I wanted to do a photo like this when I chopped my hair off several weeks ago, but never did. It so happened that I had an appointment already scheduled at a salon for a color and highlight when the Hair challenge was announced with Expert Editing. I'm sure I puzzled the receptionists when I bounced in this morning with a purse, a big ole camera bag and a tripod, but once I explained it (to them, to Adam my colorist, and to a lady in the next chair over), I was given the okay and they let me set up along a row of chairs that was out of the way and not being used. Me in the chair is the "before", and me doing my hair is the "after". If you look closely, you can see that I'm even wearing different glasses - I got the new ones on Friday, and I was quite excited to get a bit of a makeover. It was a bit tricky, since the chairs swivel and needed to be in the same position for both shots, and then the tripod had to be set up with the camera and left completely untouched until the whole affair was finished. It didn't turn out to be as obvious as I had hoped, but it was fun! Thank you to Antoine du Chez's DTC salon for humoring me!
Post-challenge: No, the mirror isn't completely right, but those who thought the hands didn't match or the drier was in the wrong hand(s) are wrong. The mirror was created from the same two images as the foreground. The "wrong" part is that the drier needed to be behind the customer's shoulder instead of in front of it - but the actual positions of the hands are correct. The mirror just sees it from a very different angle!
This is the "after" I took to show my family:
What's different? A lot more color and streaks in the hair. It was ash-toned before, and now it has a lot of red and even a little black in it! The glasses are much funkier than the last pair. It's a shame the difference wasn't so obvious under salon lights!
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colors seem to be clashing here yet washed out. If the hairdresser were wearing something other than maroon (maybe the teal color on the opposite wall) this would have been more cohesive.
because your picture in the mirror doesn't match what you are doing standing up it looks a little funny, BUT... instead of making it that way (if you did) instead you should have flip flopped positions so that the mirros has the customer giving the hair dresser the make over. That would have been really cool looking.
There was something strange going on here that made me stop. Must be the mirror image not mirroring the real (?) situation. :)
Besides the use of the same person for both persons in the shot of course. :)
Nice effort, but we can see in the mirror where the woman is holding the blow-dryer with both hands and only one hand in the main photo. Keep practicing, you'll get it!
Ha, took me a few seconds to realize that was the same person. Cute idea. The reflection doesn't match, though, we should not be able to see the hairdryer in the mirror like that.
Well, there something that's bothering me about this photo, and I'm not sure what. I don't think it's the lighting - the lighting looks really cool Maybe it's because the dark and shadowy areas are grainy. But anyways, this is an intersting shot - I like seeing their reflection in the mirror! Very cool.
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