Wednesday, December 15, 2010

The Mermaid


Last August I photographed these. 
I had not wanted to even look at these because of the painful memory attached... You see, I have wanted to do an underwater mermaid shoot for years, finally it all came together a few months ago but when we got to the underwater part, things kinda went south... The camera housing was not locked on tight enough and water spilled in and drenched my new 5D camera (it died).  No underwater images and no  camera... So, I am sure you understand why I have not wanted to revisit that day.
Anyway, here are some of the shots before camera decided to depart this earth.
One day soon I will fulfill my dreams and photograph a swimming mermaid.
Until then....

Thank you to the friends who made this possible:
Rachel Clark for makeup
Leah Schreiner for mermaid costume
and Natalie Hess for being so amazingly beautiful

7 comments:

JimCannon said...

I'M MARRYING HER!!!

Dainon. said...

So beautifully done.

Abby Rose said...

Love. these.

NICK peterson said...

Those are awesome pics, make sure to shoot them again!!! Never give up never surrender!!

Sarah said...

amazzzzzzzin'

Brittany said...

so pretty jess!

ErinElizabeth said...

Wow sad story, but glad to see recovery from such a tragedy is possible. Gorgeous photos!