Noemi's Makeup Portfolio 2013

Ate Noemi recently resigned from being a public school teacher to pursue a career in makeup application. Imagine the horror my mother went through when she revealed that she'd go full time on makeup! Anyway, I hope everything turns out well. I can also see Ate really working hard to find gigs. She even updated her portfolio, and of course, I was there to help, taking pictures and stuff. Photos were also posted at http://www.facebook.com.makeupbynoemi We asked our cousin's wife to model for us. She already has 2 makukulit na babies, and she doesn't even have time to fix her hair. Kaya she was really excited to help ate.


Here's Lanie's Before shot. This was taken at eye level kaya medyo harsh yung angle.

Here's the After shot. Ate calls this one, "Fairy Tale Bride" Pasweet lang and super fresh look.

Here's another look Ate prepared. This one's called, "Pixie Dream Girl". May konting spunk dahil sa subtle smokey eyes, but still charming and sweet.

This one's called, "Smouldering Grecian Bride". Heavy smokey eyes with nude lips.

Diba, she's really talented! She just needs to put her heart to what she's doing. Here's Lanie nga pala with her bunso, Uno:

  

 

Ate's makeup lesson with Punggay

We live 3 houses away from each other, and yet we haven't seen each other for ages! The first question she asked me was, "Diba nag-Baguio ka?" Wah! I graduated 4 years ago! Anyway, we easily caught up on stuff that happened for the past years, including her career shift. She wanted to be a nurse before, but realized that makeup artistry was her true passion. So, she asked ate Noemi to give her some basic lessons on makeup application. BTW, someone hired her for prom makeup services (o, that's true talent). Since it's an evening event, Ate taught her two ways to do the smokey eyes effect. Here's her photo:

Oh, diba, so pretty, even without makeup! ^_^

Ate Noemi's makeup for Mrs. Remy Serapion

I am having so much fun using my new lens! I also discovered new curves settings on Photoshop which make my photos look better. As I previously said, Ate Noemi has a makeup gig today. She did her godmother's makeup this morning. Here are the before and after shots:

Here are the products she used:
Graftobian - Makeup base, foundation, blush, corrector, finish powder, finish spray
Revlon lipstick
Etude lip liner
Maybelline cream eye liner 

She did an excellent job on covering Tita Remy's age spots and reducing the dark under eye circles. And nope, she didn't use airbrush! That's all traditional makeup! Who says you can't achieve that high definition, flawless look with traditional makeup?  

I also love what she did with Tita Remy's hair:

She created 4 hair roses with star pins in the middle. Those pins normally cost around 50 pesos here in Antipolo. Good thing we found this shop in Hidalgo, Quiapo where we can buy each for 22 pesos. 

Ate's getting better at hairstyling!

Nikkor 35mm f1.8

Last Saturday, I bought new lens for my camera. I decided to buy Nikkor 35mm f1.8 since I do not plan on upgrading to full frame any time soon. I took it for a stroll along Manila and it did not disappoint me. I was very happy with how much details it can capture. Here's a photo of Mami and Dadi...and Ate Noemi goofing around.lol

 I took more photos during the trip, but I'm having problems uploading them here in my blog. So here's the link to the FB album for this trip: FACEBOOK

It also got a decent depth of field. Here's a photo of my uber, super dooper, cutie patootie, nephew:

The cake we ate at Teacher Rose's birthday last night:

Ate Noemi has a makeup gig on Saturday and I 'm so excited to use my new lens! I'll upload those photos soon after the gig's done!

Makeup by Noemi Samson - Kim Aquino

I've said before that I've been helping my sister develop her portfolio but I haven't posted any of her makeup photos in this blog yet. There are a lot, mind you. Hence, I will post my favorites.
Ate has always admired Kim's (our churchmate) facial features. Lately, Ate practiced her skills with Kim.
These were taken for Jam's school project. She posed as the lover in the movie poster of the Legend of Bulkan Mayon.

Here's a closer look:

Here's the movie poster that Ate Abba edited: (Boyong's hilarious!)

Before 2011 ended, we also asked Kim to model for us. Ate Noemi's concept was New Year's Eve makeup. By the way, Ate studied hairstyling by the time we took these photos. So Kim's hair looked better compared to the Mayon shoot.haha

Kim is soooo pretty! Ate has improved a lot. I really hope she gets booked in the future. I hope she can fulfill her dream of becoming a runway makeup artist in New York.:)

SLC's Blacklight Presentation

Because lately, I've been broke, I've searched for rakets on photography. I've been taking photos of Shiloh Learning Center's activities. (Well technically, I did not apply for the job - I am an alumnus and a member of SLC's church.haha)
Every year, SLC prepares a blacklight presentation for their commencement exercises. Instead of presenting the traditional "song with white gloves" performance, Teacher Abba uses her creativity by incorporating fairy tales. During my stay in SLC, I was part of the Creation and The Three Little Pigs blacklight presentation. All I can remember was the fun we had creating the props and the tension we felt while carrying packaging tapes, praying that the props won't fall apart.haha Back then DSLRs were not popular. These kids are lucky that they can keep photographs of their blacklight presentation. but I could never be more happier because I was the one who took their photos.
Here are the photos I took:

The cast
L-R - Prince, Messenger, Fairy Godmother, Cinderella, Stepmother, Stepsisters

The cast and crew

Cinderella

The Stepsisters and Cinderella

The evil stepmother and Cinderella

The evil stepmother

The evil stepmother and stepsisters

Fairy Godmother and Cinderella

The cast on house lights

The cast with their creative director, Kim Aquino
L-R - Justin, Ransom, Tiffany, Habakkuk, Kim, Eom Shin, Kendrick, Genzen

The cast with the voice over talents
L-R - Justin, Isaac, Tiffany, Andrea, Shannon, Habakkuk, Kim, Justin, Joey, Kendrick, Genzen, Nathalie

I also took productions stills but I'll just upload them on a separate entry. These kids are fun to work with! :)

Good things happen sometimes

My blog feels like an open ended story.
So here's an update.

Last March, I graduated from FPPF. Yay! Here's the photo I submitted for the graduation contest:

It's not really my favorite among my shots (it got murdered during the evaluation!haha). Here's what I liked (but it's more of a portrait than a picture of human activity):

  

Hey, but whatever, it won 5th place anyway!

I still don't know what I want to do with my life but I know God is leading me there. :)