NYC Heatwave

Apparently the persistent, sweltering/un-godly/seemingly un-ending oppressive weather...

...Isn't the only thing cooking up the city pavement this summer ...

Granted this particular model tends to enjoy spending more of his time leaping to-and-fro amongst the natural open-air 'obstacle tracks' one might encounter in a city condensed as our beloved Big Apple...

But I figure given as to how everyone and their mothers seem to be questioning global warming these days, might as well for what's tangible in front of us. (*looks up and down abdominal perfection*)... Ahem, yeah... Something tells me I have found a possible source to our persistent 90-100°+ heatwave we've been dealing with for the better part of this month ...

Perhaps some of you might've encountered our New York hottie over on the 'inter-tubes'? He goes by the name Keith, and he's only got about one of the most popular ab work-out routines currently featured there... (a routine mind you that I can attest is indeed as hot as it is effective... give or take the right diet )...

An effective ab-workout indeed... With these kind of results, I'm kind of shocked 25 year-old Keith here hasn't hopped in the game as a P90x alternative...

But yeah... Working-out and Parkour aside, Keith's main draw here is of course his modeling... A career spanning the better part of 3-4 years now, working with the likes of AJR, Luis Rafael, Sam Devries (the photographer, not the model), and a slew of other local NYC talents...

As you've probably been able to tell at this point simply glancing over these stunning results, perhaps a modeling career that can simply be boiled down one over-arching theme...

Just Beautiful...

So I managed to save $1,000.... (for the time being)

Zoom lenses, Prime lenses, mid-range telephoto lenses, which-one-should-I-settle-for-considering-they're-all-so-expensive lenses... Decisions, decisions, and so much variety in utility and quality out there. What's an ultra-amateur/somewhat intermediate skilled photographer like yours truly to do? I'd like a prime lens, but I'd also like zoom lens, and I'd prefer them both super-sharp, but at the moment I'm strapped for cash for about a month or so... Hm... I think this calls for a compromise of sorts ...

Enter the off-the-beaten path lens (aka the I couldn't afford the additional $1,000 for a 24-70mm lens, so I settled for a 35-70mm ). A compromise true, but for a lens once considered as one of Nikon's best... and still insanely sharp even compared to some of the prime lenses within similar range, I figure it's a worthwhile investment... for the time being. (*eyes shift nervously wondering if I should've just saved...* )

Bed-head Ayler

I'm not sure exactly how anyone else feels about this masterful shot of model Nick Ayler by photographer David Arnot... So I'll come out and simply state my opinion...

My initial draw was the hair... followed by the hair... followed still by even more hair... and ultimately ending with the, uh... well, I think you get the theme here. (Btw, yes I noticed that Nick's chest is shaved as well... probably the first time I've paid attention, don't ask me why )...

Abercrombie 2010 Quarterly brings sexy back

You'd think after 3 long years of taking a time-out hiatus over 'controversial' (read extreme quote, unquote) images, the good people at Abercrombie would've learned their lessons...

3 long years without the sight of a scantily clad male-model adorning the pantheon of Abercrombie department stores... Give or take a couple massive entrance mural hotties here or there... and let's not forget the abdominally enhance shopping-bags... and the scanitly-clad fragrances... and the ads... and the male store clerks themselves ... and... well, I think we're seeing a pattern somewhere in all this ...

3 long years out of print and now we're back to this?

All I've gotta say is welcome back A&F Quarterly... You've been sorely missed ...

And what a welcome back it is... Models, up-and-coming actors... established actors (that some of you might recognize)... musicians... and Bruce Weber... all bearing it all for the quarterly? Well, maybe Bruce + a couple others might've backed out at the last minute this year, but apparently a few of the models certainly took it upon themselves to pick up the slack ...

'Bare' in mind Abercrombie's infamous birthday-suit sleepwear line seems to be the major draw once again this quarterly... Guess, some things just never change.

Anyhow, you can currently pick up your own copy of the Abercrombie & Fitch quarterly over at your local Abercrombie store. Just keep in mind they're actually checking for IDs for this one and you should be good to go...

Ahh, to be a soft, comforting mattress right about now ...

Simon Sayers a blast from the past

While we're on the topic of beds, and 'hair'... and the gorgeous male 'specimen' in between...

I figured perhaps stopping over for a look-back on one of the most stunning human beings ever to grace the presence of a camera couldn't hurt for a weekend distraction .

Odds are 'The Joseph' needs no introduction... (in spite of my, for one reason or another, having totally skipped out on having ever done a feature post on him up to this point ). But yeah... These shots of Joseph by photographer Adam Raphael from (I believe) the mid-to-early 2000s have been utter faves for a while now .

Me thinks perhaps a future feature might be worth looking into... eventually...

I spy a hottie...

I spy a hottie ...

And in this instance the 'I' would perhaps denote a certain Cosmopolitan Magazine of the August 2010 variety... With the hottie of the moment of course point to none other than the appearance of a stunning 31 year-old Trevor Donovan...

...featured posing with what appears to be a wash-boardy-thingy made entirely out of steel... (and from the looks of things, quite primed to ultimately be washed )...

How unfortunate this shoot ended prior to the main event. Nonetheless a super-hot feature of a super-hot actor. And... if the rumors are to be believed, perhaps indeed a super-hot actor that might be partaking in some main-eventing of his own with a couple co-stars... of the male variety.

Odds are I may have to take a couple peeks back at that California zip-code series come this fall ...