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I agree with Lorelei - you look amazing! All that hard work is really paying off (but I'm sorry your hips continue to hurt :( )
Also I cannot get over that blended waist! Raven really outdid herself with this. It looks super thin though - are you worried about tearing it at all? I'd be petrified of damaging something so lovely! :biting nails:
it's actually so thick it's hard to put on hahaha. Raven assures me if I ever have troubles it's very easy for her to replace it. She made it with that in mind.
Got my spandex tail painted by a friend then had a Photoshoot!! http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15...13c6ed37da.jpg
The rest of the pics are on my tumblr ( roselinemaplewood.tumblr.com ) and some are NSFW. :) really happy with how it turned out!!
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Its so pretty!
formerly jayy
beautiful pictures everyone!!! I just love drooling over all these amazing tails and offcourse the gorgeous people in it!
Beautiful photos everyone! CoyoteWalker, wow, what an incredible paint job your friend did. You look fantastic in it too!
Just some photos of the Fl Mermaids at the Gainesville Ren Faire. I'm the red pirate with my biggest fan Dj my son. It was a blast and they did so well.
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Whee! My first official photoshoot in my tail by Mermaid Julz of Under Sea Mermaid Co! <3 This was her latex contest tail at Merfest!
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Photography by my friend of: http://www.kphotographyllc.net/
Wow you are so stunning!
formerly jayy
Lovely pics guys ! Milieu, you have really gorgeous features ! I wanted to share some pics from the shoot I did yesterday with my other half David ! We headed on down to the local beach to take some videos for the next video for my competition and since it is full moon the tides were strong and turned up a lot of sand and silt but I still think we got some lovely shots done ! If you guys want to see more of this and the videos please vote for me to win Miss Diving Specials 2015 ! Im in 3rd place but need all the help I can get to win so please vote and share with your friends, family and coworkers ! Hey Everyone !
Vote here -
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Some last shots from me in my tail before it got sold.
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Wow Ariel! Beautiful pictures!
Alright, I have a video now of me swimming :3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNlelOHnou4
thanks Vicky! ❤️Quote:
Originally Posted by Vicky Mermaid
Dang! I'm jealous of all you gals getting to go outside and take photos! It's expected to snow this week over here.
Not a photo shoot really, just a couple of pics a friend took with her phone, but they're nice so I thought I'd share them anyway!
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Wonderful! I'm so jealous! I spent an hour scraping the ice off my car this morning.
You look great! And I love the lily pad top. Who made it?
That second picture has me thinking "Oh no!! A beached mermaid!! Push her back in!!" :lol:
But seriously, those are some gorgeous pictures.
Haha, I did feel beached at that point! I had just gotten out of the waves and OH MAN I was beat. First time swimming in the ocean with my tail, on not the calmest of days. My friends spent a lot of the time being held on to.
I bought the lily pads, stuck them to a bra and added netting/leaves. As chronicled in this thread :)Quote:
Originally Posted by PearlieMae
I got some shots done at Merfest, by photographer Susan Knight...I composited two shots to make this image...they are low res screenshots, and a down and dirty retouch, but you get the idea.
How did you make your fluke look so... Fluid?
It's an amazing photograph nonetheless, you look so comfortable.
That is SO gorgeous, Pearlie!
Thanks! I really like it. I can't wait to get the high res files!
I did photos with her too. I wasn't very impressed with my pics. I really wanted full body pics of my tail and tried to communicate that and push for it but most are the same portrait that I didn't really want to do from the beginning.
I got my small res proofs over a week ago and had originally paid for two. I made my selections but haven't heard back yet.
I feel kinda meh about the experience. She was very nice, kind, and professional. But the photos were really unflattering of me and I was hoping for more focus on my new tail. A lot of the proofs I was sent were ones I would of deleted off the camera if we were doing the photos.
But I had really amazing photos the year before for free. You win some, you lose some.
Sean took amazing underwater photos of me on christomer s camera. I was so proud of them but I knew wed probably never see them and I was right. Last year a whole card of peoples underwater photos went 'missing' and people never got them. I expected the same thing to happen this year and since sean was worried about flooding the camera we didn't make copies of the pics. So Chris has em somewhere in digital land with last years missing photos.
Susans photos seem to be hit or miss this year. I'm not sure if it was the pool conditions or the schedule or what. A few people weren't happy with theirs.
But I'm glad Pearlie found one she likes and it is so awesome to showcase her stunning tail. I saw it in person. Photos rarely do it justice!!!
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I just feel a bit bleh about the experience too. But I also can't really complain cause I was entirely late for my shoot due to taking too long heat-setting my tail before I got a lift to the pool with the others, and Susan managed to fit me in, when she didn't have to.
I'm also a perfectionist graduate photographer so my standards are going to be higher xD
anyways didn't want to start any drama or derail, just thought I would share that I feel the same. Replied with my image choice the other day and not heard back yet either.
My take on the splash tail!
I am pretty happy with it :)
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It looks great! Is it a personal tail or for a client? Wonderful work!
bwahahah splash mermaids taking over! *evil laughter*
Just had a really awesome photoshoot in Cozumel, Mexico!
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Cute sister pod of merlings :D
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This may be the cutest picture I have ever seen!! Congrats!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fifi Tigg
Wow I was behind on this thread. Everyone looks so beautiful. I love these group shots some people are able to do.
LOL..I just had to giggle at this, b/c I feel the same way. Being a photographer, I know exactly how I want my photos to look. This is why I usually have my hubby try just so that I can edit and have freedom to do whatever to the photos. I am lucky to have some great photographer friends who do a great job. But its like with anything, when you do it well and know how you like it, that sets the standard very high and if you feel like it didn't come out as good as if you could have done it, then that leads to disappointment. Seriously wish I could clone myself sometimes... LOLQuote:
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<---Pro photog, too.
another moment where I wished MN had a like button for posts xD yep cloning seems to be our only solution sometimes =')Quote:
Originally Posted by shimmygoddess
we need a support group for bellydance/photographer/mermaids or something ;)
Here are a few photos from our super fun, swan-themed library program last week. They are just captures from a video, but they turned out pretty well. (Good enough for our website, anyway)!
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So awesome galene!
too adorable Galene!!!