Signature Hair shoot #3

More shots to come but initial results are very satisfying indeed. The shoot was to me, the model of how such a shoot should go. We had the whole day in the studio and models were ready one at a time, allowing us to take our time, let the models relax and start to enjoy the experience. In the past we have had up to 16 people in there, crowding around making inexperienced models feel much more self conscious and putting the wrong sort of pressure on everyone. This shoot was controlled, we largely had no more than 6-8 people present and all of those people were relevant and important to the shoot. All of this made a huge difference to how people felt about the day and that then came through in the work. Not to say that it lacked pressure, a shoot like this is very heavy on pressure, constantly keeping everyone's energy levels up, giving repeated reinforcement to the models, getting everything done, dealing with problems and many more factors. The pressure is tangible, but it is the right sort of pressure, the exciting sort that comes from being on-stage and responsible for what is happening, the sort of pressure that you have no choice but to overcome, and in the end I am left buzzing, excited, thrilled, a little out of control in my head with how it all went and how pleased both myself and the client are with the results.
At the end of the shoot, we did an additional shoot with the last model and her partner who are in a local R'n'B band, shots from which will follow. A big congratulations to all involved, all three models did us and the client proud, the staff from Signature Salon, Hartshill, were wonderful to work with, created stunning hair for me to photograph and we all worked like a well oiled machine, but a smiling and happy machine. Thanks to Amy and Lorna for sorting the studio out for this shoot and the Signature guys. Getting out into either the countryside or a derelict urban location would add to our range of options and I have had discussions with Signature towards this.
These images have been through Lightroom only for a quick balance, they will only go through Photoshop for a full edit when the final shots have been chosen for competition.