Zena Holloway

Peter Rowlands · Issue 26, Sep/Oct 2005 · pp. 19–21

Products mentioned: Aquatica Mamiya RZ67 housing, Phase 1 digital back, Sea & Sea MX10, Aquatica Nikon F5 housing, Provia 400 film, Canon MK2 1DS, Seacam housing

This was a major shoot earlier this year in Grand Turk with a team of twelve in Zena’s group together with six clients from the commissioning agency and the client so no pressure there then! The big problem was the weather which was awful for most of the trip producing water 4°C colder than normal (important if all you are wearing is a latex mermaid suit!), strong currents and poor viz. Zena had four models- 2 female, 1 male and a child – and the amazing suits were made by Thomas Shouse aka “The Tail Man” in the movie world. The suits were a tight fit, beautifully hand coloured but had no relief zip (if you get my drift). To give you an idea of scale, the tail was about 1 metre (3ft) across. Zena used an Aquatica Mamiya RZ67 housing modified to take a Phase 1 digital back which gave her unlimited exposures and the ability to view the results straight away back on the surface. It was shot…