Howard Roffman shoots Bel Ami boys - part 3.

On Xmas eve I showed you some of Howard's first selections from what he shot last summer in Slovakia so I hope you'll be interested now to know how they were made. (And there's some good news - there are still three more clips to go concerning the expedition.) Today's assortment took place in two locations. The first was an old ruined castle, the other was Marty Stevens' luxurious new apartment.

To work at the castle Howard picked Ben Keaton and Colin Reeves. These two boys made a really good combination - I instantly felt the chemistry between them.

The location was wonderful too, except for the lighting conditions. A few of the corners were too dark and even a translucent reflector didn't help much. Some of you may be surprised when you check out the pictures Howard made in color. You'll remember, I've mentioned it before, some time ago he acquired a digital camera. It was a new departure for him and he was a bit confused in the beginning but now he is very happy that he has the possibility to play around with the pictures a lot more.

For Marty's apartment I scheduled three new boys. Ondrej is the blond one, Petr is the one with a tattoo on his right shoulder, and the third is also named Ondrej.

The three lads know each other. I think I remember it rightly, they're school mates so on the one hand they were very easy going and relaxed but on the other, when Howard asked them to kiss each other, they were shy and giggled like children. As for the work space, Howard was absolutely thrilled and used almost every corner of the apartment. Lots of the smaller items Marty brought back from our trips to South Africa but not only that, he'd also had sent a container with a bath tub and washbasin from Cape Town! I have to admit, Marty has very good taste when it comes to furnishing and decorating. During this photoshoot we also broke a sensitive taboo and worked in Marty's bedroom, and as a mood maker I brought along my Max who was, naturally, his usual amiable self.

In some of my upcoming Journals you can expect to see my Walking Camera around the BelAmi offices. I'll be giving you an impression of our daily program here, such as what new cuties have arrived for their first casting session, who came in to be photographed and filmed, what new episodes have been shot in the upstairs studio. I'll also bring you a peek into Sebastian's, Lukas' and Adrian Kinski's offices and I'll be showing you what they do on a daily basis. Stay tuned, my dears.

Photos - Howard&BelAmi - part 3

A Luke Hamil training session.

It's Xmas tomorrow, as if you didn't know, and I wish you all the very best with lots of cute and sexy presents under your tree. My presents to you are this training session by Luke

and another lovely little selection of Howard Roffman's pictures, taken on his last trip to Slovakia. They've never been published before so I hope Howard won't kill me because he plans to create another big photobook out of all that he took; I'm therefore only presenting an essence of what he did here last summer.

In my previous entry I gave you a little teaser about this Andreas Mouskouri and Sascha Chaykin training session. The whole thing except the intro was shot and edited by Luke. You must forgive him the style of the subtitles he used in his clip. I've given him a short lesson and it'll be OK next time. As assistant cameraman Luke asked for Josh to pitch in on the session - our boys are nothing if not versatile. As I look at the video it's clear that Luke is trying his best not only to shoot the sexual bits but also to pay attention to all the other details, like the set up, proper lighting and attractive decor. Is he going to be a future star director in the BelAmi family? Who knows, but at least he has a big lust for what he is doing.

Now, a few words about Andreas. He already did a few episodes for us (the last one so far was in Spain) but he's only been bottoming. In this training session he wanted to be the top and he was really excited about it.

As I've already mentioned a week ago, during the session he didn't have any problems at all keeping an erection. I mean, sometimes boys get highly nervous because they're expected to be ready with a hard on all the time and that can be too much pressure to be under. It doesn't matter whom you're paired with, it's a psychological thing, I think. For all the ease that you see on the screen getting there is not always without its tribulations. I know!

Ok,let's forget about the bullshit and focus on the clip. Enjoy it - and have a lovely Xmas!

Many kisses,

Johan.

Photos - Training session

Photos - Photos from Howard

An Interview with Luke Hamil.

I've noticed that a lot of you out there really enjoy reading interviews with the models.

Since at the moment Luke Hamill is working in the office I've used the opportunity to set up one with him. Luke was delighted I showed an interest in him. In the following clip he tells us about what a hard working man he is and also what his activities are, beside that is acting in the main productions. The interview itself wasn't planned over the weeks, I did it on the spur of the moment, so you'll have to excuse my English. I wanted it to be really authentic, just him and me, so it's nice and relaxed.

I also have Josh currently at my disposal so there'll soon be an interview with him, too.

For my next Journal I'm preparing one of Luke's recent training sessions, with Andreas Mouskouri and Sascha Chaykin. Andreas already did a few episodes for us, but he's been bottoming only. In this training session he wanted to be the top and he was really excited about it. During the session he didn't have a problem with an erection at all. I mean, sometimes boys get highly nervous because they're expected to be ready with a hard on all the time and that's a very big pressure to be under. From my own experience, I can tell you it sometimes happened I was so stressed there was no way I could film the scene. But that was a long, long time ago.
As assistant cameraman Luke asked for Josh to pitch in. So here then, for you, a little teaser from that training session.

Love, Johan.

Photos - Luke

Alex and Lukas by Michael Andrew.

There are two of Michael Andrew's photo sessions I haven't yet shown you. There's one with Alex Orioli and one with a new boy named Lukas - another Lukas. You know George commissioned the Australian photographer Michael Andrew to shoot a few of our boys a couple of years ago. The idea was to see what happened photographing our models from an outside perspective. Michael was aiming to shoot in the BelAmi style but also using elements of his own imagination. You've already seen the photosets with Ricky Martinez,

Elijah Keilor

and Ben Keaton some time ago.

Photos of Lukas.
"It was interesting to work with him," Michael told me. "Lukas is the kind of boy who enters your office and right away you sense his innocence."

Lukas wouldn't even allow me to be in the studio with my camera during his session, he was much too shy. He's a really nice, sweet boy and I think it's going be a tough job convincing him to be in a main production scene. So, I can only bring you pictures from his photo shoot. They're brand new, never published anywhere before. As an update I don't unfortunately have any further Lukas information. He hasn't done anything more than this photo session but here's hoping we'll see him again sometime in the future.

As for Alex's photo session, the pictures themselves are scheduled to feature on our main web page soon. I'm bringing you the docu video plus a few teasing pics.

During this session Matt Philippe was helping to shed even more light on Alex's face- who, by the way, is known for his good mood all the time. Matt was very good at it. The photoset finishes with a cum shot. So enjoy!

Photos - Lukas' photosession

Photos - Pictures of Alex

Bus tour in Barcelona- STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.

Here, then, is your much awaited clip of that notorious bus journey around Barcelona. For those who don't know what I'm talking about our summer excursion this year was to Spain. George's intention was to shoot an entire movie a couple of kilometers outside Barcelona where we took over an attractive location with small bungalows, a pool and a jacuzzi. But that's a different story and I'll tell you all about it later in future entries.

Let's focus on this sightseeing trip. During our stay we wanted the boys to have a little break from their exertions so one day I took them into Barcelona for a bus tour. It was a regular public bus so there were strangers along too.


Each seat had a set of earphones playing a commentary about the historical monuments we were passing. To my surprise some of the guys were seriously interested in the history of the city, they were discussing it and taking tons of pictures, so I quizzed them about which they liked more, history or sex? I got back some interesting replies with an especially funny one from Davy Paxton. His pleasure, it turns out, is:

Castles, palaces and museums have been warned!

I'd better let you watch the clip. I can only say the lads really enjoyed the trip, we all had a wonderful afternoon, and we really left our mark on Barcelona in more ways than one!

Photos - Bus tour Barcelona

Jeff's extended castings, boy #2 and #3

Let me introduce you to our next cuties from Jeff's extended casting sessions. I've decided to give you two boys at the same time as compensation because there's no video clip to go with this entry.

Ondrej
Ondrej is a student, attending high school in his native city. He likes to play table football and plays profi floorball as well. (We can glimpse his personal trainer in Jeff's casting.) The beginning of this episode is very funny. Ondrej himself is tolerant, accommodative, talks black humor all the time, and often makes fun of himself. By the way, he shot a clutch of pictures with Howard Roffman so I am giving you a few of these too. Ondrej looks like a baby, don't you think? His ambition is to own a bar or a hotel in the future.

Trevor Yates
This guy loves dance parties. He plays chess and enjoys card games but even though he likes to dance you'll find him quiet and introverted until the moment he pulls his pants down. His cock is big! Oh yes it is. We measured it and it was 22/23 centimetres. In his casting session he also had the opportunity to play with a dildo. It was his first time but you really wouldn't think so.

Photos - Ondrej

Photos - Ondrej by Howard Roffman

Photos - Trevor

Opening to the scene with Josh, Luke, Kevin and Jan.

This summer George shot an opening to the sequence with Josh, Luke, Kevin Elola and Jan. We all thought it was going to be a great episode, even before it started. But Jan's mother found out about what her son was up to and wouldn't allow him to come back to complete the scene. So the only material we've got of him is that opening. George is still hoping the boy will perform for us because he's already called again and asked for work. (He definitely likes to have sex with other boys). I also have a short story concerning Kevin. He is a novice to Bel Ami and has shot just a few pieces for George. Funny thing is that every time he is giving a boy a blow job he starts to cry. It's not that these are tears of happiness but he's got a very sensitive throat. Luckily we have a solution for this. Lukas has offered himself as Kevi's private teacher. "I'll teach him how to deep throat," he says. "I've had a lot of experience with my lovers in private?" Please, watch my documentary clip on shooting the opening to that scene. Oooops! I didn't tell you who is who from the newbies. Jan is the blond boy. Kevin is the one in the blue and white stripe shirt. Enjoy!

Photos - opening to the scene

Valery versus Johansson - Day 2

There's not a lot to say about this clip (watch it!) so I don't really need to comment much. We suffered a lot of breaks in the shoot because of the rain and the poor light. In Day One you saw Paul's orgasm but it's not that he did it only for Marty's camera, he simply has to climax at the end of each day's work. Normally we don't want a model to come after a performance so he can save his load for the next day but in Paul's case we had to let him do it because he would have anyway, no matter what we said. It made sense for it happen on my tape rather than have him jerking off alone in his room, so the cum shot you see here is actually the one from the episode. It seems some of you didn't relish the factory location but actually this space works well in the movie, providing a good background for Paul and his rebellious behaviour. Naturally, it doesn't all take place amidst the smells, there are other grander, more luxurious, settings.

Photos - factory day two

Paul Valery and Keith Johansson summer episode.

Here's a clip from one of the summer shoots. It's an episode Marty made with Paul Valery and Keith Johansson. This eisode is part of the new movie which comes out next spring. The old factory looks fantastic on camera but the smell from the chemicals they'd been using there was awful. The boys, Marty and the crew had a really tough time finishing the sequence - and it even started to rain while they were still shooting. I can tell you, we all had one great time! This is day one, which takes in the blow jobs. Part two will be the rest of the scene. I'll bring it to you next week. Enjoy.

Photos - Valery_Johansson_day 1

Tetu interview with George Duroy

- Bel Ami is now the leading studio worldwide showing young guys having carefree, happy sex. How do you see this commercial and artistic leadership? Was it hard to achieve?
It's a flattering statement but I never tried to achieve any kind of leadership. As I've stated many times before, I only tried to shoot videos I'd like to buy myself and obviously there are many customers who appreciate my vision.

- What is your definition of the BelAmi style ?
What people sometimes call the "BelAmi style" is a result of a number of factors; some of them are under my control, many of them are unpredictable. You simply do the best job the circumstances allow and spice it with your personal taste if and where possible. More often than not it is simply a compromise between your desire and reality. There are obviously some visual elements typical of my films, such as backlighting, soft pastel colors, the happy mood of the models and certain typical angles. That's probably what people call the "BelAmi style."

- Most of BelAmi actors share strong physical looks. Do you think that pornography is redefinition of gay aesthetics and morphology?
Aesthetics and morphology are moving targets. They change with each generation, quite often even changing several times within one generation. On top of that, each of us has different tastes. Some like twinks, some Colt men, some BelAmi boys. As everything in today's world the definition of beauty and consequently aesthetics are ever more fragmented.

- Most of those actors are coming from Eastern Europe. Is it a look that is common there or do you work hard to found young men who fit the erotic look of BelAmi?
We select specific types of boys and we sift through hundreds of them every year, so it's not a look which is common here. Then there are also other factors than looks which are equally important: reliability, personality, a good erection and so on. I usually call this process "looking for diamonds in the dirt." But then, a diamond has to be cut and polished, and I certainly don't deny that ultimately it's my personal taste in boys that is also part of the selection process.

- In Europe, what are the cities you work most frequently?
It depends. In Prague, Budapest and Bratislava we have studios to shoot our internet content. But most of our major films were, in the last few years, shot on more exotic locations. We took eight trips to South Africa, five trips to Greece; we also shot in Brazil, Spain and France.

- Do you think those looks have a cultural impact all over the world ? Some of the BelAmi actors tour around the States or the world, what is the response of gay fans?
As for the first question, I never think about my work in terms of cultural impact, and I don't have any way to measure any possible cultural impact. But from what I know, Johan Paulik was immediately recognized in New York City, Hong Kong, and a small village (Trancoso) in Brazil, and many other cities around the globe. As for the second question‑-I don't tour the world with the models myself, but from what I hear from my employees, and my bank account statements, I can assume the response is positive.

- Very few BelAmi actors are Black, or Arab. Do you have a feeling your public want it to stay this way?
I never had a customer writing me saying he'd like me to cast a black or Arab boy. As for my personal taste, I really like Mulattos or Blacks or Latinos. As for Arabs, I never had the opportunity to have any kind of experience with them. All those ethnicities are simply very rare and quite often non-existant in the part of the world where I live and work.

- Bel Ami is also very safe, which is, for me, a sign of quality. A lot of gay movies showing young European actors now bank on the Bareback, no condom policy. What do you think about it?
I think that to show safe sex is a sign of responsibility and not quality. As for showing bareback, it's usua

Jeff's extended castings, boy #1, Michal

Jeff Daniels has shot a bunch of Extended Castings over the last few weeks. His sessions have a different structure from the classic ones. Jeff takes the time to play with the boy and introduce him thoroughly to the audience. He lets the boy show us his ass, he gives the boys a dildo to play with, that sort of thing. I'm bringing you a few video captures from Michal's episode. His hobbies are hackis sack, ice hockey, diabollo (it's shown in the casting). Michal's an exhibitionist and enjoyed the shoot a lot. Extended Castings will soon be going online regularly.

Photos - Michal

Attitude Interview with George Duroy

George Duroy
by David Furnish

Who would have thought that Perestroika would be good for porn? That's exactly what happened when Mikhail Gorbachev reinvigorated the former Soviet Union and neighboring eastern bloc countries by demolishing communism with his new spirit of glasnost. Oppressive and draconian media policies gradually gave way to a more relaxed and liberated attitude towards freedom of expression. As the walls came tumbling down, an unexpected new wave in the gay porn industry washed over us.

Bel Ami and its legendary founder George Duroy burst onto the scene with an enviable bevy of hot, fresh-faced guys. Bel Ami served up a refreshing antidote to the increasingly cliché-ridden American offerings and their waxed, steroid-pumped studs. Bel Ami models possessed a natural charm and youthful beauty that was only enhanced by film's thematic explorations of new-found discovery. Two of the industry's biggest superstars, Lukas Ridgeston and Johan Paulik became Bel Ami poster boys after appearing in now famous blockbusters such as Lukas Stories and An American In Prague.

Elton and I had the enviable opportunity of meeting three of the most popular Bel Ami models in Vienna about 4 years ago. We were all guests at an annual AIDS fundraiser called 'The Life Ball'. To say we were giddy with excitement was an understatement. To this day, Elton still jokes that he felt like "he was meeting The Beatles of gay porn". We were both taken aback by their natural charm, intelligence and fiercely loyal to the company that aback launched their careers.

Today, a host of imitators attempt to replicate the Bel Ami formula, making Eastern Europe the global capital for gay male entertainment. The business is now heavily fragmenting whilst the on-going spectre of piracy threatens to bring the industry to its knees, so to speak. I had the opportunity to hook up with the reclusive George Duroy to discuss life, love and the future of Bel Ami.

How did Bel Ami come into existence?
It was easy. It happened in city hall in Monterey California and it cost me $24. And - voila - a company called Bel Ami Photo and Video was born. The rest of the story is material for novel.

You're responsible for finding two of the biggest adult entertainment
stars in the industry's history: Lukas Ridgeston and Johan Paulik. Where did you find them?
You know, for me there are no stars and it is difficult for me to think of them in star' categories. They are just two regular boys from Slovakia and that is probably a big part of their appeal. Lukas we found at the swimming pool and Johan at the ballroom dancing competition. Both of them I met prior to my career directing porn and all three of us never planned to shoot porn. The porn thing just happened later.

When it was launched, Bel Ami was very different from other gay men's videos. What is the secret to its success?
The only thing I know is that I started to shoot videos which I myself would like to buy in stores. I couldn't find them so I decided to make them myself. The rest of the story was an unbelievable set of coincidences, serendipity. It was a lot of effort, but luck played a big part.

You have been making films for over 10 years. What drives you?
Can I answer: am I still driven? In the best case it is a stubborn nature.

How difficult is it for you to find new star?
To find models is easy, but to find stars is unpredictable.

How do you recognize talent? Is it something natural from the
beginning or something that you help develop over time?
There is no easy way to recognize talent. Sometimes it takes a couple of
years to find out what is the real sexuality of the boy and try to capture that on camera. Sometimes you find that your expectations can't be realized because the model is somebody quite different from what you originally thought.

Who are the stars of the future?
I believe that any of the models have the potentia

Heatgay 2006 in Barcelona is over.

Heatgay 2006 in Barcelona is over.

Lukas, Sebastian and I spent five days having fun, meeting the fans, taking tons of pictures with them, and giving interviews to the press. On Sunday afternoon we did a fashion show for some unique T-shirts by Paco Chicano. I think people enjoyed this a lot. We were doing funny things on stage, posing and teasing the audience. The fans were screaming they loved us! - a very nice feeling for all of us. The only negative fact was that the management hadn't printed out enough model cards. They were all gone on the very first day.

In the evening that day there were the Heatgay Awards at the Barcelo Sants Hotel. The organizers gave us a delicious dinner and handed out some delightful prizes - Golden Cocks with cock rings. Bel Ami won for Pina Colada in the "Best Organized Production " category and then took the top prize for Best Film! The event finished up at 3 a.m. Right afterwards Sebastian took the trophies and disappeared into his hotel room. Perhaps he had to feel the prize inside him, who knows, but the following morning at the breakfast he had a mysterious little smile on his face?

Photos - heatgay pictures

Lukas, Sebastian and Johan at Heatgay 2006 in Barcelona.

There is a big gay film festival this weekend in Barcelona. Lukas, Sebastian and I were invited to be part of this event. Promoter would like us to sign bunch of pictures and have a few interviews for the TV or radio. It's meant to be kind of retrospective of our work in porn industry.

We've just returned back to the hotel a minute ago. This afternoon we did one little photoshoot for Zero magazine which is supposed to be the biggest gay magazine in Spain. Fans here in Barcelona are very friendly and nice.

Four Star Jerk-off

This clip came about by pure chance. As Howard Roffman and I were in the factory working on his stills, George and Marty were next door shooting a foursome with Elias, Justin, Josh and Luke. When they'd finished the boys were still horny and wanted to cum. Okay, said Marty, and called me in to capture the action on my camera. I think it's a really cute piece for my Journal. Many thanks, Marty.

Photos - Four Star Jerk-off

Howard Roffman shoots Bel Ami boys, part 2

In this clip you'll see Elias, Justin, Benjamin, Brian, Davy and one of the new boys having fun while working. The foursome was especially great. Elias and Justin weren't scheduled for this shoot - they were working with George in the next room but after he'd finished with them I asked them to come in and join with Benjamin and the new boy. As well as this scene I also promised to show you some of Howard's pictures but he hasn't sent me anything yet, he needs to edit them first. There's no cause for alarm, I've still got enough material for more entries about Howard so for sure you'll be seeing more on his trip to Slovakia.

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Josh and Brandon in Australia

I think you all know that Josh and Brandon went to Australia together last March and there were a lot of guesses about what they were getting up to there.
Well, they went to improve their English, to meet and mingle with some new people, and to travel the world a bit.
Josh played a lot of tennis, often went jogging and loved diving the coral reefs.
Brandon spent a lot of his time surfing and playing volleyball on the beautiful beach.
They based themselves in Cairns and stayed around about in various places, having received invitations to live at the local college, to stay in some family houses and also in hostels. I don't need to tell you, they had plenty of "innocent" affairs during their stay. At least, they say they were innocent and why should we doubt them?
Even though Cairns isn't a very big city they were recognized several times by a few of their fans. Bel Ami spans the world!
Simply, they had a wonderful time! And they even polished up their English some.

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First trip to Greece - Part 1

Hello again, so now that I shown you our little Budapest guide, I have suddenly remembered what it was that Johan wanted me to show you.

This is the first part of a little documentary we made on our first trip to Greece. I hope you enjoy.

Budapest

Johan is away on holiday for a couple of weeks and I promised to take care of his Journal for him. He left strict instructions as to what I was to show you, but I seem to have misplaced them (That's my story and I'm sticking to it) So instead I asked Alex and Milan from Budapest to tell us a bit about their city and show us around. Here is what they gave us, hope you enjoy and are tempted to visit.

Howard Roffman shoots Bel Ami boys.

If you check back to the report I posted on July 17 you'll read what I had to say about Howard Roffman's new project with Bel Ami. As a follow up to his South African portfolio (the very handsome Boys of Bel Ami - which is now on sale and is highly recommended) he recently came to Bratislava for a couple of weeks to photograph a new selection of our boys. I had the pleasant tasks of organizing things for him and acting as translator during his sessions at the various locations.

On this assignment he was shooting digitally and in color but because of a minor problem at the time I don't yet have any proofs - only a few screen captures - but all that he shot is quite safe and I'll be getting it in due course. Meantime, here's my first video on what we got up to.

Most of the boys in this first clip are new to Bel Ami and Howard had a bit of a hard time warming them up. You know how quickly photographers like to work but for some of these tyro models even just kissing and touching was a problem for them to get down to in a few quick moments. Fortunately you won't realize it from what you see here. So enjoy!

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Attitude's photoshoot - part 2

You'll remember that in a Hot News I told you that London's Attitude magazine had visited us to prepare a special issue with the Bel Ami boys.
Firstly we took them around the offices and studio and then went to some of the exterior locations we use for filming. Next they held a casting session and from among twenty five of our models they chose eight to feature in their layouts. It's a pity that so many of the really big stars were not available at such short notice but Josh and Brandon were still in Australia, Marc Vidal had been in an accident, and Mark Aubrey was preoccupied with his exams. Instead Ricky Fontana, Davy Paxton, Ethan Clarke, Giorgio Carrera, Alex Orioli, and Paul Valery were among those they selected.

The shoot lasted two days, both in the studio and outside, and the weather was hell. For five minutes it was sunny and then the next ten minutes it rained. It was exhausting for everyone even though the most of the boys didn't need to get hard. What Attitude finally makes of their visit we'll see either in September or October and it will include interviews with George and with some of the models. Meantime here's my second clip.

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Attitude's photoshoot - part 1

You'll remember that in a recent Hot News I told you that London's Attitude magazine had visited us to prepare a special issue with the Bel Ami boys.
Firstly we took them around the offices and studio and then went to some of the exterior locations we use for filming. Next they held a casting session and from among twenty five of our models they chose eight to feature in their layouts. It's a pity that so many of the really big stars were not available at such short notice but Josh and Brandon were still in Australia, Marc Vidal had been in an accident, and Mark Aubrey was preoccupied with his exams. Instead Ricky Fontana, Davy Paxton, Ethan Clarke, Giorgio Carrera, Alex Orioli, and Paul Valery were among those they selected.

The shoot lasted two days, both in the studio and outside, and the weather was hell. For five minutes it was sunny and then the next ten minutes it rained. It was exhausting for everyone even though the most of the boys didn't need to get hard. What Attitude finally makes of their visit we'll see either in September or October and it will include interviews with George and with some of the models. Meantime here's my first clip of the two I made for you.

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Tommy at Different Light.

I planned on using this entry a long time ago but, you know, after everything that's happened around Tommy the last few months I didn't think it was such a good idea to put it online. Now, when Out in Africa 2 is going to be released in two weeks or so and Tommy is in it, I think it's okay to show it to you.

Last year Tommy did a book signing at the Different Light bookstore in Los Angeles, the day after he sat for his dildo. Prior to this he'd done an interview for Freshmen and the interviewer, Michael Liberatore, threw some very interesting questions at him. I suspect when it's published it will be very funny and well worth reading. I sent them some screen captures from the video I shot while they were moulding the dildo, to use in that issue.

The book signing itself was just like all the other book signings except for one major difference: not many fans turned up. Usually there's long queue outside the store. We think this time it was because of two things. Firstly, Tommy was alone; most book signings have more than one model as the featured guests. (In February 2005 Lukas, Sebastian and I were all there together so the line outside stretched all the way around the corner take a look at my journal about the Oscars). Secondly, it was probably too soon after our February visit to hold another BelAmi signing. I think we should probably reduce the number of the visits we make to the United States and make an appearance there much more of an "Event."

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Luke Hamill training session

Here's another clip of a Luke Hamill training session; this one is with Justin and Jean. George is delighted to have Luke around because he's extremely enthusiastic about whatever he is doing, he's always horny, and he loves training new recruits. (Who can blame him?) It was shot by Jeff Daniels, by the way, so enjoy!

Booksigning in Zurich

Our German distributor, Bruno Gmunder, organized a little booksigning in Zurich back in February. This time they had asked for Lukas and one of the new boys to come along, so we chose Todd Rosset who was new to Bel Ami. He's young, fresh looking and smiles all the time. At the beginning of the signing hour Todd was quiet and didn't talk a lot. Twenty minutes later as he got used to attention from people he was as relaxed as he always is. It was his first time meeting his fans. Lukas, on the other hand, was talking freely to the shop's owner about the dildos, leather and rubber toys on display. Now that's quite an interesting indication of how Lukas's opinion about these things has changed over the years. He got a few samples of the cock rings as well as a dildo to take away with him. I'm very curious to know if he tested it right away - but I wasn't sharing a hotel room with him. That's probably just as well.

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Photosession with Ben Keaton

Here's another photosession from our Australian friend Michael, shot in our studio and on the terrace. Some like his tattoo, some do not. What can I say? It's there and we can't change it. Ben is a hard smoker: he looks very tough but inside he's really a good boy. Manually skillful, he actually built his own house and George now wants to hire him to build the sets in our own atelier. In Greece I shot two episodes for my journal with him, one paired with Justin and then one with Luke. Can't wait to show them to you.

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Haircut

This Special Report shows Luke's and a new boy's change in image. We again invited Martin Kiss to cut their hair in the studio. I found the new boy very shy, he wasn't in his skin, I guess. Here comes a questionnaire. How do you like our models' haircuts? Do you have any suggestions about who should change his image? If we get some creative feedback, I might organize it and film it for you.

These pictures are a tease for my next special report - a photosession with Ben Keaton. Actually, he was with us in Greece for the second half of our stay and you'll like what he shot.
More next week!

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Training Sessions with Dano Sulik

Here is a sample of a short segment from Dano Sulik's training sessions. I found it in our tape archives. It's a bit of an older clip. Dano in his spare time was helping George with new recruits. Please, don't take this as an episode or any other good quality material to jerk off to it. This material shows how difficult it is to prepare a new boy for our movies. The boys are very shy, they don't know how to move, what facial expresions to use etc. Dano's most frequent istructions are: "Give it more energy, relax, move the leg, show it to camera", and it is very interesting to watch how they loose their 'innocence' as they get more relaxed. Dano was the one who prepared Troy Allen for the "BIG SHOOTING" with George. In the background you can hear Sascha Chaykin who holds the camera for these training sessions.

Photosession with Josh Elliot

I promised to give you more photosessions from Jorgen. Here's a short reminder so you remember what I'm talking about:
Last summer we let two different photographers shoot a few photosets with our models. The idea was to try to photograph our models from an outside perspective. We invited Jorgen from Germany and Michael from Australia. Both of them had a chance to shoot indoors as well as outdoors.
They were using our studio and locations that we'd already used for our filming. Of the two, Jorgen's work was closer to what we were looking for.
It's always good to have such pictures for the boys to show to their parents, to stop all the annoying questions about their "modeling work." Michael was trying to shoot in the BelAmi style, using elements from his own imagination.

Josh's photosession was shot in a wonderful location in Slovakia. Jorgen was amazed. It was exactly the kind of place he prefers. He shot some very nice pictures with Todd and Josh. The whole shooting was pleasant and easygoing. Jorgen used almost every inch of the location. As promised, I'm giving you pictures of Josh and Todd. They look great even in b&w, don't you think? Enjoy!

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Danny and Giorgio

This clip shows how much I like our boys and that I pay attention to their every need. Giorgio was sitting on the balcony one morning, horny and playing with himself. I prepared a little surprise for him and invited Danny (who was staying in a different villa) to visit our house. I knew Giorgio had been lonesome for the past few days, so I arranged that he and Danny could provide each other with a little 'company'. The result? Hmm, check for yourself!!

Car competition

Cars, cars, cars.. a huge passion of Bel Ami boys. Lee, our production assistant arranged a trip outside of Cape Town to see a car competition.
We went out to the race track where screaming engines, beautiful bodies (CAR bodies), old, classic cars and much more were on display.
Bolek and Stefan like to eat ice cream while having a break. The way they eat it is more than interesting. Also, Stefan confided in me that he's got one little kink. He likes to think about Porsches when he jerks off. I thought to myself: "Well, a million people, a million habits". Then I got curious about what turns Bolek on. He said: "Hmm.. Ferrari?". I'm happy they were both joking.

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A normal shooting day in Africa.

Here's another clip from a normal shooting day in Africa. Roman and Joey are moving furniture, lighting the space and preparing all necessary stuff for the shooting. Jan is doing a quick photosession with Petr. During their break, you can see how Roman and Joey like to cuddle with each other. But the best part of the clip is the episode with Danny and Bolek. It's really funny how Danny is getting ready to get fucked by Bolek. I can't describe it.. better watch the clip!

Flea market- Roman buys drums.

Once a week on Sunday there is a huge flea market next to the sports stadium. This place offers many "original" african artifacts. You can even barter with sellers, which created many funny situations for our boys.
Imagine
Roman Chaykin and Bolek Polanski who don't speak English bartering with the sellers, whose English isn't that great either. Anyway, after haggling for an hour, Roman bought nice drum for a good price. I doubt he'll ever play it, though it's a pretty decoration for his apartment. Enjoy the clip!

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Giorgio and Marc blowjob

Marc and Giorgio were supposed to shoot an episode with George and Marty in the morning. Unfortunately, the weather was bad so George didn't have enough light to shoot this sunny-looking episode. George, being the perfectionist that he is, cancelled the shooting. Marc and Giorgio went back to the house and of course, they were horny and ready to have sex with each other. They decided to satisfy their needs upstairs in their room. You know me, I must know everything and have to be everywhere so I convinced them to stay in our dining room and show us how excited they really were. I can tell you, it was fast. The boys didn't lie, the were horny as a couple goats..

White house 3

Here you go... another documentary clip from our daily activities in Cape Town.

Adam Dexter begins every day with a little exercise. Marty, Ethan, Joey Amis and the crew like to admire his body. Marty had to check his balls to see if everything was ready to go and Joey acts like Adam was his God.

Danny, Marc, Renato, Ben Keaton and Richie Tyler went to the shopping center. George sent them to buy a bunch of T-shirts for shooting. Of course, they went crazy and so did George when it came time to pay the bill!

After the big shopping trip the kids got very hungry, so they stopped to eat. You may have noticed a few stitches on Brandon's eyebrow. The day before I went to play squash with Brandon. It was five minutes before the courts closed, we were both so tired but we both wanted to win the match. In the middle of it, I accidentally hit Brandon with the raquette and cut him above his eye. He was supposed to do a photoshoot the next day with Marty, too. Brandon, I'm so sorry..

Tommy is a good cook. He was cooking his favorite, chicken breasts with rice. So I asked him if there would be some for Johan too.. Tommy is a nice guy, but nothing is for free in his world. He told me "If you'll let me win the next squash match with you, you can have as much as you want.." Tommy is very good at kickboxing, but squash is not his strong suit.

When the boys aren't shooting they like to rest and hang out around the swimming pool. But Marc's favorite way to relax is to cut the grass and play with the grill.

Enjoy the clip!

Training Session with Marc, Liam and Martin

Training Session with Marc, Liam and Martin.

As I wrote in the hot news a while ago I'm in the process of collecting material from our star models like Marc Vidal or Liam Phoenix. They're helping George to prepare new recruits for shooting, so they're filming the boys as they train. We're calling these new videos "Training Sessions." Marc and Liam each gave me a few samples of their work. I hope you'll like them even though the quality of the videos are, naturally, not on a par with the ones George shoots with Marty.

Martin is a professional swimmer. He's from Slovakia but he's currently living and studying in Prague. He's studying electrictronics at Charles University. He's got a great body and a smooth, hard, straight dick to go with it. Mark and Liam were satisfied with his training session and they both say Martin is a good sport and full of energy and that they enjoyed working with him. He bottomed without any problems and you can see how much he enjoyed it. After the training they boys chatted for quite a while so I guess Martin is not only a sex machine but an all-around great guy.

Photosession with Tomas

Photosession with Tomas- photographed by Michael from Australia

During the summer we let two different photographers shoot a few photosets with our models. The idea was to try to photograph our models from an outside perspective. We invited Jorgen from Germany and Michael from Australia. Both of them had a chance to shoot indoors and outdoors in our studio and on locations we've already used for our own filming. Michael was trying to shoot in the BelAmi style, using elements of his own imagination.
YouÂ1ll be happy to know that all of Michael's photosets finish with a cum shot.

Michael's next victim was Tomas. Tomas is new to Bel Ami. He's only done a few internet episodes for us that were filmed by Lukas. We shot in our studio with the assistance of Matt Phillippe. Tomas is studying at the conservatory of dance in the Czech Republic and his dream is to be a professional ballet dancer.
Physically, he's got
all the important attributes. My first impression of him was that he must be a very shy guy, but after he warmed up he relaxed and it was easy to work with him. In Tomas' case it's not about a big dick. He looks young, his smile is cute and his blue eyes say it all.. no more comments needed.

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Bel Ami boys on quad bikes.

Bel Ami boys on quad bikes.

This entry does't include sexual content, although I found it interesting to watch the playfulness of our boys against the backdrop of the beautiful African scenery. Altogether we did two day trips with our guide James. Each trip we had a lunch break at noon. James would open his back pack and serve us with juicy sandwiches and with coffee. After feeding we could refresh and wash our dusty bodies in little lake with a small waterfall. I showed you pictures to go with this video clip in my last journal entry.

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This is just a small teaser for my next journal entry- the photosession with Tomas. You can read more about it in the hot news next week.

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Tommy and Marc blowjob

I am supposed to carry my video camera with me all the time. On the fourth day of our stay, in the afternoon, I was spying on Tommy and Marc who were resting at the pool area. Marc had a small videocamera in his hand and was talking to Tommy who was a few metres away. After a while Marc stood up and came to Tommy. I thought they were just going to talk. Marc didn't stop shooting. In my clip you can see what their discussion was really about. In the end I took Marc's tape and combined it with the material I shot. Please forgive Marc if his parts are slightly out of focus, he had other things to focus on.

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These pictures announce my next non-sexual dokumentary African entry, the boys on Quad bikes. I got a contact for a guy who rents quad bikes to groups. He arranged two whole day trips for us. I took my camera and shot a few takes from my bike while riding. I almost fell off. However, one of our boys, Rick Fontana, really flipped upside-down, tumbling over and over on his bike. I saw it and thought he killed himself instantly. He had very good luck. Nothing really bad happened to him. Just a few scratches on his body and broken lights on the machine. Our guide told us he had to call for a medicopter a few times in the past. Some people don't pay attention to the guide's instructions, drive dangerously and then end up in a chasm. He also remembers three who died. After our guide told us this story, you could see a line of very disciplined Bel Ami boys riding slowly.

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White house II

Here's another documentary clip from activities at the house. Ethan and Liam were life-savers: Sascha was hanging outside a swimming pool just about to fall when Ethan and Liam pull him back into the pool, saving his life. Then Sascha and Liam were cooking in the kitchen, complaining that they didn't have enough ingredients, but still believing that what they were making would be edible. Then Tommy, using his own video camera was asking me a few questions, like "What are you doing here?" I answered, "I'm watching the boys because they're naughty, irresponsible like children. They would playall day long." Sometimes they gave me a lot of stress keeping them in line. Sascha had a Nimbus 2000 broom (like Harry Potter) and he was playing with it. Ethan was yelling, "Liam, let's all get on the broom!" Then Tommy and I had a little play-fight. Basically we were kicking each other in the balls apparently that's what they do in his city for fun! Then Tommy was on the terrace interviewing some of the boys. "What are you doing, playing with your dicks? Ethan, you're trying to make a penis out of that? Sascha, your balls look like a dog's balls when you squeeze them." Now you should understand what you're watching.

A cumming competition

A cumming competition.

Were you ever curious what our boys talk about
when they sit around the table after lunch? Of course they talk about sex.
The length of their penises is of utmost importance. They endlessly debate
how you can tell the size of someone's dick by their foot size, the length of
their nose, or other such comparison. Once they settled on whose was the
biggest I challenged them to see who could cum first. Ethan Clarke couldn't
cum in front of the others, while they went to splash in the pool, he was
still jerking. After he finally came he said, "I'm too romantic. I need
my privacy"

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There are
always problems on location. Sometimes you can work around them, sometimes
you can't. For example, because of his exams Matt Phillipe came to Cape Town
one week later than the rest of us. His skin was as white as snow.
George
ordered him to get some color. On his first day he got so sunburned that we
couldn't film him for many days afterwards. To make it even easier for
George, Matt had to leave earlier than everyone else, also because of school.
But George, being the clever man he is, managed to film what he needed with
Matt in the little time he had.

Without question, our boys' favorite
activity is drinking. And they always drink too much. As you'll see our
cameraman (Mark Russos) and Tommy got so drunk they were useless the next
day. Tommy slept sitting in the car on the way to Cape Point. Mark couldn't
even get out of bed so Sebastian filled in as second cameraman that day.

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Ratanga Junction and eating chili

Ratanga Junction and eating chili

Every time we go to Cape Town the boys always want go to the amusement park, Ratanga Junction. They enjoy the fast rides -- the ones which make your head spin. They also like to compete on the sledgehammer and see who's the strongest. Then at lunch Johnny Surabaya bet everyone that he could eat two whole bowls of hot chili sauce. The conditions were that he had to do it in less than 3 minutes and he could eat just one piece of bread. We were shocked that he did way under the limit and no bread between eating! You'll be relieved to know we didn't film him in the bathroom afterwards.

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Almost every night boys wanna go to discos. One such night they started drinking in the car on the way. For some inexplicable reason Sascha "borrowed" an umbrella from the hotel and started to play with it outside the moving car window. Of course he broke it. Inside the disco, the boys quickly dominated the place. Everyone was starring at them, watching what they would do. Our boys gave the locals lots to look at when they stripped off their shirts.

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Stefan and Bolek blowjob

One day Stefan and Bolek went water skiing. I noticed them looking at each other all day. When I asked them what was going on the answer was: "We're just flirting." Later on, in the house, I ran into Bolek looking for Stefan. He found him in a small room, reading.

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Here are some of the pictures Joel D'amici made for his personal collection He took hundreds of pictures. I especially like the one of him with the penguins. I never got the chance to go to that beach. Lucky Joel.

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Bel Ami was in South Africa again

Here is the second set of my South African Journals. It contains several video clips and a lot of documentary pictures. During this trip George and Marty shot a number of big episodes, I shot some of my behind the scenes episodes and a lot of documentary footage. This Journal is actually a combination of two trips to Cape Town last year. As a result of these trips George released the movie "Lukas in Love," as well as "Out in Africa 1 & 2," coming out in early 2006.

To whet your appetite to follow my African Journals here is what you can expect to get in the next few weeks: You'll see 2 or 3 clips of daily activities at the houses (fun at the pool naked, cooking, resting, cutting the grass etc.), about 5 sexual clips (a cumming competition, Tommy and Marc's blow-job, a full episode with Danny and Giorgio and two more blowjobs). Then there are several non-sexual clips from various activities outside the houses such as an old car competition, day trip on quad bikes, amusement park, eating a chili pepper and many other interesting things.

Enjoy and have fun!

With love,
Johan.

Brandon and Marc's first home video

Brandon Manilow and Marc Vidal aren't only Bel Ami models, drivers and production assistants. They're starting to shoot as well. I already showed you a couple of their "training session" video clips. Now they came up with a new idea:

One day I met Brandon at the office working on his laptop. Seems that in their spare time, he and Marc shot and edited their first attempt at a home video. They wanted to end up with something they could watch at night before they go to sleep. The story is simple: these two met Troy Allen and one more model on the street. Brandon asked them for help in the house. The whole sexual part is shot in a bedroom full of Buddhas. Brandon liked being on the opposite end of the camera a lot. He said it was so exciting to come in the new boy's mouth at the end. Troy tried it also. Enjoy!