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, burlesque & cosplay, she creates images which could have come from a dream or from the pages of a book.
She also shoots mermaids, fantasy and magical portraits for clients – come & play!
Take the magic home
Limited and open edition prints, art cards and more – explore my shop for an escape from reality, and some gift ideas!
Recent happenings…
Grace
The day before my birthday, I spent the day with my lovely photographer friend Grace, in a...
Body positivity and doing what you love – at the WI!
Back in October, I was invited to speak at the January meeting of the fabulous Cake and Revolution...
New year, new website!
Well, sort of - it's the same website, but it's had a bit of a revamp so you lovely lot can see...
Kitten Builder
My studio is being built. My fluffy cat Clover likes to supervise...
Pet Portraits: Captain Floof and Princess
On a warm July evening this summer, I received a text from a friend, telling me she and her...
Put On Your Dancing Shoes
A stolen moment at the day job - the corridor was deserted, so I danced down it and snapped this...
Weathervane at Dawn
The first image of this year's NaNoWriMo attempt - in photographs, not words. More explanation...
Pet Portraits: Joey’s mini-session
A lunchtime mini-session with Joey, who was curled up in the entrance to the cafe by the lake...
Your invisible crown
There's a wonderful quote my friend Mimi told me once - "Always wear your invisible crown." Your...
Why I’ll never again wonder what’s wrong with me
This morning, I watched a TED talk by Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code. It came with a...
Body positive – and proud
Recently I stumbled across this incredible lady - Megan of bodyposipanda. Megan posts gorgeous...
Why I cry less these days
Reading an awesome post by my lovely friend Gemma (and don't let her fool you - she flew to my...