It is a very rare event when I get my husband to appear in a post here, but I bought him this Tommy Hilfiger sweater, Van Huesen button down shirt and a new pair of Levi’s 501 Button fly jeans for Christmas, so agreeing to a mini shoot was only right!
The last time I was able to get him to do a shoot for me was a year ago, in the Classic Levi’s Day blog post.
Sometimes, when we go somewhere, I have on heels and I am dressed up, but he is dressed for tennis. I don’t shop for him enough, mainly because he is rather finicky, but I see now it benefits me to get him dressed on occasion!
We took the photos at one of the tennis facilities he works out of, and the landscape is beautiful for photos. It’s my secret place for when I do photography here and there.
As for actually styling a man-shoot, it’s entirely different than shooting a female. Their skin is different, the photos need to be more rugged…not delicate, or else ick! I don’t think men sit up at night pouring over fashion sets, so I think in terms more of a woman trying to maintain her guy and what she might like to do for him. I say this, however, my Pure Speculation blog post called It’s a Fact, Bald Men Are HOT is quickly climbing the chart of popularity among my blog posts. I tend to think I am getting a lot more male readers than previously suspected!
The sweater is so cool and also looks great with a simple turtle neck or t shirt underneath.
He desperately needed a jean update. The fit on these Levi’s is fabulous and kinda hot and I love the new faded wash they just came out with.
While the pictures may appear peaceful and romantic, the shoot was anything but! you know how you try to take your dog’s picture, and it’s restless? It may be standing there still and stiff, but it’s stressed and not wanting a photo taken, occasionally looking away, and not posing how you would like? This was that! The good news is that at least he’s not vain at all, and I would be worried if he actually enjoyed getting his pictures done!
Ken enjoys vacation type, fun photos, but that’s about it! He doesn’t think it’s funny when I state that we are preserving and documenting his last ounces of youth.
I shouldn’t have given him this Christmas present early, but it would have tortured my soul to no end, waiting until Christmas to see if he liked it or not! He loved the set. I wonder what improvements I can make next?
Also, do we want more man style blog posts? No? Let me know what you think!
-SDS
-December 17, 2013
