2009-01-20

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2009-01-20 09:40 am

Man Candy Day: Scott Andrew Taylor

Scott Andrew Taylor probably is one of the most used icon on LJ, his photo by shoulders with that belt... well let me say that I see it a lot around. But how many of you know that it's Scott on that pic and that the shot is by Dylan Rosser? So today I decided to post about Scott, since he also seems a very nice guy, and I read only good things about him, from photographers and fellow models alike (and if another model says that a colleague is good, well he must be really good!)



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Scott AndrewTaylor, 21 years old from Derby, London, is a Personal Trainer, Fitness Professional & Spin Instructor with a kickboxing, basketball and swimming background.
 
Scott used the word determined to describe himself and he believes in what Bruce Lee said "life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can." This quote had helped Scott a lot with regards to his self esteem and had been a guide to his personal life and career.
 
"In order to succeed in this field you need to have a high amount of self esteem, confidence and marketing. You need to choose the right photographers in order to get the high standard of images you need to be successful. You are only as good as your worst picture."
 
"I am very keen in fitness and I weight train 5 times per week and teach indoor cycling classes between 2 and 4 times per week on top of my job as a fitness trainer. I model when I can get the time to travel and spend a day at a photoshoot."
 
"As I’ve not been modelling for long, I don't have much input on this question, but I shall say for aspiring models, networking is the best move that you take to move forward and be in the right direction. It will not hurt to talk to other models and photographers and ask them for advise. It is all about learning through both your own experience and the experience of others."
 
"The hardest experience I've come across in modelling so far was my first photoshoot as I didn't quite know what to expect, but I adapted to it quickly and the shoot went very well."
 
"Other people who have already achieved what I intend to do inspires me. It shows that anything can be achieved after all, isn't that the basic human fact? If you want to achieve success in life, you've got to be willing to try, and I try my hardest at everything I do in my work as well as my personal life."
 
@ModelMaheym
@Dylan Rosser
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2009-01-20 09:40 am

Man Candy Day: Scott Andrew Taylor

Scott Andrew Taylor probably is one of the most used icon on LJ, his photo by shoulders with that belt... well let me say that I see it a lot around. But how many of you know that it's Scott on that pic and that the shot is by Dylan Rosser? So today I decided to post about Scott, since he also seems a very nice guy, and I read only good things about him, from photographers and fellow models alike (and if another model says that a colleague is good, well he must be really good!)



more pics )

Scott AndrewTaylor, 21 years old from Derby, London, is a Personal Trainer, Fitness Professional & Spin Instructor with a kickboxing, basketball and swimming background.
 
Scott used the word determined to describe himself and he believes in what Bruce Lee said "life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can." This quote had helped Scott a lot with regards to his self esteem and had been a guide to his personal life and career.
 
"In order to succeed in this field you need to have a high amount of self esteem, confidence and marketing. You need to choose the right photographers in order to get the high standard of images you need to be successful. You are only as good as your worst picture."
 
"I am very keen in fitness and I weight train 5 times per week and teach indoor cycling classes between 2 and 4 times per week on top of my job as a fitness trainer. I model when I can get the time to travel and spend a day at a photoshoot."
 
"As I’ve not been modelling for long, I don't have much input on this question, but I shall say for aspiring models, networking is the best move that you take to move forward and be in the right direction. It will not hurt to talk to other models and photographers and ask them for advise. It is all about learning through both your own experience and the experience of others."
 
"The hardest experience I've come across in modelling so far was my first photoshoot as I didn't quite know what to expect, but I adapted to it quickly and the shoot went very well."
 
"Other people who have already achieved what I intend to do inspires me. It shows that anything can be achieved after all, isn't that the basic human fact? If you want to achieve success in life, you've got to be willing to try, and I try my hardest at everything I do in my work as well as my personal life."
 
@ModelMaheym
@Dylan Rosser
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2009-01-20 05:09 pm

Resonance by Jack Sunday

It's a strange book, I don't really know if I understood at all, I even don't know how to tag it... fantasy? futuristic? paranormal? probably it's an urban fantasy, a genre I'm not really used so much.

Stockton is a strange man; he has powers he doesn't even know, he is able to kill the Things, monsters that prowl in the City, and the City is inside him, he feels it, he feels its breath and its pulse. Stockton is not an hero, he is quite unaware of what he does and who he meets; for him waking up in a stranger home is not unusual, taking coffee with a perfect stranger and then goes out that home without even say hello... normal. And so when it's Rhodes' turn to share a morning coffee, for Stockton it's not something different; it's not like Rhodes saved his life or something similar, it was the City that drove him to his house, and it was the City that looked after him, Rhodes is only another little pieces of the puzzle.

But there is a bigger plan around Stockton, and Rhodes is part of that plan, and it's not Stockton's decision to say no.

It's not a love story, probably it's not even a romance. Yes there is something between Stockton and Rhodes, but it's not quite passion and neither quite love... it's more something they share since they are together and in a difficult situation. The fact that they are both men is not even a problem, it's not something that is aroused as an obstacle... probably in this urban fantasy world, there aren't gender boundaries.

I don't now if I read this book in the right way, I was suddenly plunged in the story and probably my mind was searching for reasons, where they were not: probably since it was my first experience with this genre I hadn't the right mental predisposition. I would really like to have an opinion from someone more experienced than me.

http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1739

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle
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2009-01-20 05:09 pm

Resonance by Jack Sunday

It's a strange book, I don't really know if I understood at all, I even don't know how to tag it... fantasy? futuristic? paranormal? probably it's an urban fantasy, a genre I'm not really used so much.

Stockton is a strange man; he has powers he doesn't even know, he is able to kill the Things, monsters that prowl in the City, and the City is inside him, he feels it, he feels its breath and its pulse. Stockton is not an hero, he is quite unaware of what he does and who he meets; for him waking up in a stranger home is not unusual, taking coffee with a perfect stranger and then goes out that home without even say hello... normal. And so when it's Rhodes' turn to share a morning coffee, for Stockton it's not something different; it's not like Rhodes saved his life or something similar, it was the City that drove him to his house, and it was the City that looked after him, Rhodes is only another little pieces of the puzzle.

But there is a bigger plan around Stockton, and Rhodes is part of that plan, and it's not Stockton's decision to say no.

It's not a love story, probably it's not even a romance. Yes there is something between Stockton and Rhodes, but it's not quite passion and neither quite love... it's more something they share since they are together and in a difficult situation. The fact that they are both men is not even a problem, it's not something that is aroused as an obstacle... probably in this urban fantasy world, there aren't gender boundaries.

I don't now if I read this book in the right way, I was suddenly plunged in the story and probably my mind was searching for reasons, where they were not: probably since it was my first experience with this genre I hadn't the right mental predisposition. I would really like to have an opinion from someone more experienced than me.

http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1739

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle
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2009-01-20 09:20 pm

House of the Swallows by L.E. Bryce

Irdun is a whore in a up-class brothel. It would be not a bad life if not for the fact that the island where they live probably will soon destroyed by a vulcan, but the man who owns Irdun's doesn't want to leave the island and with him he forces all his whores to stay. Thissol is Irdun's favorite customer, a jewel smith: he has not much money but he is gentle and really in love with Irdun. He will be glad to pay for Irdun's contract, but doing so he will loose all his money and Irdun doesn't want that this happens.

The book is really short, 27 pages, and it consists mainly of two scenes, but there is also a little mystery: centuries later an archaeologist is visiting the ruin of Sombar, the island destroyed by a vulcan, and while he is approaching to the site where the brothel was, we read in the past of how Irdun is trying to leave that place... Will the young whore be able to save his life and running away with Thissol? or will he be one of the body that the modern archaeologist will find in the ruin of the brothel? The parallelism between past and present is really nice and follows the reader till the end, mounting an anticipation that will be free only at the very end.

Very nice short story, and as in other books I read by this author, when she is dealing with stories setting in this fantasy world with an arabian flavor, there is also more eroticism than in the other universe (the water lovers). I noticed that in this short story she simplified the plot, not using all the fantasy words I was used to: maybe, in this way, it's easier for who didn't read the previous books, understand a short story like this one.

http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=House+of+the+Swallows/exact_match=exact

Amazon Kindle: House Of The Swallows

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle
reviews_and_ramblings: (Default)
2009-01-20 09:20 pm

House of the Swallows by L.E. Bryce

Irdun is a whore in a up-class brothel. It would be not a bad life if not for the fact that the island where they live probably will soon destroyed by a vulcan, but the man who owns Irdun's doesn't want to leave the island and with him he forces all his whores to stay. Thissol is Irdun's favorite customer, a jewel smith: he has not much money but he is gentle and really in love with Irdun. He will be glad to pay for Irdun's contract, but doing so he will loose all his money and Irdun doesn't want that this happens.

The book is really short, 27 pages, and it consists mainly of two scenes, but there is also a little mystery: centuries later an archaeologist is visiting the ruin of Sombar, the island destroyed by a vulcan, and while he is approaching to the site where the brothel was, we read in the past of how Irdun is trying to leave that place... Will the young whore be able to save his life and running away with Thissol? or will he be one of the body that the modern archaeologist will find in the ruin of the brothel? The parallelism between past and present is really nice and follows the reader till the end, mounting an anticipation that will be free only at the very end.

Very nice short story, and as in other books I read by this author, when she is dealing with stories setting in this fantasy world with an arabian flavor, there is also more eroticism than in the other universe (the water lovers). I noticed that in this short story she simplified the plot, not using all the fantasy words I was used to: maybe, in this way, it's easier for who didn't read the previous books, understand a short story like this one.

http://www.king-cart.com/Phaze/product=House+of+the+Swallows/exact_match=exact

Amazon Kindle: House Of The Swallows

Reading List:

http://www.librarything.com/catalog_bottom.php?tag=reading list&view=elisa.rolle