I have a client who I can't thank enough for her continued support. During her last appointment she shared with me her dilemma with a recent advertising shoot for her company. She hired an advertising firm to help assist her with the entire production. She hired her talent out of New York who has earned her credibility modeling. So her talent arrives to this small town (a far cry from NYC)! As my client introduces her to the group who is involved with the shoot and then goes over the agenda for the shoot scheduled first thing the next morning. To my clients surprise and disappointment the advertising agent had informed her at the end of business hours that a hair/makeup artist was not in the budget??? Yes, that is when my client freaked out and started calling my phone nonstop (unfortunately I was in mid air returning home from a photo shoot in LA), we never connected. Needless to say my client had to tell the talent that she will have to do her own hair and makeup, the talent tells my client "I did not bring any makeup, nor do I know what to do"? After a very stressful and confusing dilemma, my client had to take the talent to the local Walmart to pick out her makeup and get the needed essentials for tomorrow's photo shoot.
In short my client said she learned a huge lesson and will always have a hair and makeup artist in her budget and will never leave it up to the other company to guarantee and book the artist.
As an artist and in my own thoughts, you always want the job, and feel bad when such a dilemma as this one arises and it had to turn out as it did. It does however make me smile and feel great inside knowing that people do understand the benifits of makeup and hair artistry and realize the importance of it. Never under estimate art....
Steve Mackley with Mackley Designer Portraiture called with interest in my Makeup and Hair Artistry for 28 girls who are all a part of the Skyview Drill Team. For two days my assistant and I did hair and makeup for their personal photo session and team picture. The pictures posted are of the girls who wanted full airbrush makeup and hair artistry. The team picture will be posted soon along with more fun pictures of this fun beautiful group of girls.
