Category Archives: Photoshoots

Behind the scenes: Turn Magazine editorial

By Liz Washer | Published June 8, 2011

This shoot was lots of fun – we got to invade a fancy restaurant in New Bedford and shoot multiple outfits from Calico, a local shop. We worked from sunup to sundown! The concept for the makeup was very simple: clean, very bare airbrushed faces (almost no eye makeup at all) with strong contouring and burgundy lips. The editorial will be published in the Summer issue of Turn Magazine, a new online magazine that spotlights emerging talent.

(Check out the stylist’s dog making an appearance – she was a terrific model!)

Turn Magazine Shoot from Meg Elkinton on Vimeo.

Photography: Angela Perez

Models: Caroline Reddy & Kim Rydzewski

Hair: Katie Hayes

Styling: Elissa Paquette, Calico

Venue: Cork Wine & Tapas Bar

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Sneak peek from fashion test

By Liz Washer | Published June 5, 2011

Photographer: Conor Doherty

Stylist: Manderly Macarthur

Model: Christine Keenan

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Lipgloss Teen Magazine Spring/Summer fashion spread

By Liz Washer | Published May 20, 2011

Wearable, youthful brights and fresh faces were the order of the day for this editorial – as always, click the images to view them larger (so hard to fit landscapes into the blog format!) or just check out Lipgloss issue #6 online.

Photographer: Angela Michelle Perez

Hair: Nancy Brown

Wardrobe: Francisco Collazo

Models courtesy of Dynasty & Maggie

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Kontrol Magazine, April ’11 beauty spread

By Liz Washer | Published May 11, 2011

Just received copies of my beauty spread with photographer Angela Michelle Perez, which appeared in the April issue (aka The Art issue) of Kontrol, an Atlanta-based fashion, culture & lifestyle magazine. Since the credits and products used are listed, I’ll just let the clips do the talkin’! (Click the images to see them full-size.)

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Sessions Magazine editorial

By Liz Washer | Published April 19, 2011

I’d almost forgotten about this shoot, from Halloween during my 2010 NYC testing trip – I was a last-minute addition to the roster and literally wrapped this a few hours before I boarded Amtrak to return to Massachusetts. We had a great time getting Gemmy prepped in the Starbucks on Front Street in Brooklyn (you gotta do what you gotta do on a location shoot)! The clothing designer, Eminent Fash, subsequently submitted our work to an online magazine called Sessions – here is the spread:

And since I know it’s hard to actually see the makeup in this layout, here are a few close-ups from the shoot:

Photography: Melissa de Blok

Wardrobe & styling: Larissa Muehleder, Eminent Fash

Model: Gemmy Alcantara, Women Direct New York

Makeup: Me, of course!

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Boutique Week shoot

By Liz Washer | Published April 4, 2011

Meet models Olga & Polina, the forces behind Boutique Week!

Photography: Natalia Borecka

Wardrobe styling: Amanda Antunes

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Beauty spread, T&M Magazine issue #5

By Liz Washer | Published March 2, 2011

I’m very proud to finally be able to show the images from a shoot I did with Tyler Shumway during my sojourn to NYC last fall, which have been published in the most recent issue of T&M Magazine (pages 74-77), an Anniversary issue focusing exclusively on beauty. We had the pleasure of working with models – and newlyweds – Alex and Natasha:

Our description:

Spring beauty redefined: the skin is shower-fresh and aglow, but with a color palette inspired by the fervent passion of the season (and a pair of models who just happen to be newlyweds), the look is anything but pastel!

It ended up being a nice balance between the season we shot it (Autumn) and the season it printed (Spring). I’m thrilled to see our work alongside so many other amazing editorials!

Products used:

Graftobian Hi-Def Crème Foundation
Smashbox Artificial Light, Diffuse and Glow
Yaby eyeshadows (Dramatically Neutral and World of Pearl palettes)
MAC eye kohl, Teddy and Smolder
MAC fluidline, Lithograph
Makeup Forever Glossy Full Couleur #9
BeneFit Benetint
Cover Girl Lash Blast
Essie nail lacquer, Wicked (I’m no nail tech, but I think I did a nice job!)

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Clean looks r us!

By Liz Washer | Published February 20, 2011

Model: Zoey (Click)

Photographer: Angela Michelle Perez

More selections from the New Year shoot

By Liz Washer | Published February 7, 2011

Photography: Shannon Grant

Hair: Jenursa Adamites

Model: Freya

Wardrobe: Angel’s Bridal Boutique

Message in a bottle

By Liz Washer | Published January 26, 2011

What I did on 1/1/11…

See the full story here.

What a fantastic day that was… I even got to do a little prop styling! (Mostly stuffing vintage glass bottles with flowers and hanging them in a tree.)