Lisa Johnston:  

Workplace After I moved to San Fracisco in December of 1996 by the beginning of January I was working two odd jobs just to get rent money comeing in. Two months later I found a way in the commercial photography community and started working at a chrome lab where I met and networked with many amazing photographers. After a while I started getting assisting jobs. All the while I missed doing hair which is what I did to support myself through college since I graduated from Ridgewood (and Marchmen Vocational Center). Mom was smart having me get a trade while still in high school. Many of you might not know this but my mom did hair all her life so I actually grew up in the hair industry, hence all the wacky hairstyles and mohawks I had. So since I was cutting all the photographers, other assistants, and models hair I decided to get back in the hair industry. This time shooting for the top notch people. I got in to one of the biggest salons in S.F. and started apprenticing. It was a long hard road makeing minimum wage for 2 1/2 years. I hated the pretentiousness of where I was but loved the creative and high end talent and found myself at another amazing salon where I had to start from the bottom up again. Two years later I finished and now I am happily out of the downtown area and currently working ...Expand for more