Hi!

I think I have seen the inside of planes/hotels/rental cars/convention halls more than my own house in the last couple months.  I know that being busy es bueno, but Lord, whomever took me up on my request that I have an interesting life shouldn't been so literal.  LOL!

Like a couple other posters have stated, I look at pretty much every set posted on Zivity.com. Usually I take away thoughts like, "oo!  have to work with that model" or "dang, gonna have to watch that photographer in the future."...but the first time I logged into the site, back in the beta days, I discovered AddictiveImage's work.  Pardon my french, but fuck, that man can take a picture of a nude girl.  Pretty much knew at that moment that Zivity was a place that would make me strive to produce a better set every time I picked up a camera.  

Conan just got into a motorcycle accident and is not as active here lately as he would like, so I figured that it was a good day to point out my favorite sets he has posted

As cool as it may be, a DeLorean DMC-12 is an underpowered alumium pig in the 80's automotive history books.  AddictedImage and Mischa manage to let it glow and gleam with all the potential awesomeness that the Back to the Future Series only hinted at:

 

Siberia

(for the record, Mischa could pose next to a beat-up Prius and make it look cool and bad-ass.)

 

Like most of the members here, I'm a Watson fan...love her in front of the camera and enjoy hoisting a beer with our favorite redhead anytime of the day or night.What a way to meet this Texan petite ball of fury than her debut set with AddictedImage - almost monochromatic palette with all the soft fabric filling the frame.  So much promise glimpsed in 56 frames.

 Parchment Revival

One thing I really love about Zivity is the free-form set guidelines. Unlike other sites I have shot for in the past, here you can stretch out and pretty much post what you need to get your point across.  Conan's open love letter to Mischa when she was going thru health issues in "Darth Vader..." was just made me wish I was a better person.

Darth Vader doesn't wake up at 7am

Go look at Conan's sets, drop a note (and/or some votes) here and there and remember, if there is someone that needs to be pointing a camera at things and showing the world the twisted inner beauty - it's Conan.  

(I won't lie, I wrote this blog for purely selfish reasons, I want to see more of his work wherever & whenever I can.)

 

 

Every so often, I find a set on Zivity that moves me. I look at the images slower. I think about the artists. I try to imagine how the set came to be. I would like to share some of these with you.

Milk with AddictedImage and Mischa:

I would think this duo too good to be true if I hadn't met them myself (I think that really happened). Just look at Mischa's skin. I want to drink it! I imagine really good sex took place right before or after this was shot! SUPER BONUS: Conan debuts his posing skills :-)

 

Honey with DearestGrudge and PassionRayne:

WOW! Sweet, sticky honey + perfect lady parts = seXXXy! A big thank you to PassionRayne for getting dirty for the cause!

 

6,983 Miles with CorwinPrescottII and Vaunt:

Another dynamic duo! I admit I always had romantic fantasies about a cross country drive but have yet to get to experience it. The landscapes are almost as beautiful as Vaunt! What is this feeling? Is it a bit of patriotism? I like it :-)

Why hello there Dear Zivity readers.  I'm new here on this blog so welcome to my first post.  (Ok, so technically not my first post, but I'm doing this out of order, so pretend with me!)  For those you are unawares I'm one of the photographers on zivity, a Philadelphia (and all around vagabond) Ambassador, and a lover of Gingers.

Did you know that scientists believe Gingers could be going extinct?  True story, I read in an article over four years old.  Fear not though, we here at zivity have them well documented for future gingerless generations, and there is rumors of a technology that is capable of changing blond and brunette hair into ginger hair.

That said I would like to share a few of my favorite sets featuring the fire engine reds, strawberry blondes, and ginger hair we have all come to know and love.

Firstly it is absolutely mandatory you check out Reflection featuring GingerBreadGirl shot by DearestGrudge.  This set is shot so softly and gorgeously it looks like it jumped out of a decade long ago.

Next up we've got Kendrajames13 in Red Rose Tee.  This has everything.  Kendra's confidence comes across so strongly in this set, and everything is capture from her out of this world beauty to the amazing detail in her latex top.  This set will make you crazy.

The third stop on our train through Ginger Town is DaneHalo and QueenofSalvation's set Strong Embrace.  The lighting on this set is to die for, and the wallpaper background is awesome.  Throw Dane into the mix and you have a set that will knock your socks off and dye them red while you aren't looking.  (Yep I'm pulling out all the weird redhead inspired jokes today)

Alrighty our last ginger for today, and my personal favorite has got to be the always amazing Watson in her debut set Parchment Revival by Addicted Image.  Why is she my favorite you may ask.  Isn't it obvious?  She visits!  Isn't there some sort of saying the ginger you know is better than the ginger you don't?  Yeah, I think that is right.  

Oh well regardless of my ramblings this set is amazing in all sorts of ways.  One Addicted Image is to zivity sets what Ferari is to cars, and it shows in this one as brilliantly as ever.  Toss in 5'2" of ginger and you have a masterpiece.

That is all for today.  I will be back soon perhaps to ramble about another hair color, or something far less specific.  Who knows?

So in my latest of late night editing sessions I have probably gone through almost every set that has ever gone live on Zivity.  That is a lot of sets.  That said I would like to bring you my all time Top 3 in no particular order.  These are the ones that I come back to time and time again, and occasionally imagine framed on our wall filling up the gap in the bedroom.

1. Diaspora Editorial

This isn't just one of the most beautiful sets on zivity.  This is one of the most beautiful sets I have ever seen.  Addictedimage does lighting and composition like nobody else, and he does it so damn well it looks easy, even when its extremely intricate, and thoughtful.  I've looked through the 8 images in this badboy a couple hundred times and I'm still not tired of it, which is pretty impressive because I can get tired of 40 of my own in about 6 seconds.

 

2. Secret Society

You may think this is a cop out because it won the most recent Playboy Prize contest, but its not. This set by Chase Lisbon is one of the most beautiful moody sets I have seen on this site, and I think it sets the bar so high its intimidating.  Every one of his images looks like a piece of art I would hang on my walls.  I'm convinced Chase is one of the most important photographers of our artistic generation, and I can't wait to see what else he comes up with.

 

3. Fauntastic

Maybe its just that I spend too much time out in the woods, or the endless car rides across the country, but as soon as I saw this set from Pirate Photography I was in love.  I've seen her work grow in leaps and bounds since joining Zivity, but when this one popped up it was completely out of the park.  Its fun and cute as all hell.  I mean seriously look at it!  What's not to love I ask you?

 

So thats it, 6AM at the time of writing/finishing this one up, so that I could make sure I find the best with none of the daytime distractions.  I hope you take a look and continue to enjoy them as much as I have.