Analysis of VS Pro Images

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In this post I am going to analyse retouched and un-retouched images from my shoot for VS pro. The aim for VS Pro is to achieve a flawless, glowing, natural beauty look to advertising Victoria’s Secret range of makeup named VS Pro. This range consists of foundations, illuminator’s concealers, powders etc. and the idea is to portray the perfection of a supermodel and show how it can be achieved by using the products.

I utilized the findings I got from my test shoot for this look and built up dark and light foundations to contour the face, rather than contouring with powder. I wanted create more of a natural shine on the face so I used he VS Pro Face Illuminator, this worked very well. The pink/gold toned cream look worked perfectly with Diandra’s skin tone and this is a product I will use on future shoots.

Below shows an image from this shoot, the first is the image in is original form and the second is the retouched version.

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I like the angle and close up of this image and feel the crop is ideal for the look and natural feel I was going for. I feel it also works because the hair was very weak throughout this photo shoot and this shot features very little hair. However, on the original image the shadow and gloss on the lip does not work, it has created an almost lumpy look, rather than a smooth nourished lip. This has only been enhanced on the retouched image. On both images there are evident bags and dark circles under the eyes, this is something that cannot totally be concealed using Photoshop. This is not something that works for a shoot that is promoting products that are supposed to illuminate dark circles. On the retouched version of this image there are several area’s where the skin is uneven and looks over retouched. I have decided to re shoot this look because although I like the angle and crop of the image. I feel the makeup is not good enough to use as an image promoting a natural beauty look that can be achieved with minimal makeup. On my re-shoot of this look I plan to use less makeup and focus that flaws on the face such as dark circles under the eyes, redness and uneven skin tone are fully concealed and do not show up on camera. I also plan to keep a clean lip with minimal gloss and a very natural shade lipstick to ensure that this does not happen again. 

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Here I have clearly airbrushed the skin way too much and blown the skin out so it doesn’t even look real. I have also tried to make the hair look bigger but it is evident I have done this from the blurred edges. It is clear to say I will not be using this image throughout my project, however I will keep it as a reference to remind myself not to go over board with the airbrushing.