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| Taiwanese woman applying cream to face, beauty shot |
I was
organizing a beauty shoot a few weeks ago. The ideas about beauty in Asia are different to those in the West. In brief (I will
do a more in-depth post about this soon), Chinese woman prefer whiter looking
skin, bigger eyes, and less accentuated facial features (So less contouring and
highlighting to get a flatter appearance).
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| Chinese woman beauty shoot |
The tendency towards whiter paler skin comes from
stereotypes about social status; darker skinned people are seen as sun-baked
laborers who work in the fields. This is quite different from the Western
perception of paler people being unhealthy or ill. To exaggerate this look, beauty
photos in Taiwan
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| Taiwanese woman beauty |
Overall, the standard of beauty in Western countries
generally veers toward a mature,
seductive, sexy, and sultry look while in Asia, especially Taiwan , China ,
and Japan
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| Chinese woman modeling for beauty shoot |
All the
photos were shot on a Canon 6D with a Canon 70-200 F2.8 L lens. The lighting
was a standard beauty lighting clamshell setup for most of the shots. The key
light was a monolight in an 80 cm brolly box on top with a reflector at the
bottom. Two V-flats were used in front and two monolights used on the white
background. The key light was placed relatively low for less contrasty, flatter
look. The two white V-flats in front were also added to reduce shadows. Two
black V-flats were put on the sides to add definition to the outline of the
face.
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| Chinese woman applying mascara for beauty shoot |
For more photos from this series and others, see this set:
shutterstock asian beauty skincare chinese taiwanese
