Shotcaller Magazine - "SPLASH"

Posing & Photographer

Photographing Robert Camera

August 2018



Behinds the Brush Dallas Arts
by Grayson Micaela
Misty Reavis p.56-57
p.4-7
Euphoric Modeling
Cover Model
p.61-62
Brittany Lynn
p.16-21 Model Tips
by Harley Corwin
Art of Posing
p.65
by Taylor Grey
p.28-33

Photo Shoots
by Rick Cutrer
p.24-25

Model
Brittany Lynn
Photographer
Robert Camera
NWI Glamour

Misty Reavis Misty Reavis is a highly

trained and published
freelance hair and makeup
artist.

While her career began in Northwest
Arkansas, she has recently landed in
the Omaha area. Her love for hair
started at a very early age. In fourth
grade, all the students were asked
what they wanted to be when they
grew up, Misty wanted to be a hair
stylist. And since 1996, her passion
blossomed into a career. Misty also
found the love for makeup and that
both went hand in hand with each
other so she decided to get her
degree in makeup artistry. She holds
a cosmetology license in Arkansas,
Nebraska, and in Iowa.

Misty loves working with all facial shapes As well as certified with multiple Smoothing
Treatment companies. She is certified in
and types, as well as hair types. Each
Disinfection and Sanitation, because let’s face
individual is a blank canvas to create
it, no one wants to have dirty cosmetic brushes
something with, whether it is her own
or makeup touching their face or dirty brushes
vision or the vision of a photographer,
model, designer, or bride. The end result being ran through their hair! If you don’t see
has a story that needs to be told. Misty’s your makeup artist using clean brushes or
goal is to have a flawless application so the sanitizing them without call in between
photographer spends less time using Photo applications you are using the wrong
professional! Misty is known for putting the
Shop, and the individuals look like
themselves and not an art project, unless client safety into consideration by observing
of course that’s the plan of the project. No safety procedures and avoiding certain
two people have the same hair and facial chemicals that may have adverse reactions to
type which is what makes each individual the client’s hair and or face.

client special and beautiful. She believes in Misty has worked closely with photographers in
using consultation techniques and both and out of several state photo shoots. She has
hair and makeup to achieve the end result. worked with designers in and out of state for
Misty communicates with her clients for Runway shows. She was even asked to be a part
direction on job specification including but of Raul ‘Rulli' Torres’s Northwest Arkansas
not limited to, getting an outline of the Runway committee to help assist pick and
client’s needs and following them to give choose other professional hair and makeup
the client satisfying results. She is also artist as well as models for his Runway shows
been known to get crafty for her clientele when he held them in the area. She was a
and make headpieces for photo shoots makeup artist for Northwest Arkansas Fashion
and/or for a bride’s hair piece for her Week for several years running, even making
special day. the drive from Omaha back to Arkansas to

Misty has worked for Lancome cosmetics participate. Misty was recruited by sculpt talent
and has became a certified beauty advisor. agency out of Little Rock, Arkansas to assist
She also had a short stint working for with the hair and makeup gig for a company by
Benefit Cosmetics where she learned brow the Name of Love Hangover Creations who was
mapping as part of the waxing procedures. performing and a runway show for Walmart
She is constantly continuing her education home office for Cultural Week. To this day,
in both hair and makeup. She is a Master Misty and the owner of Love Hangover
Colorist with Pravana. She is a certified Creations are still friends and still communicate
Wella Color Correction Colorist. and speak business quite frequently. She also
did hair and makeup for Northwest Arkansas is

Dancing with the Stars. And was also asked to

participate in 2017 MAPSYM, Mid-America

Photography event held in Eureka Springs,

Arkansas. Those are just a few of the many

events that she has participated in.

Photo credit
Christopher Tierney

Misty sticks with the traditional makeup application, for she feels that she
can get a better finish and look from her techniques then from airbrush.
Her foundation line that she uses is waterproof, sweat proof, and non-
transferable, and is PETA approved. She found that this Foundation line not
only benefited the photographers and models from flashback, you know
the ‘ghastly white face look’, but also gives the bride’s the confidence of a
flawless finish for their wedding day without getting makeup all over their
expensive beautiful gowns.

Today, Misty continues to work passionately, creating amazing hair and
makeup looks on clients everywhere and helping her clients to feel even
more beautiful than they already are! Be sure to take one of Misty’s classes
if you ever get the opportunity for you never know what kind of tips and
tricks you may walk away with!

Misty is currently www.instagram.com/
rebranding herself Hellogorgeousbymisty
and her business so
be on the lookout for www.facebook.com/
changes! But for now Hellogorgeousbymisty
please reference the
following for Misty’s Hellogorgeousbymisty­
beautiful work. @yahoo.com



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Cover Photographer

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Cover Model

Brittany Lynn

Hey guys!!!

Bee here! Well, first off, I'd like to begin by saying I am truly
honored to be the cover girl of this amazing magazine! This
is definitely a magazine I have seen and wanted to get in
and here I am on the cover! Woo!! I was due for another
cover to add to my collection and I am so thankful for you
guys and Robert to help make that happen. :) This was such
an amazingly fun, relaxing, and enjoyable shoot, I couldn't be
happier to be able to share it with the world. Totally needed
a beach day, and turned down my boats and hoes all
weekend for it, so glad it was worth it!



So, a bit
about me...

I'm 28 years old,
working hard to be
a millionaire before
I'm 30! I love to
read and learn.
Hardcore
collecting useful
information since
1990.

In my 'bio', I would naturally, say
all the fun/recreation I like to do
that I think people usually want
to hear about such as travel,

shows, events, games, boating,
jetskis, get down with friends, yada
yada yaaa. Butttt- Honestly.. I'm kind
of over these phases as I have had
way more fun than I should have by
now and I'm all funned out. Truly, For
me, it's time to grind. I don't even
enjoy it like I used to because I'm too
focused and know the value of my
time. Rarely, I still do 'fun' things here
and there I really want to do to keep
me sane, such as a show or a vaca
every few months (vs. every week to
two weeks like before).
#RecreationIsOverrated.
#SuccessIsMyDuty.

Now, I spend my days fighting everyone and everything off due
to this. (Go me!) I get some pretty epic offers for shows, events, games, paid

vacas all over the states and out of the country, but very aware of the opportunity
cost and time management, especially when vacas are involved. Though many of them
involve shooting, still, it gets to be more about vaca mode at times and there's many
amazing photographers and opportunities right here in Chicago and nearby. Plus, was too
much time away from my home and B. Just have to know your worth and be very careful
what you agree to. Time is money. :) I'm extremely grateful for the love of my life,
Bandit, my family, my amazing photographers, publishers, friends, fans, slaves, and
everyone else! I don't really drink or party anymore, but go to bed early and wake up
early, as the successful do. ;) I also do radiology and am a subject matter expert,
overseeing the radiology department of 7 different clinics. [Single, but unavailable.]

I like to shoot, study, learn, read, listen to audiobooks and podcasts, express my
creativity and visions, (also why I love shooting), self analyze, measure my progress,
work hard, be productive, disciplined, motivated, and advance in life. I also like to become
the healthiest version of myself, run, workout, enjoy nature, witchcraft, bend reality,
Youtube/ comedy/ skits, meditate, explore new opportunities, try new things, network,
keep my mental state positive and in check at all times, donate to charities that speak
to me like St. Jude, ASPCA (animal abuse), and UMTR2ME (suicide prevention). I strive
to reach the point of tithing at 10% of my income, but I'm not there yet. I put my time
and energy towards reaching my goals, self-growth, investing in stocks, making money,
helping people, building my brands, self love, God, gratitude, becoming a better person,
finding the good in all people, situations, and struggles, daydreaming, connecting to
source, etc, etc.. I also love crystals. They help me do all of this with much more power
and motivation. I believe in personally radiating love and good will to all.

Just working hard to make my wildest dreams come true. I'm blessed beyond belief and
have a gang of angels looking out for me, contributing to my abundant, beautiful life filled
with love, joy, wealth, peace, success, and happiness. Really proud of how far I've come
in life, especially within the past year of changing my habits and mental state,
knowledge is power. You'll be seeing a lot more of me. I'm here to live out my life purpose
and make the world a better place because I lived in it. Not just a pretty face. ;) If you'd
like to get to know me more, or contact me about rates and bookings.

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Posing and Photographing

by

Taylor Grey

Photographing the female form is art form itself.

It's much more than putting them in the frame and composing
that frame. It's about understanding that form's body, it's lines,
it's errors, it's angles it's physical appearance, it's emotional and
mental presence on the world around itself.

To understand the female form you must strip away the pretense that every form is
the same, well yes in its rudimentary state it’s the same, but just like figure drawing
and figure painting, not all bodies are the same. The fashion industry unfortunately
designs primarily to a single body shape, and leaves the, "non-standard body mass" in the
corner closet for a rainy-day project. However, the female form is more than just lines
and bumps. It's has hallmarks of that forms life, history and the things that have
molded it.
You might have heard of, read the article or blurb that floats around on social media
platforms and blog sites about the wife of two or three went in for a boudoir session
for her husband, who was promptly outraged at the photos he received. It wasn't that
the female photographer shot the wife wrong, or made them lewd and overly sexual,
instead it was her post work, she made this mom and wife look like the model in a
glossy ad, smooth skin perfect. The husband remarked that the photographer stripped
away what made her beautiful in his eyes, the stretch marks, the crow's feet, she took
away the essence of that form.

Where I am getting with this is that before you put the female form in a frame and
shoot, you need to understand her, without blatantly pointing out the flaws. Remember
that most women are self conscious about their bodies, because we as a society have
built up this image of perfection and anything that doesn't meet that is looked upon
with ridicule and shame or disgust.

The female form without trying to be graphic, racist, or shaming of it has
unimaginable amounts of differences, in fact the human race is that way.
Don’t go into your shoot thinking that this will be the same as the last

The Female Form

The client you shot last session
may have been a taller mom of
three kids age of early forties,
pretty decent bra size, skinny waist,
a generous behind and muscular
thighs. She's worried about showing
her stretch marks, her crow's feet,
her smile lines and that shooting
her from certain angles will make
her look fat or disproportionate.

However today you get a client
who is a 22 year old college
student who works two jobs, is on
the college diet, stressed about
making grades to hold her
scholarship. Her body could be
described as standard model, size 2
or 4 dress, picturesque beauty
without makeup, ballerina bra size,
with a slight masculine jawline.
She's not really concerned about
any flaws other than the fact that
she has mentioned that she has
lost a few pounds. She won't tell
you that she fought and won a
battle with an eating disorder.

How you shoot the mom will be Locking the knees or allowing them to bend
different then shooting the college backward also looks awkward, posing the female
student. Before we go into that form is about beauty and embracing the femininity
let's talk about the basics of of it. Allow an ever so slight bend at the knee if
posing. Remember that rules are the subject is standing. It looks softer then the
meant to be broken but these are harsh lock of the knee.
suggested rules.
The human body is not a straight Hands are the hardest and no matter how hard
line, so avoid at all cost locking you try, the only people that I have found that
the elbow joints or hyper extending have mastered the art of posing their hands are
them. It looks really weird on dancers. The hands should be soft, slightly open,
camera, and when you see it in breathy and airy, almost like they are holding the
person it may not be so bad, but on plumage of an elegant bird.
camera it looks creepy and
unnatural.

The Female Form

Bear claws and lobster mitts are a Stay on super generic topics. Once they open
no-no. There really isn’t much I can up they won't have any problem adjusting their
offer other then try to have little expression, or shoot on two rather than on
bends in the joints, and keep the wrist three.
loose, but not so loose that it flops. The broadest part of the body is the bicep, the
thigh and the broad plane of skin on the hand,
Another thing that many photographers always turn these to the side or resist the
do on a consistent basis is hide a limb, urge to compress these areas. Instead hold the
almost always make sure that all four arm centimeters away from the body, change
limbs of the body can be seen, even if the weight distribution if they are posed in a
partially. It looks pleasing to the eye way that compress or shows the thigh in all
to see limbs. its glory.
Let's move to joints. NEVER EVER Keep ankles stiff, don't bend sideways. It looks
CROP AT A JOINT, if you know that awful.
you will crop in post and your camera Another thing I like to say is break the
shooting position is steady enough to parallels. You have at least 6 points on your
not get blurring, focus your lens on body that form parallel lines when standing
the eye and shoot the body as a whole upright. Your eyes, shoulders, elbows, hips,
and crop up to where you want. I have knees and ankles.
seen to many beautiful portraits ruined
because the photographer cropped at a
joint or cropped the foot in half. The
biggest offender is from the knees
down. Crop at the shin or don't crop at
all.
If you are going to put a subject in
frame within your image, make sure we
can see at least both thighs, or just
below the knees, or just above the
waist.
Another critical thing is the face, most
non models have a single facial
expression, Chandler Bing for example.
Rather than shoot them with the same
face or attempt to get them to change
that expression, which will looked
force, converse with them elevator
style. Talk about generic stuff, how is
life, why they came to you, find out
their hobbies, or what they do for
leisure. Don't ever get personal unless
you know them on a deeply personal
friend level.

The Female Form

Let's talk about trickery In my experience there are two types of
curvy women, those that wear their
within the frame how do you curves and those that embrace their
make someone a size 2 or 4 look curves. The wearers have no clue how to
amazing and how do you make a pose with their curves or dress
curvy person look amazing appropriately, and most of the time they
without looking, well weird on will complain when you don't shoot her
camera? correctly. Those that embrace their
curves have mastered them and know how
It's all about the angles. You to look damn good, they know how to
really shouldn't shoot someone accent the good and hid the bad, they
straight on, especially a woman. know what clothing works well and
what doesn't.

So how do you shoot curves? Well I am

Instead turn her hips an eighth to a going to brutally honest, 75% of the

quarter turn away from you, and turn the industry haven't master the concept,

shoulders an eighth to a quarter turn. In they'll shoot it but it will show flaws

essence you have, say her right hip and and both the client and photographer

left shoulder more prominent, twisted her will get frustrated, my first shoot with
core, which has tightened her midsection a short curvy model was a disaster, I had
making her form appear more balanced. shot a super tall curvy girl twice and it
was amazing. 15% of them have mastered
HINT: this trick could allow you to shoot the concept, are damn good at it and it
her straight on if executed with precision. shows, the last 10% only shoot what is
The body is twisted and therefore not wrongly referred to as plus size
facing you straight on. modeling. The average American woman is

What you want to do with a size 4 is to a size 12 or 14, for those who aren't in the
make curves appear where they aren't know.

without making them look cartoonish. All

this is done without any help with With more brutal honestly, the majority

photoshop. The best one is the Core twist of the time if you are at Five four and

as mentioned above. It accents the form weigh above 250, the vast majority of

and helps to add curves. photographers, that 90%, may politely, or
impolitely turn you down for portraits,

By accenting what she has with strategic the majority of the time it's not that we
poses, hip drops, slight body twists, kneeling are bodyshaming, far from it, it's because
or shooting her from different angles will we are psychologically intimidated on
tremendously help to add curves. shooting you, to make you look amazing
or as you may have told us, make me

look like a model.

The Female Form
Back to the mom, what I did is that I twisted her core, broke the parallels almost to
the brink of exaggeration, strategic angles, she duplicated the Black Widow stance
several times and it worked for her body type, I used minimal shadowing, or blowout
highlights leeching in from behind as I shot a quarter profile pose. I pulled a knee as far
across her other leg as possible to make her appear slimmer. Sometimes I would shoot
from a lower angle while she held her head high, or shot from a slight overhead angle
while she held her head high.
Again, it's all about knowing her angles. This mom had worked with me four times and
she told that she learned more about her body type and posing it in two sessions with
me then the money she spent at 19 for modeling classes.
I will get into clothing and body types in a later article which also helps with posing
and making the female form look good on camera, hopefully while also maintaining her
personality. Unless you are shooting for commercial usage like fashion photography.

This is all from my own personal experience so refer at will.
I also happened to learn posing by studying the naked form, take a moment attend a
figure class, or ask your partner to pose naked. Without clothing one can see how the
skin moves, with fit people you can see how the muscles change and pull across the
form, you can see how the body reacts without fabric.

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The different kinds of photo
shoots for a model and
what they involve

by Rick Cutrer

If you are aiming to become a

professional model who wants to

work in front of a camera, there Model photo shoots
are a few things you should know

Test shoots There are some basic points which you should
aim to fulfill as a model, in terms of photo

Test shoots usually refer to the shoots and photo sessions.

practice of a photographer wanting to Firstly, you should know how to make the

try out a creative idea, test new photographer’s life as easy as possible. A

equipment, wanting to build their own model, who knows what he/she is doing and

portfolio, or the photographer might
just want to try out how a photo shoot who does not need so much managing, will
would go with the set-up of the photo take a nice stand with the photographer. If
session. The other side of test shoots is you show flexibility and you can adapt to the
setting easily, this will make the
for models who need test shots for
their portfolios. This can be organized by photographer feel much more at ease and
the model themselves, so they can get will consequently allow for the photo shoot
professional shots to show to agencies, to go according to plan without delays or
or by an agency who wants to represent disruption.

a new model. The second, very important thing to

Test shoots are usually a simple trade remember is to keep yourself healthy and

of services. Do not expect to get paid energetic. You should never arrive to a photo

for a test shoot, just as a photographer shoot looking tired and exhausted as this

will not expect a reward for the will influence the photo shoot in a variety of

photography he/she does. So, you could ways. So, remember to always get a good

view it as friendly set-up of one night’s sleep before the photo shoot and

professional helping another, which come to the shoot with energy and eagerness

works both ways. to work hard, as expected.

.

Thirdly, when you have a photo shoot Warning

scheduled, always come well prepared. You should always make
Usually all details relating to a photo sure that you are dealing
shoot are discussed and set beforehand, with a professional
therefore coming to a shoot with all the photographer, especially
necessary items is vital. This is a good when it comes to test
representation of your own reliability, so to shoots. There are lots of
appear as professional as possible, make people luring and scamming
sure you come fully prepared. young, impressionable
models, and for this reason
In addition to the latter, always make you should always consult
a professional photographer
sure you arrive on time. Nobody appreciates for taking your
waiting around, especially as Studio time is photographs, especially if
often based on hourly fees. So, it’s always you are just starting out in
better to come early rather than late. the business. Ask other
models, photographers you
"You should never have worked with and do
arrive to a photo your own investigation about
shoot looking tired the photographer. The
and exhausted" photographer will be
investigating you too. Other
When all the preparations have been made models and photographers
for the shoot, then starts your one-on-one do talk. So, it’s worth to
with the photographer. Your ability to invest a bit of time and
communicate with the photographer is key money in finding a
as it sets the tone and speed of the shoot. professional to work with.
So, listen to the instructions of the
photographer carefully and try to make
his/ her job as easy as possible. Naturally,
the more a model and a photographer work
together, the smoother the photo shoot
will be. However whether it’s your first or
your tenth time working together, you
should always aim to ask the photographer
what he or she wants to facilitate for the
most effective working environment.

Mandy

Hall

Photographer

Jonathan Frings



Maymie

Mitchell

Photographer

Missy Terry