photography

Cool Bumble & Bumble Hair Salon — I was goofing around with HDR photos in the salon – HDR photos are something I played with back when it was the in-thing to do, and haven’t done since. You take a few different photos of the same thing at different exposures, combine them, and get a hyper-realistic picture […]

HDR Photos of the Salon

4 Jan, 2012 in Overdirected / Pretty Photos tagged photography / salon by Overdirected

My salon did a cool photoshoot this fall, here’s some behind the scenes pics I took with my phone! Me and another girl were in charge of one model, and 2 other girls looked after another model, and my boss looked after the male model.

Another Photoshoot

3 Dec, 2011 in Overdirected / Pretty Photos tagged photography by Overdirected

Schwarzkopf Hairapalooza Edmonton 2011 — I’m a bit late posting these… But I took some pics at Hair-A-Palooza in Edmonton. My boss, and a girl I went to school with were competing. Here’s a whole ton of pics!

Hair-A-Palooza Competition (Schwarzkopf) in Edmonton

17 Jul, 2011 in Overdirected / Pretty Photos tagged hair show / photography by Overdirected

Ok, maybe makeup madness would be a more accurate title. Some sort of madness. This is a super duper, mega-long post that details the entire process from start to finished pictures. Click to read the whole thing (with tons of behind the scenes pictures!)

Photoshoot MADNESS! – Super long post warning

13 Jul, 2011 in Best Of / Overdirected / Pretty Photos tagged beauty industry / photography / up do by Overdirected

I did another photoshoot with a friend when she came down from the “big city” last weekend. I’m not happy with how the photos turned out – tell me what you think? I couldn’t cut her hair, only style it. If I could have cut her hair I would have […]

Moar Photoshooty Goodness

25 Apr, 2011 in Overdirected / Pretty Photos tagged cosmetology / photography / salon by Overdirected

Finished my first photoshoot for my website last night. I’m a bit hung over today, although I learned a lot of valuable things from the shoot last night: #1. Don’t cut short hair in the kitchen wearing socks. #2. Don’t invite friends that are silly. My first model was a […]

Photoshoot Numero Uno – and Website Update

17 Apr, 2011 in Overdirected / Pretty Photos tagged cosmetology / hair school / photography / salon by Overdirected

Hey err’body! I’m back! Had a nice two weeks off, and started my new job apprenticing at a Bumble & Bumble salon. It’s good, occasionally straining, and occasionally frustrating to not be able to do hair (mandatory 1-3 month assisting period). So I’m trying to plan my ascension to awesome-ness […]

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11 Apr, 2011 in Overdirected / Pretty Photos tagged cosmetology / photography / salon by Overdirected

Overdirected Model Release — There’s a thread over on Hairmaven.com that turned to the subject of release forms, and I wanted to share some information I posted there because it might be useful to any stylists out there looking for advice on doing their own photoshoots/creative work. Ready my replies below, or click here […]

Release Forms Pt. 2

21 Feb, 2011 in Overdirected / Pretty Photos tagged beauty industry / beauty school / cosmetology / hair school / photography by Overdirected