Alexander Turnbull is only 30 years old, and has been in the hairdressing industry for 16 years already!  At the age of 15,  Alexander gained a trainee placement with hairdressing icon Mark Hill, and subsequently became a member of his Elite Team.  He has his own salon,  Alexander Hair and Beauty in Hull, and he currently holds the title of North Eastern Hairdresser of the Year.  His work takes him all over the world, as well as appearing on TV shows such as Great British Hairdresser, and showcasing his talent at industry educational seminars.

As always, todays images are for competition purposes, so being kept under wraps for now…..but take a look at Alexander’s images from last year’s entry shot here at Hasselblad Studio…….

A Birmingham-born photographer, Brian is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential British image-makers of recent times. Over the last forty or so years Griffin has enjoyed a career encompassing commercial and fine art photography, film and audio-visual performance.

http://www.briangriffin.co.uk/

Attendees were regaled with the stories and techniques behind some of Brian’s most famous images…. from portraits of Margaret Thatcher to album covers for Iggy Pop!!

A ‘hands on’ session followed the seminar, with Brian showing how he would light group portraits using broncolor and shooting with an H4D-50…….

Check out how cool the Pro Centre’s Neil and Dom look, with Hasselblad Area Sales Manager Nicky and Brian!!!

Hailing from Hereford, Peter Prosser is a multi award winning hairdresser who has been working in the industry since 1965! Read more about Peter and his long standing career here….

http://www.peterprosserhairdressing.co.uk/Peter-Prosser.asp

Again, as the images from today are for competition purposes, here are Peter’s images from last year…..

The British Hair Awards season is well and truly upon us, and many of the biggest names in British hairdressing are descending upon Hoxton and the Hasselblad Studio for another year of cutting, colouring, styling and cutting edge photography in their bid to win the coveted award.

Today we were pleased to welcome back Kevin Kahan, who won the title of Northern Ireland Hairdresser of the Year 2011!!

http://www.kevinkahan.com/home

Kevin and his wonderful team work tirelessly, and there are some amazing creations and images from today’s shoot. However, we are not able to put out any spoilers until the competition is underway, so we will give you a chance to see Kevin and his team’s images from last year!

Gorgeous!!!

Australian super snapper Andrew O’Toole was back again shooting for Toni and Guy Essensuals new campaign.

The salon team were headed by Sacha Mascolo-Tarbuck…..Global Creative Director and legendary Hairdresser.

http://www.essensuals.com/team/sacha-mascolo-tarbuck-global-creative-director.html

And with one of the nation’s best colour technicians, Francesco Fontana.

http://www.essensuals.com/team/francesco-fontana.html

Here are the previous season’s images shot here at the Hasselblad Studio again by Mr O’Toole.

Andrew O’Toole is back in London all the way from Australia ….and has joined forces with Award Winning Hairdresser Ken Picton yet again for the 2012 British Hairdresser of the Year Awards……

Last year the duo worked together on the collection “Disgotech” here at Hasselblad Studio that won Ken ‘Wales and South West Hairdresser of the Year 2011′.

Watch behind the scenes video from the 2011 Winning Collection filmed here at Hasselblad Studio…..

http://www.kenpicton.com/the-salon/video/

Here are some images from behind the scenes from the London workshops here at Hasselblad Studio with Lara Jade…..

Attendees to this workshop also had the opportunity to get their ‘Hands on a Hasselblad’……there are examples of work shot on the seminar days with the H4D-40 here also….great work guys!!!

http://www.handsonahasselblad.com/

Urs Recher followed his High Speed Flash seminar with a day demonstrating the subtleties of Art Nude Photography…..with 2 models and an array of Broncolor lighting topped off with an H4D 50….here are some of the beautiful results from the day….

Urs Recher, photographer and consultant at Broncolor, came to demonstrate some amazing high speed flash techniques to delegates at the second of ‘The Pro Centre Presents’ seminars here at the Hasselblad Studio….. from capturing and freezing motion…to creating stunning streams of movement….Urs is the master!!

All we can say is, Brian come back soon!