BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, UTAH, USA | SUMMER 2019 The Salt Flats are a crusted landscape that yields the most beautiful cotton candy sunset I've seen in my life. Bringing mermaids to the shallow depths of an otherwise lifeless scene fulfilled both my irresistible sense of juxtaposition and two major items on my photography bucket list, mermaids and visiting the Salt Flats . I've lived in Utah almost my whole life and never once made the trip. A trip like this was a big deal. Have you ever carried a wearable mermaid tail? Heavy. Plus it's a couple of hours driving each way. To justify bringing a crew along I really wanted to make the theme and styling count. Terryn (& Husband) Jax Hernandez (wearing the dress I made from a thrifted curtain) WARDROBE I fished through my fabric stash for every mermaid object I could find--seashells, beads, pearls, ribbons, nets, even sand--but the real gem for me turned out to be an old mesh curtain I thrifted years ago hoping to use it f
Editorial style portrait photographer based in northern Utah, USA.