Creative Portraits – Sirens

Last year, I did a fine art shoot with a model in a bathtub. I commented at the time I would love to get a mermaid in that tub! I am a big believer in asking for what you want and the universe will get it for you (well within reason – I still don’t…

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Oceanic Mermaids

Last week I was featuring some of the art I created from a recent group shoot, 30 photographers and two models. We were joined on the day by Jess Ami and Jess Garrett (at least their names were easy to remember lol). We occasionally do these big group shoots, so that there is a central…

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Digital Art – Jewels from the Deep

I have been featuring some recent artwork from a Mermaid beach shoot, but this is probably my favourite. The actual water was shot in a pool in Bali back in 2017. I had fun use the Puppet Warp feature in Photoshop, as Jess was actually kneeling in the sand…she didn’t really look like she was…

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Out of the studio – Moonlight Magic

This is another Mermaid shot from the other night. Someone had the brilliant idea of bringing an actual crystal ball…which I actually turned into a giant pearl in this image and it looked like Jess was irreverent or perhaps meditating in this shot, she looked so lovely and peaceful on the water’s edge, you could…

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Share your world – 12th Feb 2020

Another week and another list of SYW questions from Melanie. Questions: Do you snore?  How do you know it, if you do? Hubby tells me I sometimes snore. Not like a freight train or anything, just a quiet roar lol. I know when I have a cold I do, but then I guess everyone does then,…

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Out of the studio – Siren’s Song

Now, how cool is this? I went to a Mermaid Shoot at Half Moon Bay Surf Living Saving Club (boy that is a mouthful!) with about 30 other photographers to shoot some mermaids. Our Mermaids, that afternoon were both named Jess and Jess! We were supposed to be in two different groups, but I stepped…

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Monday’s Musings…

This month is going to be crazy, so much on and next month won’t be much better. Friday Night saw us down at Half Moon Bay Life Saving Club in Mentone (Melbourne), with a couple of mermaids and about 30 photographers. The smoke haze was back (Yep, those fires are still burning away, just mostly…

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Photo Rehab Cover Makeover – The Summer of Chasing Mermaids

Apparently this week’s title is another book for Photo Rehab’s Cover Makeover, is The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by author Sarah Ockler. For those who have not heard, each week for this challenge, we attempt to re create, or completely make over a book cover or movie poster, as we see fit. Apart from that…

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Tuesday’s Tales from the Shoot – The Mermaid and The Princess

 A little while ago, I was asked if I do Mermaids? Sure I said, I am sure I could Photoshop something, then the shoot fell through, but the seed was already planted. Now I know from my own Daughters (now grown women) and from my fairy and ballerina shoots, little girls love to get dressed…

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