Studio Portrait: Shemagne O'Keefe-Mullins - Makeup by Dana McIntosh

Shemagne O’Keefe-Mullins is a passionate community leader who has worked in fund-raising, strategic development, and event planning for a variety of major non-profit organizations in the Milwaukee, WI area. Her focus in that work is bringing a personalized approach that she developed for relationship cultivation and community engagement. She is also an incredible person, spouse, and friend. So, when she needed to re-fresh her headshot, we were ecstatic that she reached out to us!

For Shemagne’s session, we partnered again with Dana McIntosh of DMC Makeup Artistry at Urbaine Oasis Spa for makeup and styling. Having another great creative to partner with, helps to not only enhance the end product image, but also to make the experience that much more delightful for the client. Her work is amazing and she has a wonderfully calming presence that helps set the client at ease.

Shemagne had three looks that she wanted to capture. One was a representation of her Irish heritage and Irish-American culture. The next was polished professional. The third was approachable confidence. She pulled off all three looks perfectly!

Irish Heritage Look

Polished Professional Look

Approachable Confidence Look

For lighting, we used a single light setup with a large reflector panel against a middle grey background. The lighting instrument was a 200W monolight strobe with a 52” circular softbox modifier that was placed about 45 degrees to Shemagne’s right side. The 48” x 72” reflector panel was placed her left a couple of feet away from her to prevent that side of her face from falling into deep shadow.

In all it was a wonderful session that left the client feeling happy and beautiful, which made us and Dana happy with our work!