Carla Watkins is a photographic artist working in the realms of fantasy, magic & imagination, and different ways to look at the world. She lives & works on the north Essex coastline which suits her mermaid heart.
Through her photography, alter ego work, mermaiding, larp, burlesque & cosplay, she creates images which could have come from a dream or from the pages of a book.
She also shoots pets, lifestyle portraiture & brand photography – come & play!
Recent happenings…
Modern Fairytales: Sleeping Beauty
I'd been dreaming of a modern fairytale series for a while, but it was winter and England in wintertime is generally cold, wet & windy - not ideal for outdoor shoots! Then Louise came to stay, bringing some of her gorgeous dresses with her, and we decided to do a...
Stepping up anyway
Gosh, it's been longer than I thought since I wrote over here! As ever in my world, both everything and very little has changed. I'm still running around doing multiple things, I'm still rarely seen without my camera, and I'm still very much my own boss. It's been a...
New Thing Thursday: lighting experiments
Welcome to New Thing Thursday! An excuse to learn/experiment with new things and blog about them. Some will be photography and some won't, and I'll probably use it across all my sites, so keep an eye out! Today it was photography based, so here we are... Lighting...