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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Analyse photography context
   • Confirm make-up requirements with client, photographer, or stylist.
   • Determine photography context by establishing conditions, setting and lighting.
   • Determine photography image end-use and format.
2. Establish make-up requirements.
   • Identify contraindications to make-up service and refer to appropriate professional as required.
   • Cleanse client face and neck to thoroughly remove make-up.
   • Identify skin type, colour, tone and undertone to select foundation.
   • Identify facial shape and areas requiring corrective make-up.
3. Design make-up plan.
   • Design and record make-up plan.
   • Confirm make-up plan with client, photographer or stylist as required.
   • Select make-up products and equipment.
4. Apply make-up for photography.
   • Prepare service area, equipment and self.
   • Apply make-up products sequentially according to make-up plan.
   • Seek client, photographer or stylist feedback to evaluate make-up application and adjust as required.
   • Maintain make-up during shoot.
5. Clean tools and equipment.
   • Clean non disposable make-up equipment and tools.
   • Restock equipment and products to prepare for next service.
   • Dispose of general waste to minimise negative environmental impacts.
6. Analyse photography context
   • Confirm make-up requirements with client, photographer, or stylist.
   • Determine photography context by establishing conditions, setting and lighting.
   • Determine photography image end-use and format.
7. Establish make-up requirements.
   • Identify contraindications to make-up service and refer to appropriate professional as required.
   • Cleanse client face and neck to thoroughly remove make-up.
   • Identify skin type, colour, tone and undertone to select foundation.
   • Identify facial shape and areas requiring corrective make-up.
8. Design make-up plan.
   • Design and record make-up plan.
   • Confirm make-up plan with client, photographer or stylist as required.
   • Select make-up products and equipment.
9. Apply make-up for photography.
   • Prepare service area, equipment and self.
   • Apply make-up products sequentially according to make-up plan.
   • Seek client, photographer or stylist feedback to evaluate make-up application and adjust as required.
   • Maintain make-up during shoot.
10. Clean tools and equipment.
    • Clean non disposable make-up equipment and tools.
    • Restock equipment and products to prepare for next service.
    • Dispose of general waste to minimise negative environmental impacts.

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:

communicate, follow and adjust make-up plan to apply safe and appropriate make-up in three of following photography contexts:

business

wedding

fashion

commercial

catwalk

demonstrate make-up applications suitable for:

artificial light

natural light

studio conditions

provide make-up services for print outcomes:

black and white images

colour images

design and record make-up plans for each client specifying details of:

areas requiring correction or camouflage

camera angles and shots

colour design

contraindications

dramatic considerations

continuity issues

face shape

skin colour and tone

highlighting and shading techniques

lighting

location:

interior

exterior

studio

make-up products and equipment

product application procedures

single appearance

testing arrangements

present self, according to organisational policy

manage product quantities to avoid waste of consumables

comply with health and hygiene regulations and requirements.

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Knowledge Evidence

Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit:

state or territory and local health and hygiene regulation and requirements relevant to make-up services

organisational policies and procedures relevant to make-up services:

client record management

equipment and product use and maintenance

incident reporting

personal hygiene and presentation

waste disposal

work health and safety

legal and insurance liabilities and responsibilities regarding make-up services

scope of practice:

importance of not stating a diagnosis of contraindications

when to refer to other practitioners

contraindications and their relationship to photographic make-up services:

bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections

abnormal skin

contact lenses

recent skin treatments such as injectables, intense pulsed light, laser and surgery

photographic make-up principles:

effects of natural and artificial lighting on make-up appearance

colour design

colour wheel

cosmetic ingredients and their performance under different light sources and digital photography

primary, secondary, complementary colours and grey scale

tonal value, hue and shade

operation of production environments and settings and how to effectively and professionally work within these environments

appearance of common skin types and conditions and their relationship to photographic make-up services

selection, care and infection control for photographic make-up equipment, products and tools

effect of changes created by:

specific make-up products and colour application techniques

lighting and how make-up colours appear on screen

sustainable operating procedures for the conservation of product, water and power.

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