I have had the lovely pleasure of doing this musicians makeup twice! A self published musician Meedon fuses a wide range of music styles and sounds to form her own unique style. The photographs were taken by of my favorite people and photographers Parker J Pfister. Check out both these cats by clicking on the names to go to their websites.

The shoot that I was on before I went to Alabama was actually was not for makeup. I was asked by world renowned photographer Parker J Pfister (parkerjphoto.com) to actually model and help find models for his latest task. It was a documentary on wedding photography for a photo education company by Photovision (photovisionvideo.com).  There was talent EVERY WHERE!! Well who got asked to do the makeup you ask well.. my boss E. Scott Thompson. He ROCKED IT OUT! I was so floored by the talent that surrounded me, there at Deer Creek run where photographers from around the nation. It was amazing to see everyone at work creating art with his or her mediums, from models, to hair (Tyler Creek), to the crew creating the film. Its was truly a fun fun job. Here are some photos from the day. Please Check out Parker J Pfister’s blog not only for his wonderful art but to check out the other magical photographers from that day. Also the images below are from the “love mama”, as Parker J like to call her, Julia Woods. (jeffreyandjuliawoods.com)

p.s. YOU GO SCOTT!

So as a makeup artist Halloween is one of the best times of the year. We are challenged time and time again by clients who wish to do something daring and different. What a blast this year! Thought I would share some of the photos from this year’s Halloween at M@GA.

One of my most recent projects as a makeup artist was being apart of a documentary entitled “White man walks into a barber shop” directed by Kyle Schickner of Fence Sitter Films  ( fencesitterfilms.com).  This was a tour through Alabama and Mississippi walking into black barber shops at random and questioning people on racism post Obama election. The director, Kyle Schickner president of FSF, felt that the discussion of race had become taboo and wish to open the dialogue up again. During this job I was tasked with applying makeup for the director every morning as well as formal interviews, such as co-owner Randall Williams of The NEWSOUTH, Inc. book store in Montgomery, Alabama. This job helped me to grow as a makeup artist but also as a person and there is no better job in my opinion.

I am now going to join the world at large…. with a blog! My Goal with this blog is to show the world what it is like to be behind the camera and the glam. I hope that you can enjoy the back stage look from the makeup artist view and see what adventures I can get into. There is never a dull job when it comes to the world of MAKEUP!! I am going to try to post a blog a week to catch us all up on what I have been up to with Makeup at the Grove Arcade or as I like to say M@GA.   The team at M@GA have become my mentors and my second family.  I will try to keep you up to date with all the stores activities and the artists there. However I must say that is hard to keep up with all the shoots that the national award-winning makeup artist E. Scott Thompson (or as I call him… boss) is on, but I will do my best. 😉

Here it goes…  XoXo -Zack