Mention Make-up and I'm on it, with no hesitation. So when a friend messaged me on Facebook asking me to come for a makeup shoot, I almost died and went to heaven. I have been waiting for this moment for a while... I 'missed' my first chance and recently I just declared I wasn't going to miss any of my moments.
So like a woman on crack I jumped on my keyboard at 140 km/h and replied yes to my friend. Only prob, was that the shoot would fall on my weekend on at work, well I wasn't about to miss my moment, so for the first tim ein my life I actually switched my shifts.
So yesterday was the day of the shoot and I woke up late , took a cab, which was stuck in traffic, and when I did get there the driver couldn't quite find the place. As annoyed as I was getting, I was determined not to let anything spoil my day, not even the fact that it was raining , or the fact that the driver had slammed his breaks to hard a drop of the smoothie I was having, ended up on my top, or the fact that the teap in my water container had leaked into the plastic bag I was carrying.
With my head held up I strutted my stuff into the building. The owner of the loft opened the door and welcomed me. As soon as she introduced herself I remembered running into her at a Tuku show last yr. On the couch sat Lulu, who immediatedly recognized me from my Facebook profile picture... already she was into my good books... On the chair was Sharon, met her for the first time about 2 years ago, and this was our second time seeing each each., and lastly was Pam , our Makeup Artist. So after hugging everyone and settling my stuff and I beelined for the spot next to Lulu , and we got chatting. By this time Sharon's lashes had been done, and sooner than later she was done. The other ladies were a bit nervous, so excited me jumped up to be the next. Then In walked Tabby, gorgeus and sassy lady.
Pam applied my foundation and while she was doing it she was thinking of the look for my eyes. She mentioned that I loved colour and I told her my facce was at her mercy. While we were chatting TSI got the music going, we listened to everything from Old Skool, to Kwaito, to Tuku , and some Rhumba. Pam finally settled for my fav. eyeshadow colours - purple. In the meantime the photographer had arrived, furniture was moved and the little bachelor pad was converted into a studio. Sharon was up, and did she work that set.
I was next, and by this time , I think it was the hunger, or the heat or a combination of both. Feeling a tad bit un-inspired I sat on the stool. I think most of the energy was focussed on me not falling off of the chair. While this was going on Lulu was in Pam's chair. I didn't quite seem to take the photographers direction too well. If I wasn't looking up too high it was too low, or my eyes were closed by the time it was time to shoot. Between all that my eyes were tearing , so midway Pam had to do touch ups, and a few shots of us were taken. Photograpgher kept saying I need to relax, and to be honest I thought I was relaxed. Before long my shoot was done.
Next came Lulu who rocked the set. And while she did that TSI got her make up done. Lulu's challenge was she could not sit on the stool. First she was too short , and then the stool was small. So the whole shoot was done with her standing. While the photographer waited for TSI, he decided to take a few group shots... we enjoyed those, few as they were, I think we nailed them.
Then came TSI, who is a pro at these things... Her shoot look long, she hit the set with a pair of heels , and worked it. She added a few accessories, and all we did was stare in amazement. All the while Tabby was on Pam's chair.
When Tabby hit the set she didn't know what to do, so Donald, the photographer's assistant asked us to vacate the room. A few of the pictures we saw, showed us she owned the set. during this time we decided to addres the other situation at hand, which was hunger. While we ate Pam , did her own make up , and as soon as Tabby was done, she hit the set.
A few minutes later we did group shots. The first up were the two tall ladies, Pam and TSI. Next up was yours truly and Lulu, the big gals, and finally the last 2 were Sharon and Tabby the petite models. And that was the end of our shoot. So now we wait for 2 weeks.
So while Photographer packed his stuff we did a few of our own photos, made plans to hook up again and tackled a few topics. Anyway turns out Tabby and I go to the same church, funny thing is we've never met, yet she is always with a few friends I know. Sharon used to come to church, but hasn't been since the church moved, and hadn't any idea how to get there, so I opted to meet her next Sunday and we can go together, seeing we kind of live in the same hood. Lulu on the other hand lives in the same hood as Tabby , and she has been looking for a church, so Tabby promised to bring her to church.... talk about God being good.
I am happy I finally got to do a shoot. I hope there will be a few more after this, and I hope I learnt a few things about poses etc., but my real joy is in knowing that when Pam thought of putting her portfolio together she found me worthy of making an appearance into it. I am also excited at the thought of her doing finally taking her skills seriously...y'all should have seen the transformations. My other joy lies in the new friendships that were created last night. The evening ended by us exchanging contact information.
I don't know what God is up to, but I got a feeling he is up to something huge.
