Saturday 29 September 2007

UK Maxim - November 2007

This month's main feature is Emily Scott (again...). Although that said it is another rather decent shoot with three full-nude pics. The photographer is former Page 3 model Zoe McConnell and for a relatively new photographer she is doing rather well. The other girlie content this month is Loui Batley from Hollyoaks in her first lad's mags shoot or so it says anyway. However, the shoot is rather disappointing and bland. It's just your run-of-the-mill lingerie shots and she doesn't appear to be enjoying it or she is quite nervous. Nothing sexy comes across in this shoot but we hope for better in the future.

There is also another feature which has a few pics of Amii Grove who is always worth seeing with one just about full nude at the end of the feature. Again, the International Girls of Maxim has some two single pics worth seeing.

Also, Maxim features the 'Hot Top 10' for the Miss Maxim 2007, my money is on Racheal.

In addition the magazine you get a free DVD featuring the cover girls from recent issues, usually the content is from the website and the quality isn't good. I haven't watched the DVD and I doubt I will watch it so it's another free DVD case for me. The DVD's in the past have been pretty poor and since they're free, you get what you pay for...

UK FHM - November 2007

Considering the past (new look) issues, this month's FHM is alittle disappointing. As far as the girlie content goes Abbey Clancy is just about the only thing worth seeing (and it's just about the only girlie content in it this month). Again, the photographer who did this shoot has also done quite a few for Arena in the past. The shoot is quite stylish with a decent mix of black and white shots along with colour - all on location which again is good to see. It is worth seeing.

The High Street Honeys supplement is pretty awful and only a small handful would be worthy of the title in my opinion. It is usually best to wait until the votes cut them down to 10 finalists and FHM actually take a decent shoot of them rather than seeing these awful mobile/webcam stills. How are you supposed to make any kind of judgement on the contenders based on the quality of the images is beyond me. However, considering Maxim's similar competition to FHM's who on earth selected these Top 100 in the first place as the quality of Maxim's contenders seem to be of far higher calibre and have far better quality images. Perhaps rather harsh but you just can't make any judgement due to the quality.

I'll wait for the Final 10 Honeys....

Thursday 20 September 2007