It pays to wear high heels

This shoot starts with a story from last summer. I had gone to the mall to get some prints for my portfolio and headed over to Barnes and Noble while waiting for them to be processed. I was standing in the magazines looking at Vogue when a man approached me asking if I was a model. I was a little leery at first and said no but remarked that I was a makeup artist. He told me he was a photographer and that I looked like I could be a model and he would test with me. I'm now thinking that this guy is off his rocker and has no clue what a real model looks like. I just laughed and said thank you (of course I was flattered; it also doesn't hurt that I'm close to 5'10" when I wear high heels!) We exchanged cards and I recognized his name and he recognized mine and we talked about doing a test shoot together at some point in time. Ever since then I have been pestering poor Doug with so many emails begging for a test shoot, sometimes getting a response, others not hearing anything in return. I thought for sure I was annoying him. I found a model I really liked named Lia and decided to give it one more shot with Doug and emailed him again. This time he responded positively and we organized the following shoot.

The first photos are an editorial set we did. We were trying to go for a darker, more mysterious feel with the beautiful Lia looking like she is up to no good. I tried a few new techniques and products as I wanted to make her skin look absolutely flawless like a mannequin and to dramatically lighten her eyebrows. The following shot was for her portfolio and her agency to use. All makeup and hair by me, photos by Doug Hoeschler, styling by Sarah Moskovitz, model - Lia Richardson.









Amy Gillespie makeup artistry, Portland OR

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