The Next Phase: 40 shoots at 40 (part 1)

Thursday, November 1, 2018

40 shoots at 40 (part 1)

Today is the day I officially become a daddy as I hit the big four-oh. I've been told that once I reach this ripe old age, a whole new market of young things will be available to me (not that I'd want them to flock to me as I'm not into twinks, muscular young things are welcome though). I've always maintained that age is just a number and I can safely say that I look younger than I really am because of my physique, which is the main reason why I call the gym my church.

Needless to mention, one of the main other fruits of my labour from slogging in the gym all these years are all the photo shoot pictures that I've amassed because without a good body, no one would have wanted to take my pictures. So what could be a better way to celebrate the very significant milestone of my 40th birthday than showcasing the single best picture from each of the 40 shoots I have done to date?

40 shoots by age 40... not too shabby for a nerdy engineer who started out his adult life with low self-esteem issues hating his own body eh? These 40 pictures will forever freeze my beauty which is something no one can take away from me no matter how bad my looks become as the countdown to old age starts. I'll always be comforted by and be proud of these snaps for the rest of my life and because of that, my youthful self can today die a happy death. If only there is a way to make a time-demarcation on this blog so that everyone would know that from today onward it enters The Next Next Phase.

Arranged in a non-chronologically order, these pictures will be split into 4 separate posts throughout my birthday month. A quarter of these pictures come from shoots that have not been posted anywhere before (including on this blog) so you're in luck. Here is the first batch (entire series is here: 1 2 3 4) so savour away and stay tuned for the next!