheeks and mid areas.. one tip though when conturing and highlighting is to blend, blend, blend. I find also that it is usually best to use a little more powder when photographing in black and white; -it makes the models skin look better (smoother); -but make sure you dust off any excess, and go light on your overall application of foundations, concealers, and powders -(these show up terribly if done in excess; what you need to go heaviest on when using black and white photography is your color/tones, and definition points, ex. (the eyebrows, lips, etc.) A good book I highly reccomend is called "The Art of Make-Up" by Kevin Aucoin; but if you are relatively new to the make-up feild, you should purchase "Making Faces" by Kevin Aucoin first, then read "The Art of Make-Up". It is also good to flip through magazines like Vouge, W, Elle, Harper's Bazzar, etc. to see really great examples of make-up used in black and white photography. If you have anymore questions you can e-mail me. Thank-You, Tina L. Wygal

-- Tina L. Wygal (Wygal_Tina@hotmail.com), February 18, 2000.