On your special day, it is super important to use a professional makeup artist that understands the ingredients and undertones of foundation. Too often, I see women’s pictures in which the skin looks washed out or too ashy. This problem occurs when you use foundations from department stores or drugstores with Titanium of Zinc Oxides. These ingredients are sunscreens, they are find and actually good to use in your every day foundation and makeup but when you are having flash photography, it is super important for your skin to be matte and not reflect light where you don’t want it to.

I explain it like you are taking a picture of aluminum foil, the metal would bounce the light right back instead of absorbing it and create what we call a “Flash Off.” I hope this is helpful to you. HD foundations are coming out that are fantastic and I have been using a brand for years that is specifically made for film and television. When you are paying all that money for photography, you want to make sure the pictures come out amazing!