Images from "Dolores" magazine, Moscow

*Pictures of the show on stage taken by "DoloresMagazine" staff photographer. All other images (black & white, as well as studio)taken by me.


In this world of professional photography sometimes I shoot for a magazine, and by the time the magazine comes out a couple of months later I forget about it, and it becomes SUCH a pleasant surprise!!!


These are the images of the pages from the May issue of the "Delores" magazine, a professional hair stylists magazine published in Moscow, Russia.


The European hairstyling contest was hosted this year in the Kremlin, and I had the pleasure of photographing the "Dolores" salon hairstyle line designs created for this competition.

And look at these creations...this is all made of hair, believe it or not. And if this isn't art, I don't know what is! Beutiful, beutiful work. The hairdues and overall style was inspired by the musical "Nine", and as to be expected, the show included a song and dance number.

Shooting the "getting ready" preparations in the Kremlin dunging (see black and white pictures), and then setting up a full studio in the hallway, flashes going off as models running around in a hurry to get on stage - now that's fun photography!!!

What I didn't expect is that I would have - literally - 40 seconds with each model. Talk about pressure to "get the shot". The model walked onto the makeshift studio, posed, I took maybe three shutter clicks, and she was off to get on stage..."next!". But hey, what's important is - you wouldn't know it from the pictures...