Underwater work is difficult and takes a lot of time and practice to do well. If you’d like to learn how to be an underwater model, improve your skills, or need competent underwater talent for a project, Iara can help you. Iara has experience training talent for everything from photo shoots, to music videos, to films. As a published underwater model, photographer, and certified Rescue Diver, she has the knowledge and experience to help anyone learn to work underwater comfortably and safely no matter what skill level.

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Iara can train talent to:

• Relax and become comfortable in the underwater environment
• Move with ease and maintain natural facial expressions
• Control buoyancy
• Be safe in and around an underwater set

Advanced coaching also available:

• Working with other talent, support divers, and crew underwater
• Breath control
• Underwater makeup
• Working with clothing, costumes, and props, including swimming and performing in mermaid tails

Iara resides in San Francsico, CA and can work with you at Fathom Films full-service, state-of-the-art studio in Redwood City, CA, or can travel to any location for personal or on-set training.

Please note: talent must be able to swim, basic swimming skills are not a part of training