beauty portraits

We all aspire to be attractive. Beauty sells everything from cosmetics and jewelry to vacations and automobiles. The key to effective beauty photography begins with a portrait photographer who can evoke a feeling of beauty in the subject but it involves much more. Beauty photography requires a talented make up artist (MUA) and hairstylist to bring out the beauty in the subject's facial features.

Next comes the selection of lighting - bright high key lighting, moody low key lighting, Hollywood style glamour lighting, or high fashion ring lighting. The selection of lighting, lens and exposure must be done with consideration of the final look and mood of the desired image.

Finally the photographer applies a variety of retouching techniques to transform the image from ordinary to extraordinary.