Mermaid Melusine reports:
We love this beautiful photo-collage that was made by the POPSY charity in South Wales after Mermaid Ondine's recent appearance at their mermaid swim event! POPSY is a great charity which supports families whose youngsters are blind, have special needs or life limiting conditions. Mermaid Ondine had a wonderful time meeting and swimming with the POPSY families before joining them for a great party on dry land, featuring some truly amazing mermaid cupcakes! We're hoping to see more of the POPSY family soon.

Mermaid Ondine reports:

Have you ever wanted to see behind the scenes at an underwater photoshoot? Well, now you can! We've put together a few clips showing our mermaids in action at a recent underwater shoot - and you can see even more over at the Merlesque Mermaids Youtube Channel. Our mermaids are experienced underwater models with great breath holds, buoyancy control, and a lot of experience modelling both in mermaid and human form! Our next photoshoot on the 17th May is already fully booked with photographers, but if you'd be interested in coming along next time to get the chance to take beautiful underwater pictures without needing specialist equipment (or to get your feet wet!), please contact us and we'll keep you informed about our upcoming shoots.

Mermaid Ondine reports:
We've put together a video from a few short clips taken backstage at our recent photoshoot at the Peterborough Aquatheatre! You can see our real mermaids in action, modelling underwater in both mermaid and human form.

If you're a photographer and you'd be interested in taking part in one of our future underwater shoots, you can contact us and request to be added to our photography mailing list, to be kept up to date with future opportunities to shoot real UK mermaids in their natural element!

Mermaid Ondine reports:

The Merlesque mermaids are incredibly excited to announce a unique opportunity for 15 lucky photographers on the 23rd August: the chance to photograph real mermaids and underwater models - without getting your feet wet!

Ever wanted to try underwater photography but been put off by the expensive equipment and complex set-up?  This is the perfect opportunity to dip a toe into the magical world of underwater photography, without the worry and expense. You will be able to photograph mermaids and dancers through the sides of a photographic-quality acrylic tank, meaning that you can use your own favourite camera to capture beautiful underwater images. The tank at the Peterborough Aquatheatre is make of high grade acrylic which is perfect for distortion-free photography, as it has a refraction rate much closer to that of water than a glass tank would have.

Lighting will be set up and tested before you arrive, and shoots will take place in small groups of no more than five photographers at a time. You will be able to shoot both a mermaid in full costume, and a model in human form; all our models are experienced professional underwater models with the ability to control their buoyancy, hold their breath and open their eyes underwater - all while posing and looking beautiful. We will supply props and costumes, but we're also very much open to your suggestions, so if there are any particular ideas you have for what you'd like to shoot, just let us know!

This is the first time we have ever run this event, and consequently the amazing price of £60 (or £55 if you like our Facebook page) covers tank hire alone. We will never be able to run this event so cheaply again, so please do come and join us.

You can find out more details (including timings etc.) here, or please do contact us if you have further questions or would like to book your space.

We're delighted to announce that Merlesque mermaid Lily La Mer will be appearing at the Blue Planet Aquarium in Cheshire, UK on Sunday the 20th July! It's your chance to see a magical real life mermaid swimming before your very eyes, amongst a host of spectacular sea creatures including sand tiger sharks.

Our mermaid will be appearing for three swimming sessions throughout the day in the aquarium's shark tunnel, after which she will be available at the side of the tank for a chat and photographs - so you can meet a mermaid in the flesh, and find out a little more about her life under the sea.

You can even save £3 off all tickets to the Blue Planet Aquarium on the 20th by using this voucher available from Wrexham Savers. The aquarium is open 10am to 6pm, which means that in addition to seeing a beautiful real life mermaid swimming amongst exotic sharks and fish, you can take the whole day to explore the underwater world that mermaids inhabit. So why not join us for a magical Mermaid Sunday on the 20th July - it's sure to be unforgettable!

Mermaid Ondine reports:

Last Saturday myself and Mermaid Melusine swam away to sunny Peterborough, for an underwater photo shoot at the Aquatheatre.  We had a few adventures along the way, not least with a taxi driver who took us several miles out of our way to the village of Barnack - no doubt a delightful place... but not quite where we were intending to go!

Anyway, we made it to the shoot, and fortunately we still had plenty of time to spare, which enabled us to watch some of the human models doing their thing as well. We were  enthralled by how magical some of the floatiest dresses and fabric looked underwater. In fact, we might have been a little jealous if the photographer hadn't suggested we should use some mermaid magic to take on human form ourselves, and got some shots of us underwater in beautiful chiffon dresses. The Aquatheatre itself was great fun to shoot in - it's a water-filled tank with clear sides, meaning photographers don't need to be scuba divers or really good at holding their breath in order to get beautiful underwater images. And fortunately the tank is even big enough for a mermaid to flex her fins and have a proper swim in!