MakeupwerksBlog » Pottery Barn http://makeupwerks.com/blog The various goings-on of media makeup artist Tania D. Russell. Tania is based in Los Angeles, and works in LA, San Francisco and wherever else this wacky world may take her... Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:00:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Pottery Barn Dorm http://makeupwerks.com/blog/pottery-barn-dorm/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/pottery-barn-dorm/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 17:51:55 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=426 Long time no post! I met with a photographer friend of mine recently and we were both lamenting how long it takes, once you’ve done a job, before you can show it to anyone! So that’s been the case for me lately, lots of stuff in the pipeline but until I get the greenlight, I can’t share it.

One thing that has been greenlit is the new PBDorm catalogue I worked on a few months ago in LA and SF. PBDorm is the new big brother/sister catalog to PBTeen for young adults entering their college years. It was a blast to work on as always, and the pictures I’ve seen so far look great. Thus far I’ve only seen them on the website but the print catalog should be coming to stores any day now… I did the cover shoot as well as the content pages shoot. Makeup and hair by moi for all…

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Pottery Barn Dorm

Pottery Barn Dorm


]]> http://makeupwerks.com/blog/pottery-barn-dorm/feed/ 0 Holidays are Over, Back to Shameless Self Promotion… http://makeupwerks.com/blog/holidays-are-over-back-to-shameless-self-promotion/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/holidays-are-over-back-to-shameless-self-promotion/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:02:37 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=39 Happy 2009! I hope this finds you after having had a fabulous Holiday break with your loved ones. I had fantastic Holidays, although I can’t really say I had a break as I worked pretty much the whole time. Always a good thing!

During that time, two projects I’d had the pleasure of working on hit the streets (click on images to see larger);

grooming by Tania D. Russell

This past August or so I worked on a Calendar shoot for the Men’s division of Ford Models West. Picture a screaming hot day in the remote desert, shooting at an abandoned motel, gas station and cafe – complete with a functional pool – that’s now used solely as a filming location. The location manager lives there in an air conditioned trailer with his two dogs and good thing too – I got mild heat exhaustion and I needed to sit in his air conditioned trailer to resuscitate myself. So there I was in the middle of nowhere watching Medical Mysteries while the location manager told me stories of him hanging out with Keith Richards. Awesome! Once revived, I went back out and worked on a bevy of gorgeous male models. Ah, the sacrifices one must make for one’s career… ;)

makeup/hair/grooming by Tania D. Russell

Further solidifying my status in the Teen Scene – I worked on a catalogue shoot for Pottery Barn Teen a bit ago and that catalogue has now hit the stores. It was nice to see this time my work wasn’t preempted by a Christmas Tree. HaHa!  It was a fun shoot, I always enjoy the teen stuff and working with the folks at Pottery Barn was a good time. Also, Big Thanks to my assistant, Elizabeth Hart for her work on the shoot as well. Thanks, girl! :)

Until next time…
makeup/hair/grooming for all photos – Tania D. Russell/Ford Artists

]]> http://makeupwerks.com/blog/holidays-are-over-back-to-shameless-self-promotion/feed/ 0 O, Tannenbaum http://makeupwerks.com/blog/o-tannenbaum/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/o-tannenbaum/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:45:21 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=14 This past July I went up to Sonoma, CA to work on a cover shoot for the Holiday edition of the main Pottery Barn catalog. I’m excited to say that the catalog is out and in stores now!


© R. Davis for Pottery Barn

Hmmm… Christmas Trees don’t generally wear makeup or need their hair done…

Ah well, a bit of a disappointment but c’est la vie, c’est la guerre… Pottery Barn’s main catalogue does not usually use people models so I guess they decided it would be too random to do so all of a sudden with this catalog. My agency-mate Jeffrey Moss was the prop/set stylist for this shoot and as you can see, he did an amazing job. You can see some of my shots in action on the Pottery Barn website. And of course I have some up on my website, Makeupwerks.com. Actually, I just got to work with Pottery Barn again on a cover shoot for Pottery Barn Teen which should be out around February. (they do use models for the PBTeen covers all the time so I’m feeling a bit safer about that one :) )

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