Aww, Shoot

Since the Christmas Show put on by Golden Goddess Productions, Shaunna Rai has taken a new queen under her wing.

Mizs Queery was the protégé of Brystal Kreme. During the evening of the show, she showed how interested and eager she is to learn the craft. And, during her duet number with Brystal, Mizs Queery actually overshadowed Brystal (in my opinion). Queery just came off as having more energy and enthusiasm during thr number. I don't really know what happened after, but it appears that Queery is kind of on her own...orphaned from her "drag mother."

So, last night, Shaunna walked Queery through painting her face, in the Shaunna Rai look. I spent the afternoon running around doing car stuff, so I missed the full tutorial. Shaunna would do one half of Queery's face, and explain what the technique was, and then it was Queery's turn.

Watching it happen, as it always is, was kinda cool. And, seeing the process, and then the final result was fun.

Halfway through painting, Queery went (in part face) to pick up a pizza at Little Caesar's. We ate and then they finished up painting.

Finally, it was my turn to have a photo shoot. (Since Dan/Shaunna Rai had just done one on Friday.) I watched Lauren on Friday, to see what a professional does with a model...since Shaunna is always saying that I'm horrible when it comes to directing a model. (Mostly, because I don't really have a clue.)

Anyway, we got Queery into the garage  (where the best lighting is, and where I had tacked up a sheet on the wall for a backdrop.) Shaunna gave a couple of pointers for how a model should stand, and that kind of thing. And, for the first time, it kinda clicked on what I needed to do as far as directing poses.

Because the temperature was so cold, I didn't want to make Queery stay out any longer than necessary,  so when I thought I'd gotten a few good shots of her, we ended it. She washed it all off, and went home. And, I started my editing.

There was very little need for retouching, although there was some...blemishes and a spot on the shirt, where you could see the inner workings of how the blouse was put together. Mostly it was just playing with the contrast and brightness, to get it to look right. I did okay, I guess, because people like the pictures I posted.

However, I spent a good part of the next morning looking over them, myself, and going on my self imposed critique, which consisted of tearing them apart.  Mainly, it's a matter of needing to play around with the lighting a bit. My biggest issue with the pictures was the lighting in the eye area. It's too dark, and I couldn't figure out how to lighten just that area, so you could actually see her eyes.

I'm looking forward to the next shoot, in hopes that I can figure out a few new techniques to make things even better.