Who Would’a Thought?

Have you ever been told that you continuously follow a certain pattern; negative or positive?  A couple of examples may include, however not limited to (as there are so many!!):

You always fall for the same guys/girls that treat you horrible!
You tap the door frame 17 times before you can take a step through.
You desire to only use mechanical pencils, .7mm in diameter and feel EXTREMELY uncomfortable if unavailable.
You continuously click the back of a pen while intensely concentrating.
You only drink out of a glass once.
You use the word ‘like’ every other word in every sentence spoken.

Have you noticed two different types of ‘habits’ these examples can fall under. I will take it upon myself to categorize them under, conscious and subconscious habits. Now, because I have no PhD or formal education on this matter, I would like to state that this is just me, Steven Robertson, speaking from my own crazy thoughts!

Let me briefly explain my definition of conscious and subconscious habits. Conscious habitsare those at which one is aware and knows the habit is happening, almost every time the event occurs. Take mine for example. I 99% of the time, do not drink out of a glass more than once. I realize that I perform this ridiculous act every time I grab a new glass. Even if I just set the glass down. I also realize that this habit is very wasteful and am currently working on changing my ways. Most of the readers, like yourself, are now experiencing a basic human subconscious habit; curiosity. Curiosity of why on Earth would I possibly use a new glass, every time.

subconscious habitsare those that the possessor, you and I, are unaware of. Unaware of certain patterns or rituals performed on a fairly regular basis. subconscious habits will almost always remain as long as you are physically/mentally able to perform them. Until pointed out by your friend or another outside party, you may never know it exists. Some can be changed, like unknowingly clicking the back of a pen, now realized when pointed out by those irritated (even though they do it themselves. And why wouldn’t they, or you? It’s so calming!). Once pointed out, you’ll slowly begin to notice when and where you begin clicking, at which time you can choose to address and change, or continue to do (cause who’s it really bothering ). Some are a little bit more difficult to control once pointed out, like curiosity. For those of you who are grinding your teeth and ready to lose control, I have a creepy thought in my mind that the water (or any liquid) on the rim of the glass that I just set down has now collected dust, or some other impurity making it ‘dirty’. Hence, grabbing a new glass. Once again, I would never endorse this habit, it just is. 

Another example may include you experiencing, perhaps even today, when a friend during casual conversation begins to announce a ‘secret’ if you will, and abruptly slams to a halt with the following phrase choices, “I’m not supposed to say anything.” or “I can’t tell you yet.” or the best one of all, “Never mind.”

Can you control your eager curiosity to know the rest of the answer? Not really.

Have you ever pointed out such habits to a friend or family member? And in return, what situations have been brought to your attention? Before I move on, I would like to point out that if you really tap a door frame 17 times before you are able to walk through (or any other ’like’ habit), I would like to extend to your realization that it’s okay at this time to begin to relieve yourself of this demon as it is wasting your day’s time, and others.

It was brought to my attention once, I believe during a recent photo shoot, of a pattern Janae Johnson and myself saw ourselves falling in to. A styling habit. One that kept occurring, and on the same model. Let me introduce you to the first photo we took of Bailee. Try to search for both the concious and subconscious habit before you read the finish to the entry!

Bailee - Lunatic Fringe 'Shades' Collection

 As you have already noticed, Bailee is beautiful. Great features. Flawless skin. Slender, long body. And able to model like a pro! It’s models like her that you want to surround yourself with. Pretty much anything you do, considering balance and shape, will look good on them. Refer to Relationship blog entry on how to do so. The idea for the whole ‘Shades’ collection was inspired by the very photo, superimposed in the background (located behind Bailee); hence the giant ball shape, for lantern shade, and braid for ‘on/off’ switch! Great collection featured in Paul Mitchell’s Cut and Dry magazine and a featured collection found at behindthechair.com.

Bailee - Lunatic Fringe Earth-Toned Collection

Here we see Bailee in a different setting. We loved her first shoot so much that we wanted to photograph her again, in a new situation. Blown out hair. Darker eye make up and lip. Portray a different mood for you perhaps? What does this picture say to you? What story does it tell? Although equally as beautiful, which out of the two photos of Bailee interests you more? Most will chose the first. Why?  

 

 

Bailee - 'Vintage Suppression' Collection

Third, we have Bailee looking full profile, all antique styled featuring a full forward pomp, backward moving fingerwave set, exploding in to a fury of texture. Soft eye make up, with a dark lip. Unique, handmade clothing and neck piece, all balanced in beautiful post-edited framework.

 

Bailee - Lunatic Fringe 'Breakthrough' Collection

 

Lastly, we have Bailee appearing from space in this explosive texture photo. With smooth body airbrushing, a hint of Photoshop, and a voluminous forward fringe and bursting side texture, Bailee owns this frame with her curious facial expression and limp body movement.

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

Now is your time to decide on the 1) conscious habit and 2) subconscious habit.

 

Conscious habit was that we were completely aware of the amount of times we featured Bailee in our works of art. Wouldn’t change it for anything. Love her! Subconscious habit was. . .our overwhelming, yet hidden desire to put a large ball or shape on the top of her head, as well as having some sort of tail, ball o’ curl, or brush of texture coming out the EXACT same side of the head. Coincidence? Perhaps. Some people just look good with large shapes on their heads! What can I say? Once our subconscious habit was brought to our attention, we immediately filled the room with laughter. Laughter that we never saw it. Laughter mocking our similar, yet different, pieces of work. After the rolling laughs we began to reevaluate how we approach our storyboard development and are now more aware of making sure new techniques get displayed in upcoming collections. All it takes is ONE ‘Ah ha!’ moment to change your thought process. Try it when you’re in a rut. You’ll leap right out immediately. Analyze your range of work. Do you notice similar patterns that you follow? How can you change them? Have a friend look at your portfolio! Do they notice something you missed?

 

You can even take this as far as your clientel is concerned? Is your cutting approach following similar ways? Are your guests leaving with beautiful, yet oddly similar heads of hair? I know mine where until I applied this aspect to my salon-life.

 

Give it a try and evaluate your conscious and subconscious habits in varying scenes of your life. What will you find?

 

Photo Credits (from top to bottom)

Shades Collection

Hair: Lunatic Fringe Artistic Team http://www.lunaticfringesalon.com

Make Up: Suzanne Agis

Photography: Justin Grant http://www.justingrantphotography.com

 

Earth-Toned Collection

Hair & Make Up: Lunatic Fringe Artistic Team

Photography: Jonathon Nickels

 

Vintage Suppression Collection

Hair: Steven Robertson and Janae Johnson of Lunatic Fringe Salons www.stevenrobertsonhair.com

Make Up: Paula J. Dahlberg http://www.paulajdahlberg.com

Wardrobe: McKell Maddox

Photography: Mitch Meyer http://www.mitchmeyerphotography.com

 

Breakthrough Collection

Hair: Lunatic Fringe  Artistic Team

Make Up: Paula J. Dahlberg

Photography: Mitch Meyer

 

 

 

 

 

Ring A’Round Collection – Carly

 

 

 

Education: the result produced by instruction, training, or study

Education is fundamental structure of our beauty industry. And not just education…CONSTANT education. But why? I have a few reasons, but keep in mind they are thoughts of my own and subject to debate by all parties.

First, and most importantly in my list, is the ability education has to re-inspire one’s focus. We’ve all been there, in that ditch, rut, whatever metaphore you wish to use to describe your lack of excitement about any particular area in your life; relationships with partners,  a hobby you enjoy, that time period in your career that you think, “why am I still doing this?”, or “why am I not progressing up the ranks?” You may experience a feeling of unappreciation, or you may simply be deciding if this is what you REALLY want to do for a living! I once heard in a conference I attended that 3 out of every 5 hairdressers that enter in to the industry end up leaving after 5 years (unknown author and  subject to change). Can you think of another job market that experiences that same phenomena? How about the education field K-12. Yes, our very own teachers. What is the #1 reason the dropping is happening? Bordom. Repetition. All of which start chipping at your ability to stay excited. Now, think back to that last motivational seminar you attended. That first day in beauty school learning roller sets and braiding. How did you feel during and after the class? EXCITED! If anything, education provides you with the mindset of remaining excited! Look at the salons that are constantly growing and ask them the cause of their successes. 100% of the time, you will hear the word ‘education’ in their top 3 reasons for success. Education has provided them to remain innovative, progressive, and hold within them a staff has been with them for several years and more. Where is your excitement level? What do you require to maintain your excitement? And when you’re in your rut, what is needed to pull you from the cracks? Find and master all three. . .and you’ve just set your self up for growth, progression and success.

Second, education gives you the ability to cater to all likes of the industry, whether it be a diverse clientel, the ability to wear the hat of salon hairdresser, session hairdresser, artistic leader, etc; all in a days work. Education is what makes you different from the person sitting next to you, or the salon down the street, or that session hairdresser that is wanting to break in to the editorial world. This area I’ve become very familiar with, due to my obsessive need to progress, and not just in one area. We’re talking educator, instructor, salon hairdresser, management, salon ownership, photowork for editorial, commercial, and collection developement, artistic leader. You name it, and I’ve ‘thought’ of being it all! Education is what continues to feed me in to this frenzy! I sit in a class, and a new interest develops. And now what? I try to develop it! It is my continued fight with myself on ‘which area do I want to FOCUS in and grow’? And which education do I need to supply myself with to develop that skill. We are after all in a highly competative market. What education are you going to set yourself up with to separate yourself from the others? What like-minded relationships are you going to surround yourself with to support that education?

Before I introduce you to Carly from the Ring A’Round Collection, let me explain to you why I chose to discuss the importance of education. The Ring A’Round Collection, not only gives you a versatile sectioning to achieve both cut and color, but it also sets you up for the ability to switch it up, and essentially ‘re-educate’ yourself; all to keep you excited and ahead of the competition.

Carly - Before

Carly has modeled with our team a few times now. She’s energetic, always excited, eager to produce beautiful imagery, and a photographer in development herself! Carly had natural, yep. . .natural. As in NEVER been colored. Let’s have a moment of silence for those who grace us with the ‘natural’ hair presence!! . . .

Okay, back to work. Carly’s natural level 6 hair needed some excitement to match her energetic persona and presence. What better way to do so than adding in some vibrant hues against a dark base to pop off of! Her haircut also needed some love. She needed a semetry to her layering to balance out ’off lengths’ and thought a curved fringe would fit her fancy. Look at the striking way her eyes are set in to her face! Fringe would be the perfect frame for them. 

Carly's Color Placement

 Carly’s Color is VERY similar to that of Ashley’s from the previous blog entry. Starting with a circular parting, encorporating the crown and leaving 1.5″ to 2.5″ of hair around the entire perimeter of the head, clip off. Presection sections mimic’ing a backgammon board, or visually work so. Choose which triangles you’d like the red, orange and golden to be and work accordingly. You’ll need to prelighten the sections that will be showcasing the vibrant colors to pale yellow to stain afterwards. After the prelighted sections and golden brown have been foiled, begin coloring the inner circular parting a solid golden brown, in this case, 5G + 20 Volume Developer. After fully processed (35 minutes for Paul Mitchell the color®), shampoo and give your model a power-dry to set hair to be stained by Inkworks®. Find your prelightened triangles and apply Red Inkworks® and Orange Inkworks® accordingly based on your color layout. Let process for 15 minutes followed by a cool water rinse and condition. That’s it!

Carly's Cut Placement

Like her color, Carly’s cut is equally as simple, so avoid making it difficult! Section again you circular parting, but this time, break the circle in to 4 pieces (think a plus sign (+)). Starting with the halo section around the perimeter, take a vertical section that is centered between your models eyes. Elevate to 90 degrees from the head and cut to length that you want the fringe to fall. This will now be your stationary guide. All the hair that remains in the ‘halo’ section will now be overdirected and elevated to this top section. Make sure you wrap and comb efficiently to obtain balance in shape. Once the halo is compete, take horizontal parting in your first two parting closet to the face (located in the plus sign section). First section will be directed to the fringe where the fringe will be used as a guide. Next horizontal sections will be overdirected to same section (to maintain length of the section). After complete, take vertical section from bottom right pie section, working from outside in. Overdirect to the right (parallel to wall), using a piece of your above section as a guide, and cut. Work to center. Take last section, overdirect hair to left (parallel to wall), and cut. Once finished, blowdry, refine and style!

Carly – Before

 

You’ve now completed Carly’s cut and color from the Ring A’Round Collection! What’s your next step? Become the teacher. Make someone’s day by exciting them with a new educational experience. It is our jobs to not only satisfy ourselves, but that of those around us. Afterall, teamwork creates an exponentially increased experience. Refering back to the definition:

 

Education: the result produced by instruction, training, or study

 

It’s not the fact that you read this blog entry that is education. Education is the result of the entry. Result, meaning, what you choose to do with the information. Will you use it? Will you teach it? How about both? Would you agree that the amount of education provided by this, and others is endless, all dependent on what you choose to do with the information?

 

As always, I am excited to hear of your successes, and thank you for allowing me to feed your creativity with another lesson in the art of hairdressing.

 

Photo Credits:

 

Photographer: Jake Garn; Hair: Steven Robertson and Janae Johnson; Make Up: Paula J. Dahlberg; Model: Carly Stark

 

Headsheet layout used with permission by Paul Mitchell Schools

 

Ring A’Round Collection – Ashley

Since the beginning of this photographic obsession, my focus has been avant garde styling and texture. And how could it not be? Avant garde is exciting. It’s cutting edge. It is sooooooo creative. And best of all, it doesn’t require much education to produce. All you really need is a problem solving, solution-oriented mind. That’s it. It’s a matter of, ‘how am I going to get this to stay up?’!

Over the past year and a half filled with multiple avant garde hair collections, I’ve come to realize this very question: “Am I even capable of styling actual hair on a human being?” And even better, “Does any one even think I can style any other way than avant garde?”.  Seems a bit of an extreme assumption, yet an actual thought that entered my mind. I spent so much time focusing in a single area that my obsession blocked my ability to showcase versatility within my portfolio. Now the real question is, was it good to focus in on one area, or to dab in to multiple for techniqe? That’s a question that you will want to consider, and answer, when you begin photo styling or are a veteran stranded in a rut. Pondering on those questions myself, I recongnized that, for me, the focus in one area worked to establish a reputation and name for myself and the Lunatic Fringe Artistic Team, and with that knowledge, my appetite for growth is now going to be spoonfed by commercial hair. You know, the salon-inspired hair. The hair that you or your guest points at and says, “I want that hair!”.

That was my focus for the first salon guest inspired photo collection entited ‘Ring A’Round’. Created by Janae Johnson and myself, with assistance of Angel Moleni and Erin Tomzac, the Ring A’Round collection was designed with two simple elements: to create (1) salon beautiful hair by means of  (2) a single, versatile placement that could be  put in to use by both the color and cut. 

 

Let me introduce to you, Ashley.

Ashley came to me with long, warm level 7 hair, highlighted blond. My goal with her was to cool down her blondes and add bold lightness around her face and perimeter, while maintaining a natural and dimensional highlight throughout the top.

With her cut, Ashley experiences a large amount of density, so it made sense to soften the layering around her face to open up her beautiful face shape. For the rest of the density, adding a disconnected layer for movement and texture.

 

Ring A'Round Basic Sectioning

The Ring A’Round Placement (located above) benefits in many factors including: the option to incorporate the use of Block Coloring and weaving and slicing to produce bold, and natural looking colors; works with all cutting geometries and depths (length); a beautifully diffused placement for Color Melting.

 

To section, you simply part off a large circle, leaving 1.5″- 2.5″ away from hairline at any point. Space between hairline will depend on density (of thickness) of hair. 

You will want to begin applying color on the ring around the hairline (hence Ring A’Round!). Borrowing the idea of a Backgammon Board (never fully understood that game so might as well use it for good!), you want to either pre-section your triangles before, or visually work as you go. Your preference! In one triangle, place Dual Purpose Lightner © +20 Cream Developer from just off scalp to ends in foil. Part off next triangle and follow with your Paul Mitchell the color ™ 5G + 20 Volume Cream/Clear developer scalp to ends in a seperate foil. Continue until the whole ring has been colored (should take around 10-15 minutes).

Process of Color Melting

Once completed with ring, begin taking 1/8″ sliced horizontal sections starting in the back of the head. Following the pattern in the diagram to the right, color first slice with with your darkest formulation a third (1/3) of the length of the hair, immediately followed by your mid-level (slightly overlapping the dark to create a seamless transition of color) and finishing with your lightest formulation through ends (again, overlapping ONLY previous mid-level) (Foil 1 example). Place another foil directly over the top to protect color (do NOT fold or color will smear together and become splotchy). Now take down your second slice, following the Foil 2 pattern, by first placing the darkest color only 1/4 of the length, followed by a small length of mid-level, and finishing the large section amount with your lightest formulation (again, slightly overlapping previous color for seamless transition). On your third slice, place mostly your darkest level throughout the section, followed by a slight length of mid-level and finishing with your lightest formulation (always overlapping previous color). On your forth slice, go ahead and repeat the steps for Foil 1, followed by Foil 2 for fifth slice, and so on. Continue taking your 1/8″ horizontal sections until the whole hair has been foiled (1 hour start to finish time’ish). Let color process full time followed by a strengthening deep conditioning treatment.

And finished with the color!

Ashley's Hair Cut Sectioning

Once the color has been washed and conditioned, begin the hair cut by parting off you original circular shape. Try not to worry about getting the EXACT same placement as color, as that would be impossible (and a waste of frustration and time, HA!). This cut is real real simple (as it better be after that color!). Start by splitting the back ring section right down the center in the back. Taking 1 inch diagonal-back sections, begin cutting a round shape that slightly shorter towards the front. Continue your 1 inch sections until entire ring has been cut in to your base and perimeter of the hair cut (don’t worry about the fringe section not reaching, as it will be customized to your guests needs). Keep your circular section clipped off seperately from your perimeter, since we’re wanting to achieve disconnect layering. Take a 1 inch section from you circular parting towards the front hairline, and while standing in front of your guest, elevate the section directly up to the ceiling and cut to desired length (shorter lengths on this section will create more weight removal and will be decided by your guest/model’s density). Take another 1 inch section parallel to your first, and again elevate straight up to the ceiling and cut to the length of your previous. Continue until whole circular parting has been completed (every section elevated directly up to the ceiling).

Ashley - Before

Ashley - After - Ring A'Round Collection

                       

And that is how you achieve Ashley’s dimensional and full of movement and  texture cut and color. I will be posting some how-to’s of styling  next followed by Carly of the  Ring A’Round Collection. I hope you learned and enjoyed my first educational feature on my blog. I would love to hear of your comments, whether it be victories!, challenges, and any feedback that will better improve the experience of this blog. I wish you the best of luck and look forward to hearing of your successes!

Photo Credits:

Photography: Jake Garn; Hair: Steven Robertson & Janae Johnson; Make Up: Paula J. Dahlberg; Model: Ashley Spainhower

Headsheet layout used with permission by Paul Mitchell Schools

The Team

There are a number of quotes that float around stating that a group effort, or team playership is better than going at it alone. Here are some for example,

‘Two minds are greater than one.’  -Unknown

‘You’re only as good as the ones you surround yourself with.’ -Unknown

‘Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.’ -Helen Keller

 Now, in the ideal realm of reality, teamwork sounds both easily maintained and almost thoughtless. However, have you ever found yourself in that one group activity, whether at work, school, or awkward family reunion that refuses to work as a group either due to ego, the ‘better’ idea, or out of sheer social discomfort? It’s a challenge that has continued to arise throughout my career as an educator. It all starts off with seperating the class in to groups (3 or more memebers), followed by a hurricane of “WHYYYY!!”, and “can’t we just work alone!!”, which in turn puts a negative energy to begin your activity. After the mass of roars, you then find yourself building back a forward focused vibe. I forgot to mention, that ‘bad’ energy came from only 1/4 of the class initially, which then spawned into 1/2 of the room in chaos.

Those people I just mentioned, you need to put behind you. What would be more beneficial is to find and befriend positive, happy people that have a like minded approach and a mindset for growth and development. Notice, I did not mention talented. I feel that ‘talent’ is the product of interest, passion, discipline, and vision; all of which can be exponentially increased by having relationships in your life that support and share a like-minded focus and similar set of qualities. Who are those people in your life? Always excited to see your developments! Eager to see what you’re up to next! Wanting to celebrate your accomplishments! Wanting to join in and participate in your successes!

I have been lucky enough to surround myself with many innovative, successful, creative and full of vision relationships and would love to celebrate with you readers, their victories. With out these visionaries, I would have not been able to claim, and share my successes as a hairdresser. 

Lunatic Fringe Artistic Director

 

Janae Johnson

I met Janae when first starting out at Lunatic Fringe Salon in Salt Lake City. She had just previously been appointed the Artistic Director for the company, and was eager for new team members to join the team. Having worked under her vision for the past two years, I’ve watched her talent soar upwards. Janae holds within’ her an artistic passion and creative flare that has allowed her to produce many recognized hair collections alongside her artistic team. She annually oversees and produces the Lunatic Fringe ‘Giving Back Is The New Black’Hair show, benefiting many non-profit organizations all while managing the locks of her fantastic and diverse clientele. Janae and myself have worked hand-in-hand on many hair collections and publications. Why Janae? She has a calmness to her and ability to troubleshoot any technique without any signs of frustration. With that said, she has such a diverse set of techniques and skills with texture and dress work that it makes it easy to put any kind of work in her hand, and a jaw-dropping product will be produced.

 

Make Up Guru and Hairdresser

  

Paula J. Dahlberg

I would define Paula as a medium (you read correct, yes!). I hope, if you haven’t found them already, that you are able to build a relationship with a person that is able to see vision of an entire product, as opposed to only her focus, make up artistry. She has mastered the ability to support and compliment many elements in images that we have produced together. Being in the industry for a dedicated 17 years, Paula has experience in nails, hair, and cosmetic work, and with her clean application, and creative approach she has been illuminating through the shiny, reflective prints of magazines for quite some time now.

Because of Paula’s knowledge and ability to pull together whole concepts (and reading my mind!), I’ve been lucky enough to work alongside her visions. You can visit her talents at http://www.paulajdahlberg.com

 

Wardrobe Designer and Stylist

  

Michelle Boucher

Michelle is a talent among most, due to her vast experience in many corners of the beauty industry. I’ve known Michelle since I began school in the hair industry and she has been one of the biggest supporters since! It wasn’t until months after knowing Michelle, that I was introduced to her talents as a wardrobe designer, and one of the most creative designers I’ve met. She has taken her talents from runway shows to movie sets.

During the beginning of my development, wardrobe was something that I never used, and ended up just buying fabric and wrapping it around them. It wasn’t until talking with Michelle that I learned more options, like wardrobe. We have had Michelle design clothing for many of our shoots and continue to be awed at her creations. Check out her creations at facebook.com.

 

 

Photography Genius

 

Jake Garn

Many many words could come from talking about the Jake ‘babypin’ Garn as he has numerous aspects to life. I met Jake Garn through Paula Dahlberg and have been unable to keep myself away from him since! Aside from being a talented artistic fashion photographer, Jake is quite possibly the most clever, funny, and easy going peeps in the biz. Photography being a hobby of his for some time now, Jake has expanded his portfolio in all aspects of portraiture and whimsical fashion photography. I could go on and on about his accomplishments, but what I’d really like to focus on is how he treats and works with other people.

First off, Jake has an amazing ability to balance life. Whether it be his restaurant (Corbin’s Grill - most delicious carbonara of all time!), his photography life, or his personal life, I always seem to hear of successes on a consistent basis in all his areas. Aside from balance, he has a trust in his team’s ability to produce beautiful works, as we do in him, which eliminates stress from shoots and allows focus on the end result. I could never mention Jake with out also mentioning and acknowledging his beautiful wife Jenny, the most hospitable and kind woman EVER. Every time we shoot, she’s there helping out and making sure everyone is nourished, hydrated and ready to go. OH, and their both expecting their first baby (It’s a BOY!!).

 

 Because of the trust he puts in to the team, we have all been able to produce beautiful images on a consistent basis. Visit JakeGarn.com to see some pretty amazing pieces of work!

They are the four most influential people that I continue to surround myself for great company and to feed my very hungry appetite  for creativity. I encourage you to sit down for 5 minutes and right down you four most influential people (in any area of your life) that you see on a consistent basis. Then evaluate your goals, and decide 4 others that could help you achieve those goals; and you in turn, help them achieve theirs. I would like to leave this entry with a quote from the brilliant Michael Jordan:

‘Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.’ -Michael Jordan

   

Mission Statement

Hi friends! My name is Steven Robertson, a hairdresser and educator. During my time in the beauty industry, I discovered a love and passion for photographic styling and work. Having had the opportunity to produce work for many publications including, Paul Mitchell’s Cut and Dry Magazine, Estetica Magazine, Launchpad, The Colorist, FitnessMagazine and many others, I’ve developed a repertoire of knowledge in technique, how to surround yourself with talent, tips to ‘get in’ with magazine editors, and a set of systems that ensures proper documentation and ‘pitch’ delivery of your work to magazine editors to secure your imagery’s spot in the glossy pages of your favorite magazine.

Having had no experience in the beauty industry, I undoubtedly believe that anyone is also able to obtain the same recognition in a smaller amount of time that I took.

My mission for this blog is simply this:

To provide technical, creative, and relationship building education for those who desire to progress in the world of session and photographic work.

If at any time you would like to learn a certain technique, or maybe need a bit more detail on current posts, I would love to succeed in making this blog useful to all minds and learners.

With all my support for an industry filled with artists,

 

Steven Robertson