Adventures of a Former Fat Girl: February 2014

Let me begin by stating (quite clearly), I AM NO MODEL. I don't pretend to be. In fact, it took a bit of coercion to even get me to agree to do the shoot. I'm a makeup artist. I ordinarily hang out on the OTHER side of the camera, but as my bucket list would indicate, it is something I always wanted to do, even if no one but me ever saw the pictures.
With that being said, my friend Tisha (yes, the one who I worked with on the film) is also a photographer and asked me if I wanted to do a shoot with her. I thought it'd be a good opportunity to shoot some of my makeup and utilize the photos for my portfolio. (Plus, I wanted to see if my hundreds of hours spent watching Top Model would finally pay off. FYI - it didn't! That shit's harder than it looks!).
So here are some of the shots, not many but a few, just so I can show you that I did it.
I was super self-concious. I was freezing. And I am wildly critical of the shots that we ended up with, but overall it was a really fun time, especially because Tisha and me together is always a recipe for madness and ridiculousness.

Ok, so as I mentioned, movie making isn't nearly as glamourous as it sounds, but it is especially heinous when it is negative six degrees outside and there is no functioning bathroom on set. Without complaining too much, this experience was literally HELL ON EARTH. The people were great, but the conditions were SOOOO difficult that it made it almost impossible to enjoy. We worked an average of 12-13 hours a day (not including over an hour of travel each way from the set to the hotel) in the freezing cold and without much sleep. Late nights. Early mornings. And if you weren't already aware, I HATE the cold. I am not cut out for it. A few years ago I decided that I'd had enough of the winters of the Northeast and packed up my life and moved to sunny Florida. Glorious beach days in February. Yeah, that's what I was daydreaming about while losing my toes to frostbite on set. I literally had to wear every article of clothing I brought every. single. day. Eww gross. Tisha and I even took a trip over to Goodwill to stock up on sweaters and more layers because we were so friggin cold.
But as I said, putting ALLLLLL that aside, it was a pretty cool learning experience and the people were pretty fantastic. I had a blast with Tisha (together we are insanity personified!) and the rest of the talent and crew maintained an oddly positive outlook despite the conditions. I think we all had our moments where we were on the brink of short-circuting, but in general, we all hung in there. I learned some valuable lessons about set etiquette and makeup for film and other things and most importantly, I now have my official first film credit! I was also featured in a photo in the Philadelphia Inquirer and on www.philly.com for my work as a makeup artist in the film. So that's cool.
Below are some pictures from set. Let me warn you, when you are freezing cold and WAITING (which was like 90% of our day), you get a little kookadoo. Hence some of the wacky pictures. Enjoy!
(For legal reasons, I'm not certain about the parameters of how (if I am at all) allowed to mention the title of the film just yet. So I'm going to hold off because I can't quite afford a lawyer if I'm sued. ;)