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Glamourous Ideas for Great Sexy Holiday Gifts

Giving the gift of a tastefully sexy calendar or glamour photo album of yourself to your loved one is a great way to express how much you care for them. It also seems to be one of the favorite ways wives and girlfriends remind their guys overseas what they are fighting for. As a head photographer of the prestigious Miami Photo Studio Kendall Portraits, I know that being photographed for intimate photography can be intimidating, but finding the right photo studio with a vast experience about how to making you look glamorous through artistic lighting and the right posing will help. Here are some basic tips to make your glamour photography experience very comfortable and fun for you and create your beautiful and exciting images that you will love forever!

If you are dreaming about a glamour coffee table book with lovely imagery of yourself as you see in magazines such as Glamour or Playboy, this Holiday Season is time to make it true. Glamour photography make great sexy holiday gifts to the loved ones. Nothing says “I Love You” like a glamour photo book. You don’t need to be a top glamour model to create exceptional glamour photography. An imaginative inner spirit, the perfect lighting and the expertise of our glamour photographers is all that you need. You can be the focus of a sensuous glamour photoshoot to illustrate a coffee table book because glamour photography is for everyone!. You can even be a sexy calendar girl!.

Don’t worry if you don’t have a centerfold body!.The glamour photographer of a photo studio must to know how to “glamorize” all body shapes knowing how to hide the flaws which we all have.

Start by checking the glamour photographer’s portfolio for artistic nude, glamour nude, boudoir, pinup and glamourous maternity like at Miami Glamour Photo Studio, or Kendall Portraits. May be it will inspire some ideas for your own session. During the glamour photo shoot express your originality, the sexy and glamourous side of you, or daring, or naughty, or somewhere in between. Be whatever you want to be, pure fantasy or reality or somewhere in between!.

You can also use your own props that have a special meaning such as a musical instrument, a favorite flower, hat, or sexy shoes. Wear a treasured outfit such as wedding garb, your significant other’s favorite shirt, sexy new lingerie or a particular article of clothing that will bring back fond memories. Or wear nothing at all.

Draft with the glamour photographer about your loved one’s dream fantasy to recreate it in a tasteful way. During your glamour photoshoot explore several looks and feels. This is the moment to unleash that inner sexy goddess, vintage retro pinup girl, rockabilly chick, or Hollywood starlet. So whoever she is in there, let bring her out. Dream up your imagination with some glamourous photo ideas like:

Fantasy photos like a schoolgirl skirt and blouse Bridal boudoir portrait with bridal veil and white lingerie Sexy Implied photography wearing cowboy boots and hat Provocateur boudoir photography with stockings, garters and stilettos Glamour shots with an apron, favorite lingerie and high heels Intimate photography in silky sheets, a bubble bath or a wet t-shirt Daring and Sexy portraits with a cigar and man’s dress shirt Sensual photos with champagne glass and evening gown, long gloves, ropes and blindfolds, Funny and sexy Retro Pinup Photography with nice makeup, Naughty portraits with a wig, catsuit and whip, Old Hollywood Glamour for the starlet in every woman.

Intimate photos are a perfect gift for Holidays and also a terrific way to remember major events such as milestone birthdays, reaching weight loss and physical fitness goals, new relationships, pregnancy and post pregnancy (when you are at your most voluptuous). And best of all, they make you feel beautiful. You don’t have to have a reason to have your glamour portrait made but these portraits make an excellent gift he will truly love. You can give your loved one a glamour photo calendar or a sexy intimate coffe table book as a sexy Christmas gift or just any reason to say “I Love You.”

At Miami Photo Studio Kendall Portraits has been photographing women for a long time and know how to use lighting, wardrobe, posing, and retouching to make you look your best, employing the same principles of glamour airbrush makeup, lighting techniques, etc. that the fashion magazines use to create a beautiful romantic portrait of yourself that will give yourself a look you never imagined possible.  All glamour photos are done with your photography needs in mind offering glamour photo album of various sizes, from wallet size to coffee table books as well as wall prints.

Alex Manfredini is a Glamour Photographer with more than 15 years of experience specializing in Glamour, High Fashion, Artistic Nudes, Fantasy Photography, and award-winning Photoshop skills. his magnetic personality and professional photography skills transform any photo session into a unique and memorable experience.

Alex love what he does and he enjoys creating a very relaxing and pampered atmosphere, with background music, aromatherapy candles and herbal tea to obtain the maximum possible of the shoots.

His innate creativity always surprise, even himself. At Miami Photo studio Kendall Portraits, no photo shoot is ever stuck, stagnant or stale, and each shot is new and fresh.

He received the prestigious Photoshop Guru Award from the National Association of Photoshop Professionals for five consecutive years, and has been teaching Photoshop and retouching techniques for more than fifteen years.

You can contact Alex at:

Kendall Portraits
12301 SW 128 Court
Suite 202
Miami, FL 33186
(305)254-1445
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Cigar Store Trends and Tastes

It happens to the biggest premium cigar aficionados out there: things start to get a little stale.

Not “stale” in the sense of dried-out. That can happen, of course, but it’s not likely to, if your humidor is set at the standard sixty-seven to seventy-four percent relative humidity range, and as long as the air temperature inside the box is between sixty-nine and seventy-four degrees. (It is, isn’t it?) No, this kind of stale has more to do with you than it does with the cigar. You feel like your premium cigar habit is in a bit of a rut, and you think it’s time to try something new.

Luckily, cigars come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and tastes, so if you’ve had enough of sweetish, almost-chocolaty oscuros you can move to the other end of the taste/color scale and try the pale-khaki-colored, dry, delightfully astringent tastes you’ll find there. If you’ve gotten into the habit of smoking long cigars that usually take around the same amount of time, every time, switch it up with some panatelas or cigarillos. If you’re in bad enough rut, it might even be time to make your own premium cigar sampler, going out of your way to pick cigars that don’t fit your usual taste profile.

But as above, so below: the premium cigar industry itself occasionally finds itself in the same sort of predicament. The standard shapes, sizes and tastes are already hitting their popularity plateau, and no one’s sure what the next breakthrough possibility is. At these times, makers of premium cigars often turn to one of the most reliable sources of business and cultural innovation: the past.

In the 1990s, when the premium cigar industry rebounded from a case of terminal stagnancy and even became, for the moment, somewhat trendy (while inspiring something of a late-1990s backlash as well), such a turn to the past for new ideas happened with the chocolaty, oily oscuro cigar mentioned above. These dark cigars occupy one extreme of the taste-color continuum–the informal rule by which light-colored, tan cigars are the driest and bitterest (features for which cigar aficionados prize them, as bitter hops make certain beers a once-in-a-lifetime experience), while, as cigar wrappers darken, the taste contained inside tends to get sweeter. The oscuro is like the bottom key on a piano, the lowest bass note on a guitar. It denotes how sweet and how dark a cigar can get.

But by the time of the so-called early 1990s “cigar boom,” oscuros were unpopular and very hard to find. This probably has more to do with an overall contraction in the market than with the oscuro itself, a kind of cigar that can be delightfully well-made as any other. With fewer people overall smoking cigars, flavors that had always been acquired tastes even among cigar fans were less likely to sell, and premium cigar makers stopped rolling them.
By the mid-1990s, though, you could find oscuros again–just as you can today, with the premium cigar industry continuing to function at a level far exceeding that of its 1991 state.

More recently, another nearly-extinct species of cigar has been recreated and is in the midst of repopulating cigar shops and online stores near you. The Salomon–a big cigar that comes in between perfectos and diademas in terms of its size–is tapered at both ends, and has always been popular in Cuba. Its unusual shape means that premium cigar makers have a difficult time finding rollers with the requisite talent and experience to make Salomons. But that hasn’t stopped La Flor Dominicana and Rocky Patel from adding new Salomon-sized models to their premium cigar lines–or from making quite an impression on taste-panelists and Cigar Aficionado (and other industry) reviewers alike.

CigarFox provides you the opportunity to build your own sampler of the finest cigars that include cigar brands like Montecristo, Romeo & Julieta, H Upmann, Macanudo, Cohiba, Partagas, Gurkha and many more. Choose from more than 1200 different cigars! Other cigar products include cigar humidors, cigar boxes, and cigar accessories like Zippo Lighters.

How to Buy a Humidor

If You Love Cigars, You Need a Humidor

Even if you’ve only recently started enjoying fine cigars, you should buy a quality humidor before your collection grows further. The cigar box that came with your cigars is fine for shipping, but it won’t keep them in prime condition over the long term. As you well know, some cigars need to be kept for 6 or 7 years before they reach their best smoking condition. If you don’t have a good humidor, that cigar will be ruined before you can smoke it.

Decide Which Type of Humidor You Need

The first step to buying a humidor is deciding where you’ll keep it and how big it should be. Do you want one for your home, office, country club, or for travel? If you have a small collection that you keep at the club, a 12-to-20-cigar humidor should be sufficient. Twelve is probably best for traveling. A home or office humidor can hold 100 or more cigars. If you want to display it on your desk, a 100-cigar humidor that enhances your décor is best. If you have 300 cigars, then a cabinet humidor might be a better place to store them. Cabinet humidors can be plain, designed to be kept in a closet, or large decorative boxes suitable for display.

Look for Quality Workmanship and Materials

With those decisions made, start shopping. The best humidors are made of wood dried to a 6% moisture content. The wood should be solid hardwood, not plywood. The surface should be smooth, no cracks or lumps. Travel humidors can be made out of metal to protect both the cigars and the case from damage. If possible, carry your travel humidor on the plane, but it should be safe in your suitcase as well.

The humidor’s lining should be Spanish cedar or Honduran mahogany. Spanish cedar is not the same as the cedar lining your closet. Closet cedar is much too strong for cigars.

A Good Humidor Maintains Ideal Conditions

The humidor should be large enough to hold your cigars comfortably and loosely. If you enjoy more than one kind of cigar, look for a humidor with dividers to keep the tastes from bleeding together. Check the closed lid to make sure the box seals firmly when full.

Most humidors come with a hygrometer and some kind of humidification device. The hygrometer will be either an analog dial or a digital read-out that displays the humidity level of the box. Both work equally well, so it’s just a matter of personal preference. Humidification devices come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and formats. You’ll frequently see tubes filled with distilled water or humidification fluid and plastic rectangles that contain humidification crystals. A larger humidor may have an electronic humidifier to accurately maintain the humidity between 70 and 72%.

Proper Humidor Maintenance Is Key

Once you receive the humidor and have the hygrometer and humidification device conditioned according to the instructions, you should let the box humidify for a few days before adding cigars. Keep the humidor away from sources of direct heat, air condition, direct sunlight, and drafts. All four will dry out the box and could damage the cigars inside. You should open the humidor every few days to let fresh air circulate into the box.

A humidor is the only way to store and maintain your cigars in their proper condition. Quality humidors don’t have to be expensive. You can find an attractive humidor at an affordable price and spend the rest of your money on amazing cigars and other necessary cigararette accessories.

Lisa Becker is an avid home decorator and writes for Fireplace Mantels 123: Shop For Your Perfect Fireplace Mantel and Surround. Her expertise regarding fireplace mantels and surrounds provides insight into the world of interior design and home decorating. For the rest of the article, check out Fireplace Mantel Ideas and Buying Guide.

Simple Inventions – Great Invention Ideas Needed!

Someone needs to invent a simple machine to entertain house cats!    

I have two cats and they constantly pester me to play with them.  I would think in this day and age there would be some kind of electronic mechanical toy someone could invent that would keep the little beasts occupied for at least a couple of hours per day.

There are several approaches that I think hold promise.  Whatever the machine is, it probably needs to move quickly if it moves. It also should be relatively small, or at least parts of it should be.  Cats like small things that move quickly.

Perhaps a very tiny autonomous robot that would interact with the cats would work out well.  I don’t know how small hobby type robots are these days… maybe I’ll investigate that.  To provide interactivity one of these new micro-controllers would be idea.  They require very small amounts of current and need very little support circuitry. 

A couple of sensors and motors, and micro controller and some transistors or relays and you’re in business.

Another interesting approach to a simple machine for a cat toy would be some type of device that could launch small objects into the air, and then reel them back in via strings attached to the object.

By incorporating one of those microprocessors and an infrared detector you could have it launch an object whenever the cat got close enough to be detected.  As it tries to reel back the small object it could sense how much resistance there was and stop reeling when it met resistance, or reel faster, or you could even ad random actions triggered by sensors to keep the cats off balance.

The machine could also make noises and or move under its own power.  Your imagination is the only constraint.

Launchers could be made in a variety of ways, spring loaded, air powered, centrifugal force powered are possible ways.  One method I’m thinking about is using a small tube about ¼ to 3/8 inch in diameter and maybe 6 inches long, connected at one end to a small air chamber or tank through a valve.  A small aquarium type compressor could charge the tank and when the valve opens it would blow the small light object out of the tube. 

The object would be connected to a string which would be used to reel the object back in.  The string could thread through a small hole in the bottom end of the tube and attached to a reel powered by a small motor.  The reel could be rigged with a sensor to detect when the object was being pulled on by a feline.  In response it could have a number of responses pre-programmed into the microcontroller.  For instance, it could stop reeling in the object and simply wait until the object was not being pulled on by the cat, and then resume reeling.  It could also trigger the base unit to move in some way, or perhaps rotate, or even launch a second object.

The cat toy invention could also be programmed to play a variety of sounds in response to combinations of the sensor inputs.  Flashing lights are also a possibility. 

I may or may not get involved in a project to build a simple machine invention for the purpose of entertaining my cats depending on how much time I think I could spare for such a project. I probably should do it because if I could get myself a couple of hours a day without being pestered by the cats my productivity would undoubtedly improve substantially.

In the mean time if one of you closet inventors can come up with such an invention I would be happy to buy one for my cats!

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