Shooting for Brush and Blow

Last week I had the opportunity to shoot for Brush and Blow, a beauty salon based in my hometown Brentwood, Essex. I was asked to produce a series of beauty images which showcased a selection of beauty looks whilst incorporating bright colours to reflect their brand image. I shot these images in the daylight studio, using two HMI lights, one reflecting off the ceiling and one with a large softbox lighting the model. This was my first time working with a qualified make up artist and a hair stylist, in a professional environment. We had a couple of technical problems, involving several second long power cuts, which meant the HMI lights took 10 minutes to reboot, after the second time I quickly swapped to using flash as I didn't want to waste any more time. And loosing the ability to preview the  image on the mac because of being logged out. This was a little embarrassing but they were understanding of the situation.

The images came out really well, the makeup came out really well against the coloured backgrounds, and the minimal styling too. They will be used on the salons website, and across social media platforms.