Lighting For Makeup Artists 101

Designed for makeup professionals, lecturers, and makeup trainees who want to understand the core values behind lighting technology both on set and on location. This workshop will demonstrate how the correct lighting works to filter and create the perfect balance in makeup, how to be able to determine how your makeup will appear under different lighting circumstances, and how to be able to interact with the Director of Photography or Lighting Designer with confidence. The workshop will feature the The Makeup Light (TML) lighting technology, which has been created to enhance makeup through digital mediums delivering outstanding results. TML supplies lighting to leading international makeup artists around the globe, providing this number-one lighting technology that is used on international film productions, makeup schools, makeup trailers, fashion, print, and weddings and is now reaching other genres in both makeup and cosmetology.

At the end of the one-day class, students will be able to:

Describe the basic components of light, colour, and the human eye anatomy
Articulate 10 commonly used lighting terminologies
Describe common 3 lighting situations on set and in the trailer/green room
Describe 3 lenses and 3 types of resolutions on set and its effect on camera
Explore the relationship between cameras and monitors on set and how to read your make up correctly
Employ and critique techniques of makeup application to adjust to any lighting situation, under the hands-on guidance of Sara
Identify the difference when reading skin tones in everyday indoor light and corrected true light, using both the naked eye and monitor
Discuss 5 ways in which artists can develop a relationship with the Director of Photography (DP) or Lighting Designer (LD)
List a minimum of 5 common situations where the relationship between lighting and make-up affects the other and how
Identify the main components that make “true light” lighting conditions/monitors