Recent Photoshoots

We did a couple of photoshoots in May —for fun, and to populate our website. We worked with Tara Arrowood who’s always game for our ideas. We did two days of shooting. The first one was primarily with models provided by Look Model Agency, which lives two floors down from us. Jeffery, Al, and Nicole are also longtime partners who are always happy to help us find models to work with.

We went into the first photoshoot with ideas of what we wanted, knowing that we'd have to adapt them to the state of the models' hair. For the second photoshoot we decided to take the idea further. More models, less planning! We managed to get 9 models, principally via Model Mayhem. With few exceptions, we didn’t know what they would actually look like until they showed up. Once they did, the fun started...

We're still putting together a slideshow to showcase all the styles we played with. Until then, here is sampling:

Style by James Mackey
Model: Sayaha Aida (Model Mayhem)



This is an example of us doing a rendition of an image we'd seen. The inspiration, on the left, is a photo by Robert Jaso. Click on his name to see his site. He has some really amazing work!

On the right is our version. The style was done by James Mackey. This is a case where we didn't know the model beforehand, and so had to adapt to her hair. We're not sure how Jaso managed to get his model to crane her head like that. She must have a really long neck!

Styles by Stephanie Martin Model: Carlos (Model Mayhem)
Model: Trinidad (Model Mayhem)



Stephanie wanted to do rocker styles. Fittingly enough, it turns out Carlos is a drummer in a local band. That shot, btw, was taken as Tara was repositioning his head. Sometimes the best expressions come just when the model is distracted from posing.

Style by Britney Ketchie
Model: Alicia from Look Model Agency



The style by James, earlier, was about perfection. Getting very clean lines and hair which falls perfectly. With this model, Britney took the opposite tact and created a style which embraced the messiness and chaos our hair can have. There's an art to the controlled use of wildness in hairstyling.

Styles by Darby Ciampi
Model: Briana (Model Mayhem)



And to round off for today, some everyday styles by Darby. Hair bands across the eyes will be the big hit in sunglasses in 2012, offering a much higher spf than standard lenses.

Makeup
Julie Dy
Lena Chavez

Lena and Julie are our go to ladies for makeup, and as usual they did great work, and were great troopers about the volume of people they had to handle. Sometimes you have to be careful that makeup doesn’t take the stage from the hair. But more and more we want to go with stronger looks, so next time we are going to let Lena and Julie push the envelope even more.


Wardrobe
Sometimes we get so caught up in the hair, that we neglect the wardrobe. We were lucky with most models that they brought interesting fashions with them. In a few cases, we had to run out and get something. We'll learn to specify what we want. Also, we would really like to work with local designers — so if you know any, please have them contact us!

Hope you enjoyed this sampling from our recent photoshoots. Look for more photos soon!