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My favorite of Rob's experiment with cross polarized lighting

Samantha Laura Kaye — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:00:18 +0000

Another colour extract from Robert Miller’s JemCat shoot.I think this might be my favorite. Robert had a very interesting lighting setup for this shoot. He placed Polarization filters over his beauty box in order to block out “hot spots” and experiment with cross polarized lighting.

Robert made the cat ears himself in order to get the spacing and direction and texture the way he wanted.

Here Kitty Kitty plays with a roll of Gaffa tape. Jemma is a fantastic model, she was relaxed, is naturally beautiful and played kitty-kitty with intoxicating conviction.

Main make-up ingredients: MAC #7 Lash, DUO adhesive, MAC paintpots, MAC technakohl liner in “graphblack” MAC pigment in “Copperclast”

Photographer: Robert Miller

Model: Jemma Pearce

Hair: Samantha Kaye

Make-Up: Samantha Kaye

Location: Snap Studios, Woodstock, Cape Town

My First Bollywood Experience.

Samantha Laura Kaye — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:47:04 +0000

Atlantis, 6 degress Celcius, Ricoffee, frostbite, 2 square meters of shade, forty-something dancers, bikinis, limited sunblock, two toilets, chilli scrambled eggs, chilli curry lunch, bronze, shimmery fabrics, high heels in the sand, 12 hour days, 7am call time – an hour outside of Cape Town.

Seven girls managing hair and make-up, two fried GHD’s in the first thirty minutes, laughter, hunger, exhaustion, laughter trekking over sand dunes and sneaking photographs.

Main Make-Up ingredients: MAC lipglass “viva glam VI” and pigments in “tan” and “coco beach“, Eyeshadow : “bronze”, Eye Kohl: “smolder”

Day 1 – more to follow

Sam

Samantha Laura Kaye — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:22:01 +0000

This is one of my favourite portraits. It’s from my first shoot with Robert Miller, where I was doing the make-up and modeling with a variety of costumes and wigs for a “pin-up” style shoot. This photograph is in fact a crop of a photograph of me relaxed and momentarily unaware of the camera, walking across the studio to fetch a new hairdo, my hair was disheveled from the violent way I’d pulled off the last wig.

Main Make-Up ingredients: MAC studio fix fluid, mineralise skinfinish “lightful”(ltd. “Corps de ballet“), bronzer “golden”, sheertone blush: “blushbaby”, lipstick “House Wine” and “Kinda Sexy” and “Honeylove”, Lipglass (clear).

Main Hair ingredients: Frustration and Apathy.

Photographer: Robert Miller

Model: Samantha Laura Kaye

Make-Up and Hair: Samantha Kaye

Location: Snap Studios, Woodstock, Cape Town

2007

Ashley eats a florist.

Samantha Laura Kaye — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:40:48 +0000

This was somewhat of a challenge but a lot of fun. Rob was inspired by an image of a girl with flowers held over her hair, and once again we set out to “better” the wood nymph feel. We wanted to use purple Iris’s over her hair, though Cally could not find them so we used these greenish flowers – whose petals were recycled as eye-brows and eye-lashes with the help of DUO glue.

Main Make-Up Ingredient: DUO adhesive, fresh flower petals, MAC eyeshadow in “chrome yellow“, “parfait amour” and “thunder”(limited ed.) MAC pigment in “golders green” was used over her lips under clear lipglass.

Pro Tip: When dealing with something fiddly such as petals or feathers or individual lashes use tweezers to position the object in place, check the direction of the curve of the hair/petal and hold in place until secure. Using as little glue as possible cover the tip of the lash or petal and wait for the glue to become tacky before adhering it to the skin.

Model: Ashley P from Infinity

Photographer: Robert Miller

Stylist: Cally Palmer

Make-Up: Sam Kaye

Hair: Sam Kaye

Location: Snap Studios, Woodstock, Cape Town

Year: 2009