Mermaid Iona's YouTube Channel

**Winged Mermaid** · 09-19-2013, 07:30 PM

Wow, I haven't updated this thing in a while! Here are the other videos on my channel:

**Winged Mermaid** · 07-17-2014, 05:38 PM

V-Log explaining why I haven't posted a new video in several months. Also current happenings and some other tidbits

**spottedcatfish** · 09-20-2013, 06:48 AM

Love your videos! Been subscribed for a while.

**Jessica** · 09-20-2013, 10:57 AM

Your tail looks amazing in this video! In most of your pictures your tail looks blue, but in this video it looks a little purple too.

did you use a tripod when you filmed this video?

**Winged Mermaid** · 10-04-2013, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by Jessica

Your tail looks amazing in this video! In most of your pictures your tail looks blue, but in this video it looks a little purple too.

did you use a tripod when you filmed this video?

The color can hide and change in different lighting for sure! I didn't use a tripod exactly, I used a suction cup mount on the bottom of the pool

It amounts to the same thing though. That's the way almost all my videos are done (in the photoshoot video, the gopro was mounted on the photographer's camera) since I don't have anyone to be my camera man.

**Winged Mermaid** · 10-04-2013, 09:09 PM

New video

**Ariel-Starfish** · 10-05-2013, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Winged Mermaid

New video

<3 Urgh- Your videos are the reason why I want to grow my hair... *enchanted*

**Mermaid Syrena** · 10-05-2013, 12:18 PM

So gorgeous. Every time I see one of your videos I think "... Iona looks almost exactly like one of John William Waterhouse's sirens!". Admit it gurrl... you stepped outta a painting.
Hope you find an option that helps you colour correct your videos, too! (re your other thread)

**Winged Mermaid** · 10-10-2013, 06:10 PM

Thank you Mermaid Syrena and Ariel Starfish! You guys are so sweet

Here's another one! Not very dynamic cause I left hubby in charge of the camera, and he just sat it on the table and left it- I'm still teaching him, haha :P

**MerEmma** · 10-10-2013, 06:34 PM

Omg, your tail just looks SO pretty in the sunlight. I love the song choice, too, and I kind of like how it was almost a time-lapse! Haha. :P

May I ask if that was a hired gig? Such a unique sort of thing. :P

**Winged Mermaid** · 10-10-2013, 07:06 PM

My tail looks it's best in sunlight for sure

The sun was behind me in the video, so that's why it doesn't look as colorful as it does in the photos (where my hubby went to the other side of the fountain to shoot them). I didn't even realize the sun was an issue until I looked at the footage- oops! Gotta be more aware.

Nah, it was just me having fun

Usually they are very uptight about, "No people in the fountain!" but since the Blackberry Festival was going on they put off the security completely and let people play in it, so I seized my chance! I got spoken to, to possibly be entertainment for the festival officially for next year though

The main band they have is The Navy Guys where they perform in dress whites, and the festival is on the boardwalk, so it would be a good match to have a mermaid around. I'm keepin my fins crossed! I also made $15 in busk money, which was kinda cool!

Apparently I need to start uploading just audio to YouTube BEFORE i make my video, to decide on music.. all the music I end up using ends up being blocked on mobile devices, and it's killing my views -_- I'd like to use less "mermaidy" music and have some fun stuff too, but all of that stuff always ends up on syndication to not include mobile views because of copyright.

**MerEmma** · 10-10-2013, 07:26 PM

Ugh, YouTube and the copyright laws and issues are just so damn annoying. I dread if I ever put up any videos because I don't want to leave it music-less but I just...gahhhhhhh. Good luck with dealing with that...I wish YouTube could be more clear about the rules but I can see why it'd be hard. :\

That's really neat just as a fun to-do thing...seriously, ahhhh. That just sounds like SO much fun.

**Winged Mermaid** · 10-18-2013, 08:18 PM

New video! This one is just some footage I took while I was practicing for Paradiso. I figured if I filmed myself I could go back and watch and see what needed improvement. Needless to say my bubble hearts still fizzle haha :P I did a ton of turns becuase I knew in the tank I'd have to do them often, and in a tight space (I think the tank was 3 1/2- 4 feet wide?) so that's why there are so many in the video. I actually had hours of footage but thought the same stuff would get boring really fast, because it was pretty much a lot of stuff over and over again. So I had some fun with editing a little