Julissa Garcia Makeup Artist

Julissa messaged me about filming a video for her because she wanted to enter a makeup artist contest. The winner would get flown to New York City for Fashion Week to meet Mally and do some makeup. Julissa and I talked about ideas, and we decided to have her host a tutorial at her husband's office. The original idea was to film the tutorial and splice some video. It had to be under four minutes long, so I wanted to pack a lot of different footage and photos into it. We filmed the tutorial, and then we filmed an interview a few days later at her house. There was a bit of miscommunication, and Julissa...

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On Tonight’s News

I love being a photographer. I'll admit, I was feeling a little overwhelmed near the end of last year. A part of me was struggling with the business side of photography, and I wasn't making as much as I wanted/needed. I often tell people that photography as a business is difficult because it's not like selling cars or other products you'd see on The Price is Right. Ask 100 random people what they'd pay for a family portrait session, and I'd imagine there'd be a broad range of guesses. Do you want prints with that? What sizes? Maybe just a disc of edited digital negatives? Session length?...

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