Employee of the Month at Joshua Smith Studios

Dear readers:  Today I'm hosting my friend Joshua Smith's article, in which he sings the praises of his Employee of the Month.  I always enjoy Mr. Smith's visits, as he freely shares his helpful photography tips!  You can view his previous guest posts here and here.

Greetings and salutations, Mitzi's Miscellany readers!  I'd like to introduce my Employee of the Month here at Joshua Smith Photography Studio, Miss Caroline Wilkins.  I hired Miss Wilkins to help prepare my customers for their special portraits, and she's proved her mettle with even the most difficult and challenging cases by taming their hair and otherwise primping them for their photography sessions. 

Before the arrival of Miss Wilkins, we had the occasional hairstyle mishap here at Joshua Smith Studios, resulting in less than stellar portraits of our clients:

 

Miss Wilkins pays just as much attention to the men (especially young men, I have discovered), as the women:

 

 She uses specially made tonics to tame unruly tresses:

It's essential for the customer to trust the photographer.  I've found that attention to the coif helps build an air of confidence.  The positive results are hard to deny:

Sometimes Miss Wilkins will wield her scissors in order to get a hairstyle in order, like she did for this creation called the "mullet":

 

We've discovered that tots can often use a quick trim before their photo sessions.  Miss Wilkins, clever girl that she is, simply places a mixing bowl on the head and cuts around it for a precision coif:

 

Besides the "Mullet", Miss Wilkins has created and named another signature hairstyle, "The Sea Sponge":

A pair of sisters requested "The Sea Sponge", and insisted they each wear a monocle in their portrait.  We aim to please our customers at Joshua Smith Studios, so we obliged:

Another pair of sisters requested hairdos resembling soft serve ice cream, and Miss Wilkins took on the challenge without delay, adding a special blossom to enhance the design:

This young lady wanted a hairdo that resembled the frosting on a cupcake.  I think Miss Wilkins did an excellent representation:

Older women can be finicky, and want a hairstyle with each and every hair in place.  I think this example of Miss Wilkins' perfectionism speaks for itself:

And parents sometimes request that their childrens' pin-straight hair be curled.  Miss Wilkins employs a variety of tools to achieve that goal.  Occasionally, we smell burning hair in the studio, but we've learned not to draw attention to such incidences:

I think you'll agree with me that we are very lucky to have such a talented young lady on our staff at Joshua Smith Studios!

Until next time, remember at Joshua Smith Studios "We Turn Negatives Into A Positive"!

Comments

[Tory]

What a delightfully humorous post. I recently found your blog, and now, it is one of the staples in my day.

[Mitzi Curi]

Hi Tory!

Im so glad you are enjoying my blog and had a chuckle today. I have a lot of fun writing and sharing my passion for vintage treasures.

Thanks so much for taking the time to write such a nice comment, and have a wonderful week!

Mitzi

[sharon]

oh my goodness.....the sea sponge....hillarious! and the cupcake, so funny! thanks for the laughs. i didn't see you at jill's this weekend, wondered if the weather and the spartans changed your plans! we had a lot of fun and did very well. some day we will run into each other for sure!!

[Nelly]

Oh dear looks like I lost my comment anyway I rattled on how Id lost you (must have been during your move) and now I have found you and am glad I have.Love all those pics so funny but then seen some mighty weird hairdos in my life too lol

[Mitzi Curi]

Hi Sharon,

I'm glad you enjoyed Joshua Smith's guest post! I feel terribly guilty that I didn't make it to Jill's show. I wimped out because of the weather on Saturday, and Sunday I had other commitments. It's great to hear that you did well there!

Mitzi

[Mitzi Curi]

Hi Nelly,

Im glad you found me! I was worried that I would lose readers when I moved.

Have a great week!

Mitzi