You Got A Look? Here come the Aussie hair competitions. Where do I start amongst the panic?
Do the Magpie. I assemble a look- a bit by piece. [I dress like that too.] I start collecting glossy magazines, movies, dvd searching for a tiny part of a fringe, a fabric cut or photographic style. A collage of feelings and attitude .... Drop hints to the Salon Staff.....
Flaunting for the F Stop. I start looking for distinctive physical personalities to ravage the judges. Models, salon clients, friends, daughters and I have visited Op shops, approaching strangers “Are you interested...” If you dress on the edge, you will greet the camera lens without a care. If I need a fully body shot, proportion counts not height. [In one session an amateur of less than 5 feet blitzed the international six footers!!!]
Lighting the midnight hours. I have worked the Salon 8am to 8pm, started a fashion shoot and finished it at 4am for three nights straight. [Next time you are doing the 4am fond farewell you might see me or the salon art team driving home.]
Photoshopping our dirty little secrets. The digitally literate will understand. This modern pixelated world allows us to naturally place an model in front of a Christchurch building without her leaving the salon!!!
Feeling the width of the hype. The images are being printed. A perfect glossy without one blemish. Time is really tight and without enough adrenaline we start designing and printing the Press Pack entry form. I truthfully admit we are shamelessly superficially deep with our hype.
COURIER GONE with entry. We always say “we will not do this again”...until the next competition entry form arrives .....I have this image........
By Mike Hamel - Ginger Megg’s "Chief Hairstyle Performance Appraiser"
