First off, apologies for not posting recently. In truth, the recent issues of FHM haven't really been anything worth posting about. I wouldn't be surprised if it follows Maxim off the shelves.
Well, the May issue is just the usual fare and only worth looking at for Diora Baird and obviously she's on in it to plug the upcoming new Star Trek film. She's in a bikini and she's top heavy which is a slight break from the usual for FHM. Technically, the shoot has some class about it however. It worth a peek at any rate.
There is another shoot in this issue of Alex Breckenridge but she's someone have never heard of before and the shoot is pretty much instantly forgettable. The final other shoot is of Alina Puscau and we get 3 run-of-the-mill bikini shots here promoting her song.
Along with this issue is a supplement of FHM's 100 sexiest women of 2009. I have to say this is one of the worse top ten's in recent memory. Here is the 10 women whom FHM readers supposely have voted for:
10. Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire)
9. Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies)
8. Kristin Kreuk (Smallville)
7. Elisha Cuthbert (24 series 7)
6. Adriana Lima (Supermodel)
5. Keeley Hazell (Page 3 model)
4. Britney Spears (everyone knows who she is, right?)
3. Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four, Sin City)
2. Megan Fox (Transformers, last year's winner)
1. Cheryl Cole (Girls Aloud, pop group, singer?)
Britney Spears came in at fourth after one of her online fan groups skewed the result by voting for her, cue FHM to print a picture of her that is a few years old now. Freida Pinto and Anna Friel, I mean - come on people...?! Megan Fox has done little since Transformers other than removing her top, she does absolutely nothing for me. Jessica Alba has completely fallen off the radar since having her first child, perhaps everyone is reliving the good times by watching 'Into The Blue' and 'Sin City'. Cheryl Cole, a WAG - need I say more... and some would argue including myself that a couple of her bandmates are actually fitter than her. The only women deserving of being in that top 10 list is Adriana Lima and I go as far as to say she should have won it.
Cheers
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Friday 30 January 2009
UK FHM - March 2009
Well, this issue of FHM for March did surface after all. I guess word of mouth is a dangerous thing. Maybe the trouble is on the horizon as far as printing FHM goes.
This month it's another wafer thin issue of FHM which features the girl band 'The Saturdays' on the cover (who...?). There is 5 girls in this group. The girls come across very bland and very unremarkable although the shoot looks to have been technically well done with some dynamic lighting. Girls Aloud, they are not however... and the whole fare is somewhat of a disappointment. The only other shoot in the mag is of Madeline Zima, who plays Mia Lewis in Californication. This shoot is better as far as the subject goes, we get the usual fare of bikini shoots and it's also outdoors. Fans of her should like this shoot.
Sadly that's about all that is worthly of note. A wafer thin issue devoid of any notable other content and two shoots for £3.90 is looking like a bad deal at the moment.
This month it's another wafer thin issue of FHM which features the girl band 'The Saturdays' on the cover (who...?). There is 5 girls in this group. The girls come across very bland and very unremarkable although the shoot looks to have been technically well done with some dynamic lighting. Girls Aloud, they are not however... and the whole fare is somewhat of a disappointment. The only other shoot in the mag is of Madeline Zima, who plays Mia Lewis in Californication. This shoot is better as far as the subject goes, we get the usual fare of bikini shoots and it's also outdoors. Fans of her should like this shoot.
Sadly that's about all that is worthly of note. A wafer thin issue devoid of any notable other content and two shoots for £3.90 is looking like a bad deal at the moment.
Saturday 6 December 2008
UK FHM - January 2009
New year, new calendar with this issue. Sadly the calendar is nothing to write home about as predicted. It features one shot each of most of the girls featured in 2008 but most of these photoshoots didn't offer much in the first place when they appeared in the magazine.
On to the issue itself, the main cover star is Katy Perry. Ok, she's what you call a A-list celebrity I suppose but again it appears most of the entire budget has been blown this month again on the main feature. The shoot itself is taken in a old Victorian building overlooking Buckingham Palace so the article says anyway, we don't actually see the Palace through the windows. If you're into Perry's legs then this is a shoot for you, the shoot is very Arena-isque in style. Nothing revealing is worn and the poses are not at all adventurous.
The other shoots feature Beatrice Rosen, an actress who recently starred in Sharpe's Peril. Again, nothing to get overly bothered about. One shot in this shoot is a full-page but out of focus which makes it pointless in my opinion and it seems intentional.
Lastly, the other shoot has a couple of shots of a girl who was in Hollyoaks. Again, it's just the run-of-the-mill underwear shots, bland and boring.
On to the issue itself, the main cover star is Katy Perry. Ok, she's what you call a A-list celebrity I suppose but again it appears most of the entire budget has been blown this month again on the main feature. The shoot itself is taken in a old Victorian building overlooking Buckingham Palace so the article says anyway, we don't actually see the Palace through the windows. If you're into Perry's legs then this is a shoot for you, the shoot is very Arena-isque in style. Nothing revealing is worn and the poses are not at all adventurous.
The other shoots feature Beatrice Rosen, an actress who recently starred in Sharpe's Peril. Again, nothing to get overly bothered about. One shot in this shoot is a full-page but out of focus which makes it pointless in my opinion and it seems intentional.
Lastly, the other shoot has a couple of shots of a girl who was in Hollyoaks. Again, it's just the run-of-the-mill underwear shots, bland and boring.
Sunday 9 November 2008
UK FHM - December 2008
A really bare bones issue of FHM as far as the girlie content goes this month. The cover girl is Olga Kurylenko, who (if you have been on a completely different planet to everyone else lately) stars in the latest Bond movie. This is the third time that Olga has featured in FHM. You could say 'finally a A-list celebrity' in FHM but it looks like the whole monthly budget was blown on this feature.
The shoot itself isn't too bad. It's technically well done, bright and sharp. Although nothing too revealing is worn and it's just a white studio backdrop for the majority. If you're a fan of her then it's worth a look, if not then you may be best leaving the issue on the shelf. The French edition of FHM ran the exact same photo set in their November issue but they got more other girlie features which also had full nudity.
We do get 2 other picture of the French High Street Honey winner, Laura Thomas. But it is nothing too remarkable about it to be honest.
The issue also carries the UK's High Street Honey supplement of the top 100 entries. I don't vote at this stage, I wait until they round it down to 10 in the new year. The supplement is the usual mix of professionally done photos to the mobile grainy photos - how is anyone meant to vote of the quality of the pics is questionable but I imagine the more ample entries will make it into the top 10. None of them are too remarkable anyway.
Next months FHM will have the additional Calendar for 2009, judging from the quality of girls featured over the year I imagine it will be quite poor, as it has been for the last couple of years compared to the other mags.
The shoot itself isn't too bad. It's technically well done, bright and sharp. Although nothing too revealing is worn and it's just a white studio backdrop for the majority. If you're a fan of her then it's worth a look, if not then you may be best leaving the issue on the shelf. The French edition of FHM ran the exact same photo set in their November issue but they got more other girlie features which also had full nudity.
We do get 2 other picture of the French High Street Honey winner, Laura Thomas. But it is nothing too remarkable about it to be honest.
The issue also carries the UK's High Street Honey supplement of the top 100 entries. I don't vote at this stage, I wait until they round it down to 10 in the new year. The supplement is the usual mix of professionally done photos to the mobile grainy photos - how is anyone meant to vote of the quality of the pics is questionable but I imagine the more ample entries will make it into the top 10. None of them are too remarkable anyway.
Next months FHM will have the additional Calendar for 2009, judging from the quality of girls featured over the year I imagine it will be quite poor, as it has been for the last couple of years compared to the other mags.
Saturday 11 October 2008
UK FHM - November 2008
A better effort from FHM this month.
The main girlie features are Adriana Lima and the cover shoot is Holly Willoughby. I always get a little suspicious of the shoots featuring in magazines around this time as it is usually the time most of the next year's calendars come out so the magazines tend to feature shots from them but that seems confined to the weeklys.
Firstly, to Adriana Lima... It's a decent enough shoot on the beach so bikini shots are the main feature here and she certainly fills a bikini in all the right places. We get a mix of colour and black/white shots. There is a couple of topless shots but nothing is revealed but the shoot has a bit of class about it and this girl is the definition of sexy. In any case, I certainly recommend you take a peek at her.
Next, Holly Willoughby's shoot... Seems FHM are leaving the studio behind as this shoot is also outdoors, in and around a swimming pool. Again, bikini shots are the main fare here also and again it's another girl who fills one in all the right places. You certainly can see why it's the only reason to watch that lame skating show on ITV. The pictures are bright and vibrant, in general a lot better than the usual in recent issues. Again, the shoot is worth a look but she's no Lima.
Another couple of page worthy of mention is the Hardware section. Here we get two pictures of a unknown model, modelling cameras in the nude. The camera are strategically placed sadly, and the model in uncredited but she pretty busty.
There is another shoot in the Incoming section of Charlene Rena (no, I have no idea either) but it is the usual underwear fare, just a couple of pictures and a bit bland against the other shoots in the issue.
Sunday 6 July 2008
UK FHM - August 2008
A better than usual fare this month from FHM, still not outstanding by any stretch but certainly worth a look.
The cover girl is month is Ana Ivanovic, the Serbian tennis player. Rumour is it that she could take up modelling when she retires from the game. Judging by the shoot in FHM such a career move may prove fruitful. The shoot itself is taken outdoors around a swimming pool. If you were hoping for some swimsuit shots you'll be disappointed, there is nothing too revealing in these shots. Technically however this shoot has some quality about it and is worth a look.
The other main girlie feature is Richard and Judy Madeley's daughter, Chloe. This shoot is in a studio and rather bland wearing a pair of tights and a slik gown. The Telegraph considers it 'racy', ...hardly. Still considering her parents she is rather easy on the eye.
Also, there is a couple of shots of a girl from C4's Shipwrecked posing in her underwear. I didn't make a note of which one it is and there is certainly nothing special about her or the pics.
This months supplement FHM2 also has quite a few pics of various unnamed models posing in lingerie. You could go as far to argue that the supplement is better than the content of the main magazine in terms of the girlie content.
So, a better issue this month in my opinion with the Ana Ivanovic shoot being the highlight.
The cover girl is month is Ana Ivanovic, the Serbian tennis player. Rumour is it that she could take up modelling when she retires from the game. Judging by the shoot in FHM such a career move may prove fruitful. The shoot itself is taken outdoors around a swimming pool. If you were hoping for some swimsuit shots you'll be disappointed, there is nothing too revealing in these shots. Technically however this shoot has some quality about it and is worth a look.
The other main girlie feature is Richard and Judy Madeley's daughter, Chloe. This shoot is in a studio and rather bland wearing a pair of tights and a slik gown. The Telegraph considers it 'racy', ...hardly. Still considering her parents she is rather easy on the eye.
Also, there is a couple of shots of a girl from C4's Shipwrecked posing in her underwear. I didn't make a note of which one it is and there is certainly nothing special about her or the pics.
This months supplement FHM2 also has quite a few pics of various unnamed models posing in lingerie. You could go as far to argue that the supplement is better than the content of the main magazine in terms of the girlie content.
So, a better issue this month in my opinion with the Ana Ivanovic shoot being the highlight.
Sunday 4 May 2008
UK FHM - June 2008
So here we go again, the 100 sexiest women in the world of 2008. Nice golden cover but the content of the magazine is a little underwhelming to say the least as most of the effort seems to have gone into the 100 sexiest supplement. Over the past couple of years this has been usually the case anyway. I guess publishers think many would not notice given a supplement to distract the reader with.
The main shoots in the magazine are of Kristen Bell and Melanie Slade, Theo Walcott's girlfriend. Both shoots are disappointing in my opinion and both just look like they have been taken in the studio, nothing much adventurous attempted. I would say the Melanie Slade shoot is the better technically of the two. Kristen Bell does little for me too so fans of her might appreciate the shoot better then I would.
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