My experience at the Van Michael (Before and After) photoshoot.
What an exciting weekend! The team was looking forward to transforming pretty girls with long boring hair and giving them short, salon friendly cuts with a progressive edge.
The cutters: Jeffrey, Daniel, Brandon, and Sevin.
The colorists: David, Natalie and her assistant Justine (Tiny)
The make up artist: Leslie (Miami salon)
The photographer: the one and only... BABAK
Also, the wisdom of Van himself to keep all of his nutballs on the same creative page.
Day 1: Prep went smoothly. The cutting team and color team worked together like a well oiled machine. We concentrated on accentuating the models face shapes. After cutting off a lot of hair, we finished the day on time, around five o'clock. Babak arrived and we were off to celebrate a good day and plan for tomorrow.
Day 2: Photo shoot. Despite the "hurry up and wait" aspect of a shoot, the day rolled along nicely. Working on the set with Babak is a unique experience. Imagine mixing the energy of a case of Red Bull and giving it a Mötley Crüe soundtrack and you have a feel for the day. I would imagine that there were as many pictures taken of Babak and the team as there were of our lovely models :) Babak loves what he does, and it shows. At the end of the day, the results equaled perfection!
What more do you need? Good cuts, good color, make up, and ping pong. (That is a whole other story)
In the end, we all walked away feeling as if we had an enjoyable and productive weekend as a team. My personal highlights include in depth team building with two great colorists, a handful of edgy haircutters, a make-up artist and friend I rarely get to see, and a photographer that could quite possibly need Ritalin.
Did I mention the outstanding hair?? Can't wait until you see the finished product.
Check out the video from the weekend by clicking VM Minneapolis.
