Russian Beauty at the Lake

Bright, vivid, breathtaking, Just Beautiful ... And might I add spectacularly masterful as well?... (Or is that perhaps just laying it a bit thick )...

Regardless, when you've managed to achieve capturing such a beautifully stunning Russian day on camera (complemented of course by a stunning model in the foreground ), truly... well, there's a good possibility you've might've finally arrived as a master photographer... as I like to put it .

And when you managed to take said model complementing a gorgeous day... and quite literally transform him into a living work of aquatic art... well, I believe at this point lift-off has been achieved.

Although perhaps not one of the more well-known photographers here in the US, I think it's safe to say that 27 yea-old Russian Photographer Andrei Vishnyakov one of the most awe-inspiring photographers I've come across as of late... Like sometimes jaw-droppingly so. (I've actually posted a couple of his shots prior, dealing with this model Anatoli/Tolik, but I think quite easily this photo-set might be my favorite thus far as of yet ...)

Just stunning work all-around... So much so you could almost swear some of these were meant to be stills from magazine ads ...

Suffice to say photographic fantasy perfection has been achieved... indeed Just Beautiful ...

Aussie Rugby Golden Boy

In another time, in another place... Perhaps in another country where guys who look like this opt to pose for Ralph Lauren rather than getting down and dirty on the oft-times brutal rugby pitch...

Maybe in another life (perhaps say were he born in the US rather than the 'A-US' ), someone who looks as gorgeous as say 24 year-old Aussie rugby union golden-boy Berrick Barnes might be one of the more stunning models on the scene...

With an absolutely fantastic smile to boot no less... Complementing of course the gold waves...

In another life maybe... But odds are without life-long rugby career resulting in a vice-captainship, I'd imagine I might be deprives of such firm yet luscious... legs... (and yes, I'm on that tangent again... A guy's gotta take what he can get for lack of 'decent' shirtless shots he so craves)...

Just gorgeous... I suppose for someone with my pre-disposition , rugby kits are just perfect ... But yeah, Anyhow you can check out more of Berrick from a previous feature from a couple months back...

(*Sigh*)... (unwittingly morphs into twelve year-old girl ...)

UK Hunks in Trunks model for Summer 2010

August + Summer + Hunks in their (barely) Trunks?... I'm so sold ...

Granted technically August is the last full month of summer (and we're already half-way through, how time flies )... But apparently that hasn't stopped a couple Brit hotties from showing some off this year's hottest trends on a UK morning show broadcast earlier this week .

Not sure what to make of that somewhat 1980s circa blue swimwear... But as some of you might know at this point, my partiality tends to fall more often than not with the boardshorts... Most of the time at least... I'm thinking those short white trunks-shorts-thingy might've won my vote this time around though... (that and the model wearing them )

Oh, how I envy British television sometimes... Technically American eyes shouldn't be able to see this program, but I suppose I can be resourceful when I want to ... Now as for that last model 'Chris'... Wonder if there's anything else out there on him (wink, hint... wink, nudge )

Spence on the Beach

He's sorta ok, I think... No wait, he's actually kinda cute... Hmm... Ok, strike that, he's seriously hot. (More or less my 5 second train of thought upon first running across model Spencer here )...

He seriously is kind of a mixture between super cute and super hot though... I'm not sure which side of the fence I fall on. Suffice to say I think photographer behind these shots did a fantastic job of capturing whatever that 'it' factor is behind this guy ... Plus of course, boardshorts being undone...

And coming off (so to speak) = Me being totally sold ... Just Gorgeous...

Vintage Rich Circa 2005

Yes, in case anybody's wondering... As of now I've officially declared photography from 2005 and beyond as 'vintage ... Actually, to be honest my cut-off date is probably 6 years and beyond, but I suppose 5 is close enough for posting continuity purposes...

But yeah, 2005 was actually somewhat of a memorable year for me. Lot's of changes, new beginnings... new friends, the end of the dorms, and so on, etc... About around that time I got a new PC as well, and of course was introduced to scanning/saving some of my favorite magazines not long after...

With of course the super-stunning David Rich circa his 2005 hotness from the 60th issue of DNA Magazine being one such of those very first scans. (Some of which has actually been posted elsewhere on this blog if you know where to look )...

Granted I haven't exactly been following up on David these past few days/months/years, but for some reason (don't ask me why), these shots of his taken by now LA-based celeb photographer Lewis Payton just seem to have stuck in terms of fondness... (then again who doesn't love a good skinny-dip shoot every now and again )...

Just gorgeous...

Anyhow, I'll probably be tossing the original book (along with a couple others) out pretty soon, so I figured maybe it wouldn't hurt re-scanning a few favorites I might have missed previously ...