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Endless Summer: Adrian by Mark Leighton
I couldn't put together a summer themed week, let alone a beach themed day, without including the work of photographer Mark Leighton. I have been featuring Mark's images on FH since 2008. Working...
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Beached Bond by New Manhattan Studios
Consider this post a teaser of sorts... Regular readers of FH know how much I love the work of Wes and Alex from New Manhattan Studios. Over the past year, on Halloween, and again on Valentine's, Wes...
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Every Girl's Summer Dream...
I cannot think of summer without thinking of the many hot summer days at lake near my house. I spent so much energy trying to be discrete as I stared at the lifeguard up on their stand. There is...
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Beach Day:
My mother loved the beach.... therefore as a kid, I was often dragged there during the summer. It was the 80's, before sunscreen became a must. The 80's was the time of suntan lotion. I remember the...
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Favorite Pic of the Day for August 26th
Above:Adrian by Mark Leighton-See More Below-Check out last year's Birthday post HERE:
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Eye Catcher: Joshua Gray by Stephen Kahrs
'I can honestly say that modeling has been a huge change from what I used to do. I was in the Army prior to modeling. It's a lot different from trying not to catch any one's eye to being in front of...
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Black & Red: Rob by ClareVoyance Photogrphy
When I decided one of this weeks summer themed pieces would be the black speedo, I saw red. Rob red. Back in 2013, I featured the work of Sydney photographer Scott Clare from ClareVoyance Photogrphy...
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Basic Black
Above: Allen Lovell by by Brett Kiellerop (Antecedent, January 2015)No celebration of summer would be complete without a nod to the speedo, in particular today, the classic black bikini. Both loved and...
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Happy Birthday today August 28th
Happy 56th to John Allen Nelson! One of my favorite guys to slip on the classic black speedo.
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Behind The Scenes: The Public Pool by Dan Skinner
Last year, just about this time, I wrote a piece inspired by the imagery of Dan Skinner. In that story, Public Pools, Private Thoughts, I recounted some of my experiences swimming, and observing at a...
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Deep End by Gordon Nebeker
When deciding to hang by the pool for one of the themes for the summer filled week, featuring a few images from photographer Gordon Nebeker proved a perfect fit. If you check out Gordon's work FH,...
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Happy Birthday today August 29th
Happy 35th to William Levy!Check out more of William on FH HERE:& HERE:& More of today's Birthday's HERE:& HERE:
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Favorite Pic of the Day for August 29th
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Row Boat by Stephan Tobias
'Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.'Friedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man'Playfully we find ourselves....
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Stephan Tobias: Enchanted Forest
'All forests are one... They are all echoes of the first forest that gave birth to Mystery when the world began.'SpiritwalkFor most kids, mysterious and enchanting perfectly describe their feelings...
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Travis Lake: Jody by MaleVisionS Photography
Although I spent time at the ocean, most of my swimming growing up occurred at a lake, one lake in particular. Those who have spent a lot of time around and beneath the surface of a lake, understand...
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Happy Birthday today August 31st
Happy 46th to actor Jonathan LaPaglia!Check out more of Jonathan HERE:& More of today's Birthday's HERE:& HERE:Below: Not in a lake, but Jonathan looking incredible all wet in The Slap (2011)
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Favorite Pic of the Day for August 31st
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