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August 29, 2014

Mermaid Portfolio Workshop in the Exuma Cays is Big Major Cay (aka Bay of Pigs)

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One of the stops during the Mermaid Portfolio Workshop in the Exuma Cays is Big Major Cay (aka Bay of Pigs). Most everyone frolics with and feeds the pigs galley scraps from the boat. Great fun.

Model: Rachel Faulkner

August 26, 2014

Mermaid on the beach at sunrise, Virginia Beach, VA

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Model: Victoria Kicha Mermaid Viktoria)
Tail: Mertailor Mermaid Tails By Eric Ducharme
Top: Victoria Vaughn Cosplay
Location: Virginia Beach Oceanfront, 78th Street at sunrise -- with Victoria Kicha.

August 25, 2014

Pregnant Mermaid swimming with Whale Shark, Isla Mujeres, Mexico

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Bonnie and Eric's new arrival....Soon-Soon

Model: Bonnie Lavender at 7 months
Location: Isla Mujeres, Mexico week of 13July2014
Event: Mermaid Portfolio Workshop - Mexico 2014

August 24, 2014

Mermaid Portfolio Workshop - Exuma Cays - Bay of Pigs

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Shooting between jet ski passes and their wakes.

Location: Bay of Pigs (Big Major Cay), Exuma Cays, Bahamas

Drone aerial from Mermaid Portfolio Workshop - Exuma Cays, Bahamas Islands

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More drone ops...

Models: Alfred Ellison Gregg IV, Kristi Sherk, Ashley Mengel, Susan Knight, Iara Mandyn, Celine Van De Voorde
Location: Bay of Pigs (Big Major Cay), Exuma Cays, Bahamas
Event: Mermaid Portfolio Workshop - Exuma Cays 2014
Challenges: shooting between kamikaze jet ski passes and wakes from nearby super yacht, M/Y Odessa, whose Captain was not available by radio or dinghy visit. -- with Michael Salmon.

Chris Crumley at the MPW- Exuma Cays Wrap up Party

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Not very often I'm "in" a picture. Here's one from my iPhone taken by Darrell StBlaine.

Event: Mermaid Portfolio Workshop - Exuma Cays Wrap Party at Bahama Bay bar, East Bay Street, Nassau 22Aug2014.

August 23, 2014

Mermaid in one of the grottos; MPW 2014 Exuma Cays, Bahamas Islands

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We did image captures in a wide variety of locations. For this series, we floated tripod, light stand and dry camera into the grotto via the "V" shaped entry at the back of the picture using a large Pelican case and a long soft dry bag that wasn't especially dry.

Model: Ashley Mengel
Assisting: Iara Mandyn and Malena Sharkey
Location: One of the grottos, Exuma Cays, Bahamas Islands
Tech: Keldan Luna8 from Reef Photo & Video and smaller Vega light from Ikelite.

2014 MPW Wrap Up Party - Exuma Cays

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The crew in an iPhone capture. Didn't want to carry the big iron out on the last night. Quality suffers, but you get the picture.....

Models: Malena Sharkey, Cydney Tolbert, Kristi Sherk, Ashley Soltis, Celine Van De Voorde, Tanya Minuet Clayton, Ashley Mengel, Laurie Smith, Rachel Smith, Melissa Kuhlman, Caroline Nelson, Rachel Faulkner, Iara Mandyn, Susan Knight, Alfred Ellison Gregg IV
Photographers (not pictured): Robert Minnick, Chris Crumley
Model Support (motion blur in back): Darrell StBlaine
Event: Wrap Party - Mermaid Portfolio Workshop - Exuma Cays 2014
Location: Bahama Bay's dance floor on East Bay Street, Nassau

August 22, 2014

Mermaid Portfolio Workshop - Exuma Cays - Aerial of the whole crew

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Mermaid Portfolio Workshop - Exuma Cays. The whole crew yesterday morning. This morning Starbucks Internet, Nassau.

Models: Malena Sharkey, Ashley Soltis, Rachel Faulkner, Rachel Smith, Laurie Smith, Erin St Blaine, Melissa Kuhlman, Alfred Ellison Gregg IV, Robert Minnick, Susan Knight, Kristi Sherk, Ashley Mengel, Celine Van De Voorde, Darrell StBlaine, Cydney Tolbert, Caroline Nelson, Tanya Minuet Clayton, Chris Crumley
Location: Highbourne Cay, Exuma Cays, Bahamas Islands
Perspective: Drone from 50' -- with Caroline Nelson, Susan Knight, Tanya Minuet Clayton, Darrell StBlaine, Alfred Ellison Gregg IV and Robert Minnick.Mermaid Portfolio Workshop - Exuma Cays. The whole crew yesterday morning. This morning Starbucks Internet, Nassau.

Models: Malena Sharkey, Ashley Soltis, Rachel Faulkner, Rachel Smith, Laurie Smith, Erin St Blaine, Melissa Kuhlman, Alfred Ellison Gregg IV, Robert Minnick, Susan Knight, Kristi Sherk, Ashley Mengel, Celine Van De Voorde, Darrell StBlaine, Cydney Tolbert, Caroline Nelson, Tanya Minuet Clayton, Chris Crumley
Location: Highbourne Cay, Exuma Cays, Bahamas Islands
Perspective: Drone from 50' -- with Caroline Nelson, Susan Knight, Tanya Minuet Clayton, Darrell StBlaine, Alfred Ellison Gregg IV and Robert Minnick.

August 12, 2014

Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico near Playa del Carmen in the KuKulKan Cenote

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Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico near Playa del Carmen in the KuKulKan Cenote, one of the locations we enjoyed shooting in without having to fight against 1,000+ pesos (US$100+) fees per "professional" looking camera. Water temp a constant 72F, but warm air getting out of the water, so very comfortable days.

Model: Luma Jaguar (San Francisco, CA)
Event: Mermaid Portfolio Workshop - 2014 Session Three - Mexican Cenotes -- with The Mermaid Atlantis.

August 9, 2014

Mermaid on the beach at sunrise, Virginia Beach, VA

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Virginia Beach, Virginia Oceanfront 78th Street, sunrise (about 6:15AM) 6Aug2014. Another Day In The Life of the CamPole (PoleCam).

Never ceases to amaze me how this model looks on-camera.

Model: Victoria Kicha
Tail: Mertailor Mermaid Tails By Eric Ducharme -- with Victoria Kicha.

August 2, 2014

Virginia's very own fire-eating pin-up model underwater

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Yes, yes, yes...I like red underwater. Had the pleasure of working with southeastern Virginia's very own fire-eating pin-up model last Thursday.

Model: Deanna Marie
MUA: Chewy Brittany Chewning
Assisting: Jackie Burwood
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Props: Isis Wings and Latex Dress by Anatomic Bomb Latex -- with Deanna Marie.

August 1, 2014

Crew Shots from Mermaid Portfolio Workshop - Isla Mujeres, Mexico

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Crew Shots from Mermaid Portfolio Workshop - Isla Mujeres, Mexico
With Syd Smith, Susan Knight, Robert Minnick, Laurie Smith, Luma Jaguar, Erin St Blaine, Rachel Smith, Iara Mandyn, Amanda Kaiser and Malena Sharkey.

Wrap up party for Mermaid Portfolio Workshop Isla Mujeres Mexico

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Wrap Party (some of the crew), Mermaid Portfolio Workshop Isla Mujeres, Mexico Session One at The Drunken Mermaid bar July 18, 2014 -- with Iara Mandyn, Amanda Kaiser, Malena Sharkey, Laurie Smith, Canadian-Mermaid Marie, Syd Smith, Susan Knight, Rachel Smith, Julia Bartender and Jul Isla.

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