Monday 3 November 2014

SHE HAD ME AT HAIR





 ALTHOUGH MY DAY JOB IS MORE THAN SATISFYING AND NOT SLOWING DOWN ANYTIME SOON....I DO GET A UNIQUE THRILL OUT OF EDITORIAL WORK...REALLY ITS LIKE PLAYING DRESS-UP ONLY INSTEAD OF PLASTIC BARBIE WHO EVENTUALLY RUNS OUT OF HAIR.... AND NO MORE ROOM ON HER FACE FOR ONE MORE MAGIC MARKER COLOR...I GET TO PLAY WITH REAL LIFE MODELS
AS I'M ALWAYS UP FOR  MEETING  NEW PEOPLE  FROM OTHER LIKE MINDED INSUSTRIES.... MAKE UP ARTISTS. PHOTOGRAHERS.FLORISTS.BOUTIQUE OWNERS.
.LIKE THIS SHOOT...
MY FRIEND AND CLIENT DAYLN SJOGREN A RECENT GRADUATE OF ARTISTS WITHIN MAKE UP ACADEMY ASKED IF I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING HAIR FOR A FUN PHOTOSHOOT TO HELP BUILD HER PORTFOLIO...
SHE HAD ME AT HAIR...



THE CONCEPT: YOUTHFUL BOHO

THE SET UP: HER HOME IN RIVERBEND, MODELS WERE FRIENDS OF HER DAUGHTER AND WILLING PARTICIPANTS, OUTFITS PROVIDED BY MY CLOSET OF GOODIES.....

LOCATION: WAS TO BE FISHCREEK PARK....AND ENDED UP BEING IN HER OWN OASIS OF A BACKYARD...WHICH WAS A PERFECT BACKDROP CONSIDERING THIS WAS AN AFTER WORK PROJECT AN WE WERE FAST APPROACHING SUNDOWN

DAYLYN AND I WORKED WONDERFUL TOGETHER AS STYLIST/CLIENT RELATIONSHIP OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP DEVELOPED TO BOOT....
THIS WAS NEW TERRITORY FOR US BOTH AND I HAVE TO SAY...QUITE SMOOTH FOR
OUR FIRST COLLABORATION


THANKS TO THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA SHE ALSO NEEDED A PHOTOGRAPHER INTERESTED IN DOING PROMO WORK...ALONG COMES KAREN RICE WHO ANSWERED DAYLN'S REQUEST ON FACEBOOK..LOW AND BEHOLD THERE TWO WOMEN WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER.....LOVE IT!





THE END RESULT...................