40's type Prom Hair

 High School Prom this year turned out to be just as fun as if I had attended it.
                   I had three friends who asked if I would be in town and could do their hair and I jumped at the opportunity to do so! Luckily that specific weekend I came back into Nashville to work with a caterer for a wedding.
                            Out of the three girls that I got to play with their hair, here is the first I'll share.
         
                    Meet Jennifer!

                                             She has gorgeous hair.

 To start out, I curled her hair in medium sized ringlets. After spraying the curls in place, I loosely braided both the right and left sides of Jennifer's hair. To ensure the braids would stay very securely, I ponytailed the braids at the center of her head. Taking large curls or grouping small ones together, I swirled them to lay flat like a slinky. Pin each slinky-section with two or three carefully placed bobby pins. Continue to "slinky" curls until none remains down. 

    

                      Shake head.... gently.

After seeing what kind of moves, place a few last minute pins and spray the whole thing.

The shaking is just a fun way to ensure the style will stay. You don't want your client's hair to fall when she starts grooving on the dance floor.

Here is lovely Jennifer in her dress.

Lomography

   Lola the lomo...

                  Lola says hello! 

 redscale lomo 120 film

This was in South Carolina on a trail by Jocassee Lake. Had such a fun time hiking up near my grandpa's cabin and got some of the best shots I've taken thus far. I'm a novice, so that isn't really saying much, but I was proud that this tree and it's scene stuck out to me despite my newness. 

redscale lomo 120 film

 Loved the blurred effect of this.

I definitely don't remember what I intended for this shot to look like, but I am quite pleased with it, nonetheless. The disconnected legs say so much. Perhaps this is a creature telling us its story from the ground's point-of-view.

 color lomo 100 ISO film

I expected this shot to be brighter. It was quite a sunny day. I'm still working on getting the lighting down with my shots, but here I am.

 color lomo 100 ISO film

I find that when I have only one or two shots left on a roll that I'm so anxious to finish the roll, I go looking for a picture instead of letting the picture find me. Usually, such a mentality leads me to disappointing results. I'm happy to say that this was the last shot of my most recently developed roll and I'd say it turned out splendidly.

redscale 120 lomo film
Dark and a bit foreboding. Sitting in the backseat of my parents' van, like I was still in middle school, Lola in hand, I wanted to capture part of the afternoon we had spent that Easter day: church that morning, praising my Savior for dying on the cross and all he's done in my life personally, Easter brunch, and the treasure of family. I raised my lomography camera to my eye, pointed, and released the shutter lever. The sun was shining brightly, and this dark, red, almost angry photo was born. Not quite the idea I had in mind to capture the festivities of the day, but I appreciated this anyways.

 color lomo 100 ISO film

I wanted to capture the bright possibilities of an empty bench in a lovely park, instead Lola snapped a shot of an erie bench that it seems if you sit upon it, something may lurk out of the woods even in the daylight. Lola had a more complex idea about this bench than I did. I like her version better. It shows a different side to the park that sits across the street from my parents' house.

 color lomo 100 ISO film

The reds and yellows that play on the edge of this frame really offset the blues and slight greens on the sky and trees. This shot is from one of my first couple rolls. I am always learning more about lomography, but at this stage, I knew basically nothing. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Glad this shot turned out the way it did, despite my own intentions. This is yet another example of Lola's, and really any lomography camera's, brilliance.

 color lomo 100 ISO film

Little did I know at the time of this shot, but you step through those two doors into a one room shop in which every space other than the path on which you can walk is stacked with things. Things some people would call junk. Things some people would call trash. Things other people would call treasures. I'd call them stories. Every antique plate you see used to have an owner with a life, the dresser set had a specific purpose to it's owner's routines, and each quilt had a particular season it was used. The sweet lady who tends the shop will talk with the curious, but seldom visitor while her radio chatters in the background. 

The sun that shines into this frame on the right side sheds light on the shop that many people don't even notice as they drive past. I adore the story this photo tells.

redscale lomo 120 film

So odd to me how this and the photo above it came out backwards, but for this particular frame, it is so ironically fantastic. It messes with you a bit because the arrow points you to the right and the words suggest you should be traveling in the opposite way. It's quite wonderful how Lola has a mind of her own.

I Want the Wisdom, But Not the Information

        These pictures aren't great. 

The lighting was not ideal, 

                               but we're going to go with it anyway...

Quick, twisted half updo, just for fun.

                              

 Take one section on one side after parting your hair and start twisting it. As you got back add more hair. The idea is a french braid way of picking up hair and adding as you go, but twisting your locks instead. 

 Once you've added as much as you want up from that side continue the twist without adding more hair. The twist will naturally start to circle around itself. Go with that natural circle and pin this back.

Now, from the other side take a small section and brush it back to where it is smooth. Pin this piece underneath the twisted bun on the side you started. 

Spray and style the hair that is still down however you feel...

Curled

                       Straight

                                                           Scrunched

 Purple Tights!
     I really liked the idea of a loose sleeveless dress blouse with a tight long sleeved off the shoulder shirt. A little fun, a little dressy. The long sleeved shirt should have probably been a different material, but this is what I went with at the time.  

Starring Oreo, the kitty

Lola the lomo

Meet Lola.

                           She takes lomo shots.

LOMOGRAPHY! 

Slow film in a plastic camera that produces double exposures, pinholes, time exposures, and other radical photo opportunities. 

Most of these shots are redscale film from Urban Outfitters. 

 East Nashville, renovated house

 Tripple exposure of a park in Seneca, South Carolina

 Pigeon Forge, TN near the Apple Barn

 Knoxville, TN 

 My handsome boyfriend

double exposure and two half frames to make one shot

Hiking trail in Jocassee, SC 

UT pedestrian walkway 

 Time exposure

 Double exposure

Love the sign in the back ground.

Gonna Tangle My Feet Over The Wire

Combat boots that I love.

From: Zappos

Jeggings: Ann Taylor Loft
striped tank: Dillards
red coat: Dillards

Contrasting the form fitting jeggings and the slender boots, the flowy tank and puffy red jacket emphasize the legs. The loose garments on top make the outfit not seem too tight. 

Sneak peaks of my dorm room in the back ground. You can tell things are crazy because my room isn't spotless at the time I took these shots.
              GO VOLS!


A shot to show how I did my bangs. Loosely tied back so that they can fall softly.


Ideally, I would have sprayed my bangs, let them sit for a bit then taken that bobby pin out.


To begin, I scrunched my hair while it was wet to give it this textured look and feel. Then once it dried, pull up half of it as if to do a half pony tail, but then loosely twist it and bunch the twist on top of itself. Leaving the ends of your hair sticking out, bobby pin the pivotal points of the messy bun.

Those people keep a movin' and that's what tortures me.

Meet the beautiful Chelsea Lyons.

Below is the lovely Paige Alcorn.

Chelsea Lyons was the hair stylist here, and I adore what she's done with Paige's hair.

It's so classic!

Basically, Chelsea twisted Paige's hair in a french braid manner by starting with hair on the left, twisting, adding a section, twisting, adding another section, and so on until the twist bends around to the right.

Secure with a ponytail holder.

In this case, Chelsea gave the style a bit of volume by teasing Paige's hair near the top of her head before embarking on the twist ending in a pony tail.

Add a flower, feather, or other hair piece.

Finish by curling the ponytail. Make sure to curl every piece the same way. Chelsea curled Paige's hair away from her face, not toward.

Thanks Paige, for being a gorgeous model for me.

Jenny's got a body thats shaped like an hourglass

My good gal friend, McKenzie (Gal with Curves) had a forties/ fifties birthday to celebrate her Sweet Sixteenth. I came over a bit early to assist her in errands as well as style her hair.

This is what we came up with:

I wasn't sure where I was going with this, but McKenzie told me to do whatever I wanted.

I ended up twisting two sections from the front to cross in the back.

Continuing to twist these sections of hair, I criss crossed them behind her pony tail which I did not use any hair ties for. Bringing the twisted sections back around the front, I crossed them once more in front and once more in back.

Then I secured them with bobby pins, using the pony tail to hide the pins.

With her short, side swept bangs and one loose curl by her face, the look is complete.

She looked stunning and her party was a hit complete with a birthday cake with her baby picture, guests dressed in their best 40's and 50's attire, big band music, and a movie projected onto her garage door.

Tip for the style: I curled and sprayed her hair before styling it. After the curls set, I lightly brushed through them with my fingers and sprayed once again.

Before the festivities began.

Happy 16th, McKenzie!

May this year bring you all your dreams and much more.