Beauty spec shoot 6-26-26
A beauty spec shoot shot at Know Good Studio in Miami on June 26th, 2026.
Model – Rachel Carillo Garcia – CGM Models
Makeup, hair and creative direction – Maggie Strunk
Studio – Know Good Studio www.knowgoodmiami.com
Photography, video and creative direction – Josh Eskridge www.josheskridge.com
This was a beauty spec shoot that I did at my studio in Miami working with an amazing model and makeup artist. We wanted to highlight products from Rhode and Mary Phillips Beauty. The shoot was a mixture of shots with the products on the model, application shots, product shots, video and behind-the-scenes. The aesthetic of the shoot was a lo-fi 90s/early 2000s vibe using warm color tones and direct studio lighting. The goal was to show how a beauty brand can build a cohesive visual campaign across product, model, and motion content.
Summer Friends – behind-the-scenes
Director, DP, Editor, Color – Mike Russell
Models – Katie Pettit and Brandon Lee
Agency – Vault Management
HMU/Stylist – Jenny Dyson
Producer – Alexandra Gemma
Gaffer – Josh Eskridge
Photography – Josh Eskridge
Summer Friends is a two minute fashion short film told in 4 parts. A fleeting, summer love story. A familiar tragedy. A short tale of tender impulse, love and destruction that follows a young couple from meeting to a possible ending. Shot over 2 days in South Florida with a small but ambitious crew, the goal with this project was to match the instinctive nature of young love with a reactive style of filmmaking. There was no over planning with highly-detailed shot lists, instead a general outline was created to keep the flow of the shoot open for creative possibilities. Mike Russell
