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She asked for all, but I'm 10000% sure she no idea about comps, so for now go ahead with having Elsie in comps. I'll reach out to her later and find out what her issue is.

No, however I do a lot of fanart/sig/avatars for people which use presets... much like your own signature. Presets aren't just coloring, it's textures, gradients, shadows. highlights ect.

There isn't 1 present, there is like 500 of them.

Kelser Tran is sending me step by step instructions on how to edit photos like he does. POGGERS

Sorry, can't get into it. This was HER request, nothing to do with me.

As per Elsie's request, she does not want a thread on BZ. Please do not restart one, or post ANY of her pictures here. This is merely to inform you as to what she wanted.

Congratz! Oct 25th will be mine and Hubby's 19th. It's funny, it barely feels like we've been married that long but we have, and I'm thankful. It's a rarity these days for people to make it past 2-3 years so I consider us both very lucky.... actually no, it's not luck... it's a lot of hard work. What am I thinking? - Can summer be over now, k thanks.

I actually need to know... what fucking idiot thought these were good looks to MAKE, and put in the magazine? Can someone please answer this... plz ---------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------

I honestly don't know. Depends on who her fav is this year I guess, whomever gets her the most social media brownie points

Yeah I know I'm looking at the trending news coming out about the magazine. There are couple reports about Valentina. Hunter being the CURVIEST girl ever (KEKW), like almost no mentions of the cover, and 3423420342093420394203492038747521 reports on G-Ma. GG Mj you made the right call and added the newest flavor of the month - Eldery Dames. At the rate we're going I fully expect a little person to be in the magazine in the next couple of years if wokeness world isn't put back into it's cell And now I leave you with a beautiful Poecilotheria metallica

Allegedly, and not first hand knowledge...... none what's so ever....... 🤔 I'm about 85% sure the reason we keep seeing the same places is that the Hotels/Resorts they are staying at allow them to stay for free or at a dramatically reduced rate and the payoff for the stay is a nod in the magazine which boosts interest in vacations. SI publishes their issues for pretty damn cheap. Allegedly - In the past, models have had to pay out of pocket for airline tickets, hotels pay for themselves, and Allegedly swimsuit designers given tens of thousands of suits for free (---- Allegedly - didn't get suits back in the process..... I would love to tell you how SI's own swimsuit line looks a GREAT DEAL like the "free swimsuits" they were given by countless designers but I can't... 🤐) - Allegedly So it's almost pointless to hope they'll change, because they won't till they can figure out how to do it cheaply. SI Magazine = Travel/Destination & Swimsuit Catalog (Allegedly)

Back in 2014 I came up with a list of like 20 places that could be used as dynamic shoots to fill in with their Surf/Sand/Beach thing they like to do. It legit took me 5 minutes to find places, so there is no excuse for their location scouts to not be able to think outside the box. Here ya go SI, I know you lurk Travertine Pools at Pamukkale, Turkey Luray Caverns, Virginia The Cave of the Crystals, Naica Mexico (Can we have a Superman moment?) White Desert (Sahara el Beyda), Egypt Spotted Lake, British Columbia Pink Sand Beach, Bahamas, Philippians and or Bermuda (Surf and Sand, but with variety) Marble Caves, Chile (Bright colored suits, inflatable pool lounges, sunglasses and fruity drinks... super cute) While in Patagonia, how about taking some pictures? Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia (The play on reflections could be stunning!) Gateway to Hell Namaskard, Iceland, and while you're there, take in the hot springs? Upper Antelope Canyon, Navajo Nation Arizona Cano Cristales River, Colombia... Taste the Rainbow Waitomo Glowworm Caves, New Zealand (Depending on how you edit the photos, this could be amazing!) There are a million amazing places on this planet and themes you could go with, how about breaking away from surf & sand and do something themed again like Autumn foliage around the world? Holidays (Halloween in Salem Ma, New England, New Orleans with models in cute bikinis with costume elements like Witches Hats, Sexy Nurses, Pumpkins, etc)... You could put your models in trains and shoot from different themed cars or out on a fishing boat and in or around fishing towns, how about something in the swamps, Christmas with fur bikinis, sleigh rides, snow, themeparks... It would be kinda hot to do a shoot at a Camp around a lake and play up the idea of the Hot Camp Counselor fantasy wearing cute red shorts, bikini top, flip flops, whistle, sitting in a Lifeguard chair, or hell do some more historic out of the way villages and towns all over the world. If you wanted to go futurecast head to Toyko or South Korea stores, shops, bars, nightclubs.. There is so much you can do to make the magazine more interesting, so please try because 56 years of beaches is nope at this point.

The one thing I can say that's positive about this magazine is the Wyoming shoots are by far one of the best-looking locations they've done in 10+ years, maybe in the entirety of the magazine (at least to me, and Route 66 is up there!). I'm beyond over Beach/Ocean basic bullshit, and despite going through every single shot this year, I could only find one pic with the ocean in the background that I enjoyed, so Wyoming was a nice treat, and even though I'm not a huge fan of most of the models from this location I gravitated towards their pictures because of the environment. Favs

G-MA! The only reason to buy the magazine. Also KEKW for even more Woke Points

I've been saying for years that SI was moving away from being a men's magazine. It's more or less a money grab for them now as they went from showcasing indie designers doing it for free exposure (and sending them thousands of suits in the process only to not get them back... the level of shade I could tell you about), to companies like Nike paying to be in the magazine... As they shifted away from a Men's magazine and moved towards woman - SI Magazine became a glorified Swimsuit Catalog. I spoke with Kesler and he thinks that the reason the pictures look back is 90% editing and again a shift in more basic posing/pictures. They're trying to sell the swimsuits, not the sexy models.

The pictures are fine to post as they aren't from his Pateron

I'm talking to him, one sec

...... oh KEKW

Kesler Tran patreon is NOT TO BE POSTED on BZ. Period

...... @Stromboli1 .... I'm at a complete loss.

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Looking at the videos, and yeah it's definitely something with the retouching, or the pictures being picked because on film most of them look significantly better. (still drab looking af though)

Wishful thinking It's been this way for 5+ years. For every 1-2 good pictures that are eye catching, there are like 10 that are so lifeless. I don't know if it's the photographers they're using, or the models just forgot how to look appealing or sexy, or MJ choice in picture selection, or even the retouchers fucking with the coloring, I dunno, it's just so drab.

The level of underwhelming so far...