Claire Elizabeth wrote:
Im wondering then, if a mua is workin with a group of models and one model decides to do anothers models makeup is that ok? Basically is it ok to take over someone else's role or should we all just know our place on the set?

Haha!  Excellent supposition! 

People love the idea of stepping into other roles, just not having someone get into theirs.  Everyone is there to do his or her job.  Still, the photographer was the one who told her to pose.  That rests on the photographer's shoulders...

Talitha Williams wrote:

oops... I meant the MUA, not the model (hopefully she brought clothes:) )

Really does it matter what she has on for the photographer to want to shoot her?  She could have had on jeans, a T, and flips or a simple jersey dress, or a muumuu if she caught the eye of the photographer then she caught his eye....

I see your point.

My MUA doesn't dress to model (although he DOES model) when doing makeup. He's usually in something comfortable. The other MUA's that I've worked with don't necessarily dress to model, either. I guess I have been lucky enough that everyone has stayed in their respective "stations," and that I haven't had a drop dead gorgeous MUA, yet. If I did, we'd have to have our own shoot, and not piggyback on another model's time. It wouldn't seem right.

When a model brings a friend and she's cute, I try to be aware of how many pics I'm taking of the friend. I don't want to piss off THE person I'm there to shoot.