'Yorgen has such a positive attitude. It helped that being from Alaska, he didn't t think Santa Cruz ocean water was cold.'
When I started FH, the word 'favorite' was used rather triflingly. It was added to a Yahoo group that I started to store and keep my favorite images. Very quickly however, I started adding folders, mostly titled to hold images of both my favorite models, and my favorite photographers. When I transitioned the group to a blog, I began to reach out to those models and photographers about not only sharing their work, but sharing the stories behind some of my favorite images and shoots.
Mike Tossy was one of those photographers, and one of the first photographers I profiled in the site's early days in the late 2000's. Since then I've feature Mike's work dozens of times, most of which you can see and view in Mike' Quaternate Piece. (HERE:) Mike hasn't been shooting as much lately, and I've really missed seeing new work.
Due to Covid, not to mention the water levels on Lake Powell, there's hasn't been an annual Utah trip in a few years. The trip, featuring Mike along with Gordon Nebeker and Mark, (StudioMGphotography) was something I always looked forward to. Seeing the models they chose to group together, the resulting images, and hearing the stories from the models and photographers about the houseboat driven photographic excursion.
When I recently got in touch with Mike about a new piece, I asked if he'd be interested in digging into his archives. Not only did I want to feature the work of a favorite artist, Mike has shot and worked with some of my favorite models. I shot Mike a short list of my favorites and Mike chose Yorgen, a model I've enjoyed showcasing on FH for close to six years now. You can check out my previous pieces featuring Yorgen on FH HERE:
It was actually Mike, along with Gordon and Mark who first introduced me to Yorgen when they hired him to join Devin Franco on the 2017 Lake Powell trip. These shots are not from Utah, but were taken when Yorgen left Alaska to spend a weekend shooting with Mike and Mark in Santa Cruz.
Some of these images and locations may look a little familiar to some viewers as I've previously featured some of Mark's images from the weekend shoot. Now, I get to spotlight Mike's. The video below is actually a few moments that Mike captured of Mark shooting Yorgen in that 'not so cold' Pacific ocean.
I love the combination of Yorgen's glorious physique, set against the rocks and cliffs, and those waves crashing into the beach. As stunning as his face and beautiful blue eyes are, I'm equally happy Mike got so many shots of Yorgen's magnificent, not to mention beautifully bountiful, backside.
As much as I love these ocean views, there was another part of Yorgen's weekend in Santa Cruz that I wanted to spotlight. One of my, (and I think many FH viewers) favorite parts of Yorgen's weekend shoot was his stripping down to soap up and rinse off the large Ford F-250 Mike had gotten for the shoot. Check out images from Yorgen's wash down, as well as hearing more of Mike's thoughts on his work with Yorgen, on the NEXT PAGE HERE:
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