Shooting at Pro Hair Live

For the past two days I have been working alongside photographer Jack Eames on the Team:Talent stage at the hairdressing trade show 'Pro Hair Live' at Manchester Central. We have been conducting tutorials with Bruno Marc Giamattei and Errol Douglas MBE on how to put together a hair shoot, talking about lighting, concepts and techniques used as photographers in order to achieve the best results for our clients.

We also give away great tips and advice from dealing with model agencies and casting models, right through to choosing a great team, be it photographer, make-up artist and/or stylist. If you missed us this year, please come and see us at next years show!

Editorial Shoot for Bruno Marc Giamattei

This was an editorial shoot for Bruno Marc Giamattei from Marc Antoni Salons, who wanted to create a fresh blonde collection for Spring 2012. Published in Blonde Hair magazine, April/May 2012 issue.

Stuart Holmes - L'Oreal Colour Trophy 2012

Congratulations to the art team at the Stuart Holmes Hair and Beauty Spa! Once again they have made it through to the regional finals at the L'Oreal Colour Trophy 2012 with the images from our latest photo shoot. Special thanks to the guys at Wave Line Media Ltd for filming the shoot to produce the video shown above. The final results are shown below. Enjoy!

Hair: Stuart Holmes Artistic Team, Cheltenham Make-up and Styling: Justine Collins Photography: Richard Miles

Front Cover - Perfect Hair Magazine

It's great to see the success of the images I shot for The Fellowship for British Hairdressing - Project X team last year. A new year has been kick-started with a front cover for January 2012's Perfect Hair magazine. Art direction by Zoe Irwin, Make-up by Sally Crouch and Styling by Bernard Connolly.

Front Cover - Hair Profesionāļiem

Abacus scoop Fashion Focus 2012 Award!

I would like to congratulate my clients Nick and Allison Ford from Abacus Hair Studio in Bewdley for winning this years Fashion Focus Image of the Year award presented by Mark Creed at the 2011 Fellowship Luncheon. A very well deserved award for a hard working and creative salon. Well done Abacus!

Clothes Show Live - Young Hairdresser of the Year 2011

Yesterday, the finalists for the Clothes Show Live 'Young Hairdresser of the Year' 2011 were perfecting their looks on stage at Birmingham's NEC for the judges; Errol Douglas, Leo Bancroft, Mark Woolley, Michelle Royle of Your Hair magazine and HJi web editor, Kate Woods. I am pleased to announce that Abigail Sheldon from Royston Blythe made it through to the final 6 with her photographic entry (shown below) and catwalk looks performed on stage. Congratulations to Abi for such an amazing achievement and I look forward to shooting with her again.

Room:97 Win at British Hair Awards 2011

The grand final of the British Hairdressing Awards 2011 was held tonight at the Grosvenor House A JW Marriot Hotel in London. I would like to congratulate my client Marcello Moccia from Room:97, Wakefield, for winning the North Western category with our latest collection.

The images that wowed the judges are shown below.

Photography: Richard Miles Make-up and Styling: Justine Collins Hair: Marcello Moccia, Room:97, Wakefield

Rising star Angelo Vallillo

This year I had the pleasure of meeting and working with one of the hair industry's rising stars, Angelo Vallillo from Zullo and Holland in Nottingham. After completing his latest collection, he was ecstatic to find out that having entered the collection into the British Hairdressing Awards for the first time, he had not only made it through to the final six salons representing the Eastern region, but also got a front cover on Hairdressers Journal magazine! Angelo's sensational collection was published in the 18-24th November issue, and can be seen below.

Angelo said;

"Hairdressing isn’t just a job for me, or even a career. It is my life and my hobby – I live and breathe it. To be a great educator and to take others with you, I believe you must radiate your love and commitment to the craft. No one could question my commitment or my obsession with hairdressing. In just eight years I’ve won awards, been part of the inaugural and brilliant Sebastian CULT Team, worked backstage at major catwalk shows, presented on stage, been in demand as an freelance Sebastian educator and been recognised by some major names in the industry. Last year, Akin Konizi named me publicly in Hairdressers Journal as the next rising star. This year I have been shortlisted as One To Watch in the prestigious Creative Head IT Awards. I continue to work tirelessly towards my goal of becoming the best hairdresser I can be and embrace every opportunity to participate and contribute to the advancement of the profession."

Front Cover - Blonde Hair Magazine

Following this years photo shoot for a new client of mine, Stuart Holmes, we managed to secure a front cover for him on the Oct/Nov issue of Blonde Hair magazine. Well done to all the team at The Stuart Holmes Beauty Salon and Spa! Make-up and Styling by Justine Collins.

Royston Blythe in British Hairdressing Awards 2011

Great news for the multi-award winning celebrity hairdressers at the Royston Blythe salon in Wolverhampton this morning, as the finalists for the British Hairdressing Awards 2011 are announced. Nick Malenko and Ashley Gamble have made it through to the final with their 'Midlands Hairdresser of the Year 2011' photographic collection. It was a great shoot and I look forward to many more to come! The full collection can be seen below.

Zaks makes Grand Final at Wella Trend Vision 2011

Jessica Williams from Zaks hair salon in Wolverhampton beat more than 800 competitors to reach the grand final of the 'Wella Trend Vision 2011' held in London. Jess was one of just twenty stylists from across the UK to reach this stage for Wella's 'Young Talent Award' with her stunning photographic entry and inspiring catwalk look. As always, Jessica was a pleasure to work with and I look forward to many more shoots with this rising star!

Stuart Holmes triples his chances at L’Oréal Colour Trophy 2011

Great news this week for Stuart Holmes who has made it through to the Regional finals of the L'Oreal Colour Trophy 2011 on all three categories with the images from our latest photo shoot. Wishing him and the rest of the team the very best of luck for the live finals.

Winner of Clothes Show Live 'Young Hairdresser of the Year 2010'

The winner has been announced for the 'Young Hairdresser of the Year 2010', presented by HJi and supported by Your Hair. Out of twenty finalists, all under the age of 30, my client, Raychel Farren from MODE hair salon in Chipping Campden steals the victory for her skilfully coloured and vibrant purple crop!

Check out her photographic entry below that impressed the judges enough to put her through to the live final:

The judging panel included some of the top names in hairdressing such as Mark Leeson, Tim Scott-Wright, and Jamie Stevens, who all quizzed the finalists as they worked. The final six presented their models in front of a 4000-strong audience in the Clothes Show's Fashion Theatre, in a high energy show introduced by TV favourite, Gok Wan, and with a special guest appearance from Only Way Is Essex reality star, Kirk Norcross. Raychel follows in the footsteps of Emily Hart from Errol Douglas, Kate Hubbard from Royston Blythe, and Megan Zarrabi of Hob Salons, being named this years most talented young hairdresser in the country!

L’Oréal Colour Trophy 2010 Overall Winners!

Gold streamers flew down onto the ecstatic team from Abacus Hair in Bewdely who claimed the title of L’Oréal Professionnel Colour Trophy winner 2010 with their glossy, chocolate coloured bowl cut. The grand final was held at the ultra glamourous Grosvenor House Hotel in London.