Friday, July 1, 2016

Favorite Pic of the Day for July 2nd

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Happy Birthday today July 2nd


Happy 55th to actor, and former teen idol, Jimmy McNichol!

See more of Jimmy on FH HERE:


Reversal of Fortune



It is us who are fortunate that Rafael Nadal gives us the rare reverse butt crack shot.  Usually, we get a crack sighting from the top, but since Rafael was shot while changing, we get the our view from the bottom up!


Who Let The Dog Out?


'At first I thought it was a silly name, then later realized how much of a challenge it was going to be to live up too. I always like a challenge.'


Back in 2010, I profiled the ultra hot Bulldog in two posts, Never Giving Up, and a second featuring Bulldog's work with photographer Han Fahrmeyer.  Recently,  I came across Bulldog's spread in Playgirl and wanted to share just a taste.  You can check out more on The Over-Flow HERE: and on Playgirl Online!

Young Buck Photo: A Pair of Stags


'Photography for me has always been about two related ideas, capturing the moment and preserving the feeling. Capturing the moment is the easy part, you simply press the shutter button. Preserving the feeling, however, is the hard part. Without a properly composed, exposed and edited picture, all you've got is a snapshot.'


The quote above is from the first piece, (The Preserver) that  I did featuring Sean's images. The model was Dakota, shown in the first two images above, and the year was 2012 when Sean was living in Maryland.  Sean's words were meaningful to me for a couple of reasons.

Steve

Hot men with sexy bodies always draw attention, especially when shot by a skilled photographer. Although I often feature amazing looking models, it is usually a feeling, maybe more specifically a connection, that draws me to an image and inspires me to reach out to an artist or model.  That was certainly the case with Sean's images of Dakota.


I also connected with both modes featured today, most strongly through their eyes.  Steve, shot in 2012, and Jon, shot more recently in New York, use their eyes to draw in the viewer.  Steve's stare is strong, soulful and beautifully direct. .


'Steve's shoot was so long ago! lol I remember doing it in my apartment, it’s one of the few shoots that I made prints of, I have some of them hanging on my walls. He was very cute, and humble, and really down-to-earth.'


Sean also does an incredible job capturing his young bucks showing off their beautiful white tails,  I love that Sean often tries to keep their face and eyes also in the shot.  This ensures that the image goes beyond just a capture of a body part, but instead a human, a man and his body.  This difference maybe subtle, but it is something not all photographers choose to embrace in the shooting of the male form.


Jon

Jon's beautiful blue eyes are a bit more playful, and again, only add to the feeling and depth of Sean's images.  It was Sean's new images of Jon that had me back on his site, and contacting him again about featuring more of his work.


'Jon was one of the first models that I shot after moving to NYC. A bodybuilder (can you tell?) and personal trainer, with a dynamite personality and an energy level that was off the charts. You just want to melt into those pretty blue eyes of his.