Merbellas Thread

**polyhymnia113** · 05-11-2015, 03:04 AM

Excellent News, Vicky! Congratulations! How exciting! Can't wait to see your unboxing video and photos.

**Ariel-Starfish** · 05-12-2015, 01:40 PM

SO SUPER EXITED FOR YOU VICKY!!!

**MermaidMichelle** · 05-12-2015, 04:23 PM

Congratulations to you, Vicky

and I appreciate how you suffer for your wrinkle-free work, Raina!

**Mer-Crazy** · 05-12-2015, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by MermaidMichelle

Congratulations to you, Vicky

and I appreciate how you suffer for your wrinkle-free work, Raina!

Michelle! You're so classic.

**Mermaid Syaira** · 05-12-2015, 10:07 PM

Congratulations Vicky!!

**AniaR** · 05-17-2015, 02:43 PM

got some of the photos back from the photoshoot thought I'd share a few

**polyhymnia113** · 05-17-2015, 02:47 PM

Lovely

**Felicia** · 05-17-2015, 03:11 PM

You look incredible!

**Vicky Mermaid** · 05-17-2015, 03:41 PM

Nice pictures!!!

**AniaR** · 05-18-2015, 06:22 PM

had another shoot today

**Ashe** · 05-18-2015, 06:24 PM

**Fifi Tigg** · 05-18-2015, 06:33 PM

I like your style of photography Raina

**AniaR** · 05-18-2015, 08:24 PM

Thanks. Sean took these- I am teaching him. I do the post work. We just switched from Canon to Nikon as our Canon gear died and we were gifted with Nikon. reallllly steep learning curb. Things that took 1 or 2 buttons on Cannon take 3 and a dial on Nikon lol. I also find the white balance controls drastically different so a lot of my skin tones are too pink or yellow and still trying to master that kind of correction in post lol. These were super harsh sun but because of the angles and rocks around us we still needed the flash otherwise I had stark shadows. So they all came out really bright and had to be lowered in post. But good poses and framing. We only JUST figured out how to manually move the focal point on the nikon after watching some online videos because it was like a rubix cube trying to hit all the right buttons and dials at once haha. I swear to God it's like I've never done photography before just from switching brands. I had NO IDEA they were so incredibly different.

**AniaR** · 05-18-2015, 11:42 PM

whoops deleted my post. I made a video and just realized it rendered with 2 minutes of footage and 6 minutes of black... lol

**Vrindavana Starfish** · 05-19-2015, 12:02 AM

Originally Posted by AniaR

Thanks. Sean took these- I am teaching him. I do the post work. We just switched from Canon to Nikon as our Canon gear died and we were gifted with Nikon. reallllly steep learning curb. Things that took 1 or 2 buttons on Cannon take 3 and a dial on Nikon lol. I also find the white balance controls drastically different so a lot of my skin tones are too pink or yellow and still trying to master that kind of correction in post lol. These were super harsh sun but because of the angles and rocks around us we still needed the flash otherwise I had stark shadows. So they all came out really bright and had to be lowered in post. But good poses and framing. We only JUST figured out how to manually move the focal point on the nikon after watching some online videos because it was like a rubix cube trying to hit all the right buttons and dials at once haha. I swear to God it's like I've never done photography before just from switching brands. I had NO IDEA they were so incredibly different.

Are the lenses compatible between Canon and Nikon? I haven't worked with Nikon much because it's more purist photography, and I do mainly video. But I've worked a lot with Canons, and I have a Lumix GH3 and GH1, soon to get a GH4. The controls between the Lumix and Canon are very similar, but the lens mounts are different.

Sorry, didn't meant to hijack the thread. Those photos are excellent, and I would have guessed you had a bounce board and not a flash. No creepy flash shadows.

**AniaR** · 05-19-2015, 12:03 AM

Nope. And we have some dope Nikon lenses which is why we stuck with it

**Maethor** · 05-19-2015, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by AniaR

had another shoot today

I love how your eyeshadow matches your tail here! It looks so simple and beautiful!

**MermaidMichelle** · 05-19-2015, 07:51 PM

Everything matches very well here, though what impresses me most is how you have mastered that gentle and feminine mermaid look which is most attractive!