Mermaids! The word conjures up visions of beautiful sea creatures. Since the Disney version, their image has been seriously sanitised as Hans Christian Anderson’s story in 1837 was much darker. With the upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish, they were also known as sirens, luring fishermen to their death. Their gift brought misfortune upon those it was bestowed on, and if a mermaid were offended, it would bring floods or other disasters.

Mermen

The male equivalent of a mermaid is a merman. Although sightings of mermen were less common than mermaids, there is still a lot of traditions and folklore about them.

Our Cast

Fortunately, for our mermaid shoot, our three mermaids and one merman weren’t dangerous. But like an actual mermaid, they did all have great difficulty walking over the sand with their tails on 😉

Our cast for the shoot were Jess Garrett, Jess Carolyn, Emily Reinhard and Michael Nguyen. All were great sports perching on hard, sharp rocks or flapping about in the water.

Jess Carolyn was our pregnant mermaid with a baby mermaid due in the next few weeks.

The day was warm, so they were all more than happy to hop into the water for us this time.