A few days ago I posted a piece here on some extremely cool uses of photography and image manipulation in the study of ancient portraits of Augustus and Caligula. Or so I thought. Only a handful of people looked at it. Though I knew this was esoteric fare, I’m still a bit disappointed. If I were more conscious of hit count, I wouldn’t post that sort of thing. I’d probably go for slightly more accessible material. I might even include some Hollywood big names to try to suck Google’s crawler into thinking there might be something of mass appeal here.
I suspect that one way to attract photographers would be to talk about photo equipment with liberal use of equipment keywords. For example I might talk about my Canon 5D Mark ii, also known as the Canon 5D Mark 2 or Canon 5D Mk2 and my collection of Canon lenses for my Canon 5D Mk II digital camera. But little remains to be said about the Canon 5D series except that there are rumors of a Canon 5D Mark III. Pray that this is released any day now, all of you who desperately need more pixels for Ashley’s birthday party pics.
Hot Bikini Babes!
Writing about hi-tech products like the Canon 5D Mk II and using their names (e.g., Canon 5D Mark 2) liberally can get you noticed by search engines, but, if views is what you seek, tech can’t compare with mentions of today’s favorite Hollywood darlings – especially if you use their names near the word photo as would be natural and quite legitimate in a photo blog. Such names include Yvonne Strahovski, Mila Kunis, Elizabeth Hurley, Diora Baird, Olivia Munn, Megan Fox, Rosario Dawson, Kristen Bell, Freida Pinto, Zoe Saldana, Kristen Stewart, Malin Ackerman, Maggie Grace, Sienna Miller, Jessica Biel, Sasha Grey, Vanessa Hudgens, Lizzy Caplan, Anna Faris, Isla Fisher, Olivia Wilde, Abbie Cornish, Alison Lohman, and Diane Kruger. Even old-news Hollywood hotties get a lot of hits – names like Beyonce Knowles, Keira Knightley, Angelina Jolie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kerry Washington, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Alba, Marisa Tomei, Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Gwyneth Paltrow, Catherine Zeta Jones, Lucy Liu and Anna Paquin; and when it comes to newsworthiness, Demi Moore’s legs still have legs.
But I don’t know any of those stars, and otherwise have little to say about them. I have known a few famous models though. Martina Warren (topless at top, in b/w) has been photographed by famous photographers including Suze Randall, Stephen Hicks, Carl Wachter, Jerry Nickels, Donna Kelly and Randy Lee. She was picked as Penthouse Pet of the Year in 2005, making her, at that time, the highest paid beauty contest winner in the world. I took the shot of her above in 2004, back when she had a strong British accent, before she hit the hot chick press big time.
My photos of Bridget Marquardt (above, pink mini), famous from her role on the television reality show (suspension of disbelief invoked on reality) The Girls Next Door, where she played one of Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner‘s girlfriends, do get some attention. Bridget is a smart, planful, hard-working woman. This shot of Bridget in a pink mini-dress was my all-time most viewed shot on Flickr. I found this odd because I didn’t tag the photo with her name or in any way identify the subject as being Bridget. Sure, she’s mega-hot, but there’s much racier stuff than that on Flickr.
Fellow photographer Amber Arbucci (above, not nude, but even a hint of nudity is still of interst to search engines because, for example, discussion of it involves the words nude and nudity) has been in front of the lenses of big name photographers including Helmut Newton, Walter Chin, Bruce Webber, Ellen Von Unwerth, and Marco Glaviano. She’s appeared in Marie Claire, GQ, Rolling Stone, Zink, Cosmopolitan, FHM, In Style, and Vegas. Amber’s done advertising campaigns for Victoria’s Secret, Rampage, Abercrombie & Fitch, True Religion, Nicole Miller, Speedo, Sephora, Haynes, X.O.X.O., Valentino, and Tommy Hilfiger. But she also does great work behind the lens. Check out her wildlife photography site.
Hot Lingerie Models!
To attract readers who wouldn’t normally take interest in my esoteric fare, I might also attept to co-opt the culture and language of a younger generation, steering clear of my normal outdated slang, imitating a hip, streetwise character. Those too young to properly express the complex ideas and thoughts that they clearly possess have pimped some righteous verbage. While I can’t really seem to get jiggy wit it, it does hold the appeal of brevity, immediacy and disregard for spell check.
Maybe I’ll just become a regular tottie poster, flossing like I’m way GQ. Maybe do this alot. LOL. Don’t kno if U believe me? U should!!! b/c I’m being real. Yeah… I shall rock some serious jam. See U dudes whenever. Yer gonna luv it cuz its soooooo fine! Troo-dat!!!
Sexy Exotic Girls!
Now go check out Augustus and Caligula.




While Googling “boobquake” using free software and listening to free MP3 downloads on my jailbroken iPad, I found this link to your page. I felt like I had won a million dollars in the lottery. I decided that reading this page would be more entertaining than reading about the Pope, Michael Jackson, global warming, the Tea Party, Glee, any movie by Peter Jackson or Joss Whedon, or a study about the sex differences between cocks and hens.
Dude U so totally rock. I mean I don’t wanna sound rad bromance er nuthin, but your chillin in the righteous dude jam zone. Seriously.
Speaking of jailbreaking, btw, I met Jay Freeman (http://www.saurik.com/) last week and saw a bunch of his demos on the iPad. He’s quite a charming fellow with seemingly limitless energy.
That is a lovely shot of Amber, Bill. I don’t recall it! In any case, great article, great pics. Please say hi to Laura.
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