Chris Crumley Blog

Here's another of the photos from the Mini Mermaid Portfolio Workshop in the stalactite-rich cavern areas of cenotes of the Mexican Rivera/Yucatan Peninsula last month.

Model: Erin St Blaine Mermaid Glimmer @ErinFirePixie and her incredible lighted tail and top
Location: Dos Ojos II Cenote; 35 minutes south of Playa del Carmen and 15 minutes north of Tulum off Route 307

Tech: Canon EOS-5D Mk IV, 16-35mm f2.8, Nauticam housing, 230mm ZenDome, Keldan 8M underwater video lighting. -- with Erin St Blaine, Mermaid Glimmer, Nauticam USA, Nauticam, Keldan Lights, Reef Photo & Video and Fire Pixie Entertainment.

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Yesterday was scouting day for a Lake Lawson/Lake Smith institutional furniture shoot, then underwater in Cenote Crumley.

Model: Tiece King.

Tech: Canon EOS-5D Mk III, 11-24mm optic, Nauticam housing, off-camera Ikelite DS-161 strobes with optical triggers from Reef Photo & Video Ft Lauderdale. -- with Nauticam USA, Nauticam, Ikelite Underwater Systems and Reef Photo & Video.

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This was first of the "No Myth" series with Kristi Sherk -- with Kristi Sherk.

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Another in the "No Myth" series; this one with Nicole Carter. -- with Nicole Carter.

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Assistant Jackie Burwood and I are working on some "No Myth" PSA pieces using some of my marine life images and ideas and collaborations with like-minded mermaids. Here's one:

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End of day aerial scenic art at 84th Street beach, Virginia Beach, with David Haycox and Joy Tatem Haycox. Moon in upper left. Trash cans in perfect row in bottom right quarter. People like ants. Peaceful and quiet.

Tech: DJI Inspire 2, X5S gimbal/camera, 12mm f2.0 optic from 228' AGL (Above Ground Level)

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I've worked with some pretty incredible mermaids underwater the past 16 years. Most mermaids will know their names. Here is one of them shot during a newspaper interview day in Virginia Beach a few weeks ago.

Model: Nicole Carter

Tech: Hasselblad H5D-50cWiFi with 24mm f4.8 in a custom Nauticam housing made for Christopher Chandler (who so graciously loaned me the housing while he was on some extended work travel). Lighting was by bulletproof and ultra-reliable Ikelite DS-161 underwater strobes. Much of the gear from Reef Photo & Video, Ft Lauderdale, FL. -- with Nicole Carter, Hasselblad, Nauticam USA, Nauticam, Ikelite Underwater Systems and Reef Photo & Video.

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