ZakImages.com features the photography of Fred Pyrczak (Pyrczak Photography), who specializes in distinctive male portraiture.?? The overarching goal is to glamorize the male models to bring out their masculine beauty. Glamorization is achieved through the use of optimal lighting as well as proprietary digital processing techniques. An auxiliary goal is to create portraits with an air of subtle sensuality.             Pyrczak Photography maintains an extensive collection of props, with an emphasis on items with which young male models can identify such as sporting equipment and musical instruments. Many of the props are "vintage," such as antique saxophones and used, distressed football helmets. The props are used to provide distinguishing "details" as well as context for the portraits. “Sizzling Men: So Hot Their Clothes Burn” is one of Pyrczak's most popular folios. The dramatic photos in this folio are created by having the models first burn their wardrobes (designer underwear, swim suits, shirts, etc.) with a propane torch. Then, the models put on the burned clothes and dive into the swimming pool outside the door of the photography studio. The wetness of the burned clothes causes them to cling sensually on the models' bodies.             The “Trench Coats: Sensual Flashing” folio is also a favorite. While trench coats are often associated with stereotypical flashing, they have an honorable history dating back to the World Wars as protective clothing for soldiers. Typically made of gabardine, the coats “drape” when worn. This portfolio features upper-body shots of models with trench coats draping off their shoulders and are taken with soft, natural lighting.             Other folios include “Boxing: Men with a Punch,” “Military Men,” and “Musical Models.” Young male models are especially enthusiastic about posing for these folios, and their enthusiasm shines through in the photographs.             Pyrczak Photography is located in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, where the photographer opens his private art gallery (Zak Images Gallery) to the public several times a year for special photo exhibitions and events. At the most recent photo exhibition, a fund-raiser was held for AIDS Project Los Angeles.             The young male models featured on this Web site are professional models and young actors at the beginning stages of their careers.             Our no-strings-attached weekly photo contests for cash prizes on our blog at http://zakimages.com/blog are our way of saying "thank you" to our regular visitors.             Distinctive portraiture of young male models. Fine art portrait photography of interest to the gay community. Photo contest with cash prizes." ZakImages.com features the photography of Fred Pyrczak (Pyrczak Photography), whose specialty is distinctive male portraiture. While the main Web site (www.ZakImages.com) presents slide shows of Pyrczak's main portfolios, the associated Blog (www.ZakImages.com/blog) presents posts with still photographs.             For many of the models featured on the Blog, there are brief model's biographies. The biographies describe the models' professional experience as models and actors as well as their other entertainment industry activities. Each biography ends with the model's statistics (age, height, and weight). The models' biographies are updated periodically to keep visitors up-to-date on the current activities of their favorite models.             A popular feature of the Blog are no-strings-attached contests for cash prizes and gift certificates. For each contest, one or more of Pyrczak's photos are shown. A recurring contest asks contestants to submit titles for selected photos. Other contests require contestants to submit correct answers to questions, with hints to the answers given in the posts. Visitors can subscribe to the Blog in order to receive email notices when new posts are published.