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UK Maxim - September 2007

This month's issue is devoted to two people, Lucy Pinder and Michelle Marsh. It really should have the label 'for fans only'. Both have already been featured in Maxim this year. We get a supplement this month featuring mostly recycled pics of Lucy and Michelle with a few new pics at the back and in the issue itself. Generally, the new pics are decent and they have been shot out on the beach. Further on into the issue there is a few pics of Vikki Blows but frankly I'm not all that bothered over her, the gothic look does not appeal to me one bit so what's with the fuss over her? There is also another feature with a few topless pics of Page 3's Marlene but it's nothing to write home about.

Great issue if you are a fan of Lucy and Michelle. Honestly, I'm getting bored with the pair of them - more so after Lucy has decided to go topless in her shoots. Perhaps give the issue a miss if you're not overly bothered with them although the International Girls of Maxim has some good pics worth seeing.

UK FHM - September 2007

Something quite interesting on the front cover of FHM this month besides Rachel Stevens, are the words 'under new management'. Yes, FHM has undergone another re-brand and in my opinion it's about time. Out with the deadwood (hopefully...)

Cover star is Rachel Stevens and the pics look original and generally quite good, they have been most notably shot on location rather than in a studio with a good mix of colour and black and white pics. We get around half a dozen or so full page pics and several small ones dotted around the text. It appears FHM is attempting to go more up market with it's Arena style of photography with this particular shoot and more generally with it's layout across the issue. It is a slight shame that they also decided to splash large text across most of the full page pics of Rachel (ruins potential scans). But that said, make no mistake this is 100 times better than the dross served up in this year's issues so far as far as the girl content goes.

We also get some decent pics of Isabel Lucas from Aussie's Home and Away (again, most pics outdoors but maybe lifted from the AUS FHM though) and two decent studio pics of Sarah Dunn (was in C4's Hollyoaks years ago).

Generally the whole issue seems worth a few quid and actually worth reading this month and is certainly a step in the right direction. Guess the question is can they keep the standard up especially as far as the Rachel Stevens shoot. I'm hope this issue isn't a flash in the pan.

Playboy's Book of Lingerie - Aug/Sep 2007

This issue features The Model of the Year 2007 who is Breann McGregor. Overall I can't help but feel a little disappointed with this issue. None of the photos seem that hot perhaps apart from Triana Iglesias and the issue does feature Pamela Mars and Lindsey Blaine - always worth a look in my opinion but there is too few pictures of them. Plenty of Brits in this one including Louise Glover but I wish Playboy would start making a stand against fake breasts. In all honestly, you could skip this issue as you won't be missing that much. Also, the voting is now open for the Playboy 2008 Model which you can cast here, http://www.playboy.com/specialeditions/moy08-vote/. Personally, I've gone for Jessica Erin Sylvia.

FHM Calendar Girl - Ana Alves

Personally I've never heard of her but she's a Spanish model mainly models lingerie from what I can gather. As usual we get the 5 sets of 20 photos but unfortunately she reveals nothing, she does appear fully nude in a few photos but we only get side shots so nothing too revealing. This is one of the weakest shoots I've seen in awhile from FHM Calendar Girls and some of photos are actually a bit unflattering to her. As ever, it looks like very little money has been thrown at it - just get the model in, take over a 100 photos quickly, then publish... disappointing.

http://www.fhm.com/Site/Girls/CalendarGirls/

Scanning Tutorial

Finally got around to writing a tutorial on the scanning process for those of you are interested in giving it a shot. You can download it here: http://rapidshare.com/files/37782285/Scanning_Tutorial-z79.zip. You'll need a PDF Reader to view it once you have extracted it from the zip. Have fun!

UK Maxim - August 2007

This month's Maxim has Katie Downes has the cover star. The shoot itself isn't bad either, few shots are topless and also appears to be fully nude in two shots with a fire extinguisher covering her modesty in one shot. I say 'appears' because a couple of issues back the Louise Cliffe milk bath shoot was edited, i.e. her panties were airbrushed out. Worth seeing although I think it could have been a little better. It seems a bit ambitious to me and the best shot is on the cover. Another girl feature is a new Page 3 model called Kitty, a few topless shots here. I've never heard of her and isn't really that hot anyway in my opinion. As usual we get the International Girls of Maxim, nothing outstanding here but again worth seeing all the same. The monthly winner of 'Girls of Maxim 2007' isn't too bad either.

A decent issue, far better than FHM's offering for the month in any case.