Photographing a Hair Show

On Saturday I photographed my first ever hair show! It was such an amazing experience and one that I was preparing for for a little while now! After waking up at 6am and going to my usual job until 4pm in the afternoon, I had to rush home and get my things together and head down to the hair show. I arrived at 6 and the team were doing a final run through. So Caroline, the lady who owns the salon and who organised the whole show took me backstage where I was introduced to the hair salons regular photographer, Nick. He made me feel less nervous and we were having a laugh and a joke. He was telling me all about his 15 years spent in the photography business, with his own home studio and company, it was really inspiring listening to all the experiences he had during his photography career!

There was a lot of waiting around as the show didn't start until gone 7:30, but I was peeping out from behind the side stage curtains, out to where my mum and sister were sat, who were in the audience (they were trying to put me off!!) haha. The show began with a speech from Caroline, followed by a dance crew who were very good and started off the show perfectly! It then went into hair of different eras including 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and so on, one even dressed like the spice girls did back in the day! There was also a men's cut of the on-trend cut based on 'The Only Way is Essex'. Below are some images I took from the different decades of hair.

 

There was also another salon there which showcased their work during the second half of the show, the image above was one of my favourite images I took of 3 different hairstyles that were produced.

 

A live cut on stage: Long hair into a Bob

 

 

There was also live music during the evening which added something different to the evening, everyone in the crowd was signing along!

 

 

There was then a masquerade ball, which showcased big hair that would usually be sported back in the days when people 'went to the ball'. The hair was amazing and looked like it took hours to do! Complete with beautiful gowns and lovely make-up from a well known make-up artist it all came together brilliantly!

I took around 400 images, so it was very hard to just narrow it down to just a few, so I picked my favourite from the evening to put on my blog post today! I had an amazing time, I was there around 4 hours and it absolutely flew by I was having such a brilliant time! I am so so pleased with my images and it was such a different and amazing experience, one which I would do all over again!!

Laura xxx