Diana wrote:

Trust Loni.. there are far worse... they're in my basement. lol! 
Imagin bad makeup from 20+ years ago.. now THAT is scary!

LOL! My worst of the worst pics are not even in my computer they are on an old computer I have stored in my basement. Funny story a couple of weeks ago, my daughter had one of her friends over, now this friend loves makeup and is totally fascinated over me being a mua. So she asked my daughter if she could see my portfolio.

Now my daughter isn't my biggest fan I'm just her pain in the butt mother so she just grabbed the first portfolio she saw in the freakin basement.
The pics were when I first started I was the photographer, no edits, point n shoot camera. The makeup was THE WORST!! So I came into the room and saw the book I practically ripped her arms off grabbing the book. I was soooo pissed. I took the portfolio aka a photo album and threw it in trash. Then I thought about it and decided to retrieve it from the trash and stored it away just to remind myself to keep my eyes on the prize.

Maycuplover wrote:
My very 1st photo shoot.... 10 years ago

That's actually one of my favourite pictures.

Maycuplover wrote:
My very 1st photo shoot.... 10 years ago

Wow.  I can't even say beginner's luck...you just rocked from the very beginning.

faithb wrote:
Wow.  I can't even say beginner's luck...you just rocked from the very beginning.

this is AMAZING

sorry..edit...the picture, not faiths quote (but your amazing too faith)

courtney hart wrote:

this is AMAZING

sorry..edit...the picture, not faiths quote (but your amazing too faith)

LOL, thanks Courtney.

Maycuplover wrote:
My very 1st photo shoot.... 10 years ago

Not fair Kim! You have to post your worst makeup job, not your first That one I did was technically my , like 20th! haha. It was just me trying something new that made it my worst. LOL.

Margoux Le Roux wrote:
Damn, I had a couple to pick from....    Woooow.  I don't ever want to go back in that file.  EVERRRR...lol

WTF...

But her skin looks good, lol.

Sian Melton wrote:
Well, I was going to post that mine were far away on my backup hard drive hidden in my closet, but then I thought that it would be fun to actually post some. SO! Without further ado, my two very first photo shoots (from when I was in school):



After school, I took a three month break and then set to work building my website. That's when I did these lovely makeups:



Haha, I think it's safe to say that I've, er, "grown" in the last two years.

S.

PS - Here's my latest work, to compare:





I've accomplished a lot in the year and a half I've been building my portfolio, but I've still got a long ways to go. I'm only now doing shoots where I am ecstatic about the results, and I'm still working on meeting the right people and making good contacts with photographers, hair stylists, wardrobe stylists, etc etc. It's taken a LOT of hard work to get where I am, and I'm not where I want to be yet, so I've got years of more hard work. I'm looking forward to it, though.

And these are bad...because... ?.... I happen to like them... but then again... taste is subjective, is it not?

Roshar wrote:
Ok- I found this.
This was when I was starting to get serious about putting a portfolio together.
I couldnt find any photographers to test with at the time and decided to take the pix myself.

Little blurry huh?
And I got makeup on the tie!

AND YET IT STILL LOOKS AMAZING!!!!

I'll have to dig out some of my old stuff [makeup stuff].  I'll have all of you beat by a mile.  haha.  Everyone has to start somewhere!

Sian Melton wrote:
Well, I was going to post that mine were far away on my backup hard drive hidden in my closet, but then I thought that it would be fun to actually post some. SO! Without further ado, my two very first photo shoots (from when I was in school):



After school, I took a three month break and then set to work building my website. That's when I did these lovely makeups:



Haha, I think it's safe to say that I've, er, "grown" in the last two years.

S.

PS - Here's my latest work, to compare:





I've accomplished a lot in the year and a half I've been building my portfolio, but I've still got a long ways to go. I'm only now doing shoots where I am ecstatic about the results, and I'm still working on meeting the right people and making good contacts with photographers, hair stylists, wardrobe stylists, etc etc. It's taken a LOT of hard work to get where I am, and I'm not where I want to be yet, so I've got years of more hard work. I'm looking forward to it, though.

I actually like your old work better.  It's more creative and expressive.

Roshar wrote:
Ok- I found this.
This was when I was starting to get serious about putting a portfolio together.
I couldnt find any photographers to test with at the time and decided to take the pix myself.

Little blurry huh?
And I got makeup on the tie!

I love this image, and I bet if the picture wasnt blurry it would friggen amazing :0

Miss Anya wrote:
I actually like your old work better.  It's more creative and expressive.

Well, if you were to take a look at my website, you'd see that I still, in fact, do work that is "creative and expressive". And that's not really the point. It's all about the execution, photography, model, attention to detail, concept, etc...everything that makes a good picture that we MUA's learn through practise/trial and error. No magazine would dream of publishing my old images, but the newer ones actually look more like a picture that you would find in a fashion/beauty magazine.

S.

Sian Melton wrote:

Well, if you were to take a look at my website, you'd see that I still, in fact, do work that is "creative and expressive". And that's not really the point. It's all about the execution, photography, model, attention to detail, concept, etc...everything that makes a good picture that we MUA's learn through practise/trial and error. No magazine would dream of publishing my old images, but the newer ones actually look more like a picture that you would find in a fashion/beauty magazine.

S.

It typically takes artists a while to do fabulous clean beauty work- let alone clean creative make-up.

You can see a trend with a lot of super green artists and it's a very student-y look. I have TONS of these kinds of images from when I was a student:





Similar to what a lot of design students go through- i.e. a skirt made out of ties.



I love your new stuff.

Sian Melton wrote:

Well, if you were to take a look at my website, you'd see that I still, in fact, do work that is "creative and expressive". And that's not really the point. It's all about the execution, photography, model, attention to detail, concept, etc...everything that makes a good picture that we MUA's learn through practise/trial and error. No magazine would dream of publishing my old images, but the newer ones actually look more like a picture that you would find in a fashion/beauty magazine.

S.

I just looked at your website and you've got some AMAZING stuff on there!

Why not edit your post to add in your NEW colorful crazy stuff along with the beautiful natural makeup?

It seems to me that the people who like the crazy stuff are looking at the flashi-ness of it, where the makeup artist is looking at the technique of it.  Two totally different things.  I get attached to work I have that took a lot of effort, or required a lot of creativity, but then I realize that maybe what I'm seeing isn't what other people are seeing.  haha.  Probably why so many straight-out-of-school mua/hairstylists are all about how CRAZY and CREATIVE their work can be and less about the solidness of their technique.

just my 2 cents

Rhonda McLendon wrote:
Ok I hope everyone is ready because mine is the WORST by far!!!! TRUST ME!!!!  Here ya go:



aaaannnnndddddd.....

OMG!
My chin hurts from hitting the floor so hard!


Well Rhonda, you've come a looooong way!