Be-curled Cutiful

I think I might've had somewhat of a misconception regarding Russians...and perhaps Russia in general. The general image I tend to picture is hard/stern manly man's men (lol, Ivan Drago/Vladimir Putin anyone ?)...

Perhaps it's time to rethink that misconception maybe... especially considering how insanely cute some of these Russian models coming out are nowadays. With of course this guy below being one such prime example. (btw, is there even a Russian male model scene? I've barely ever encountered male models from Russia, so who knows )...

So, so cute... I know it's kind of strange, but I'm thinking it might be the nose .

Anyhow facial features aside, clearly the rest of this hottie is equally... well, it's more than just adorable; I'd say more like downright sexy. In a kind of super lean yet well defined way .

Just gorgeous.. If but only I had a full name. From what I gathered though his first name is Nik and of course his ethnicity/nationality is Russian, but I'm afraid that's all I've got to go on at the moment . Notwithstanding the of course obvious fact that he's incredibly photogenic... Plus, well...

...let's just say he's equally as appealing alone as he is apparently photographing with guests ...

Priceless...

And the winner is...

How do you pronounce it again? Neekon, Naikon... maybe some odd combination of the two? (Nee-aikon ?)... Well, regardless... From here on out, Nikon and I are tied to the hip so to speak. Considering I've finally decided to take the (quote, unquote) 'plunge'... Sorry Canon ...

My initial goal was the D90, but I figured maybe opting for saving up a little might go a long ways towards my ultimate goal . So... now I've got a D300s (with the 's' basically denoting a successor model to the D300, but not enough so to come out with a completely brand new model)... So far I'm loving it though. I haven't had a chance to really play with the video features as of yet, but I've been practicing taking a couple shots when I've had the free time (aka kinda also eating up the time I normally otherwise might be using for blogging ). But it's definitely a lot of fun ...

I paid about $1300 and change, so not exactly breaking the bank as I thought it might've been. I think it's a worthwhile investment however... And hopefully I'll be posting up a couple shots in the near future ...