Andrew Blake review

Andrew Blake review | Mr. Pink's Porn Reviews
MrPinks.com review date - 12/30/2015

Overview:
For photographers focusing on the naked female form, shooting a Playboy centerfold was once kinda like making the cover of Rolling Stone. Nowadays, not so much, not with so many places to view the work of erotic photographers and pornographers of the highest calibre. Not with Playboy now choosing to move away from nude pictorials and focus on their mainline journalistic efforts. Not with legendary Playboy lensmen Andrew Blake having his very own website to which he now invites you, the devoted fan of breathtaking artful eroticism and creative hardcore sexuality, to sign up, sign in, and stroke yourself into a blissful nirvana of steamy sexual desire. Blake's lens has shot most of porn's more notable women over the last few decades, even Dita Von Teese has performed cunnilingus before his camera! On Blake's official site, self-titled of course, you can find a plethora of porn that, although as visually explicit as Evil Angel and the like, manages to give each physical encounter and exploration a deep atmosphere of lust and sensuality. At a cost of $29.95-per-month, Andrew Blake is an erotica site more hardcore than most, a hardcore site more artful than most, and a nude art exhibition that won't bore you to tears. Quite the contrary, Andrew Blake will keep you up (and up!) for hours.

Pros:
A gifted photographer with the ability to bring out the depraved leather-clad whore inside the most beautiful porn and erotic talent of our time, Blake's work has a style very much its own. His use of film grain, fog effects, specialized lighting, and a wardrobe of incredible costumes all contribute to the heavy atmosphere that practically reeks of simmering bodies about to really heat up.

That Playboy credit alone didn't give Blake the chance to shoot the world's finest erotic models and pornstars. His skill and artistry helped a little bit, too. Seen through his lens, Blake's models often look their sultriest and most decadent, donning vinyl, latex, leather, and lace, wearing dark and heavy makeup, smoking cigarettes, drinking champagne with the likes of Aria Giovanni, Faye Regan, Anita Bond, and Bobbi Starr.

In 720p resolution High Definition streams, videos mostly offer crisp and detailed visions of Blake's preferred beauties gettin' naked and writhing around with a pal. Streams load and buffer quickly for smooth playback. Photo galleries also offer strong imagery in 1200px and occasionally 2000px resolutions, viewable online.

Heading towards his 800th scene, Andrew Blake and his crew keep adding more video material at the average rate of one scene every two days. All members enjoy access to some quality bonus content, too, including behind-the-scenes galleries documenting classic Andrew Blake photoshoots.

Cons:
It's immediately apparent to anyone with a finger even close to the pulse of the porn world that Andrew Blake's recently featured material is not all that new. In fact, much of it appears to have been shot more than five years ago when performers like Andy San Dimas, Aria Giovanni, and Tori Black were at their peaks of their careers.

It's also no surprise then that Blake's work hasn't been made available in 1080p HD and likely wasn't shot at a resolution any higher than the current 720p peak viewing format. Photo galleries could also stand a resolution upgrade, lagging behind many competing sites and photographers already surpassing 5000px.

Neither video nor photo content can be easily downloaded. Actually, unless you count the obvious ability of users to save individual images, nothing can be downloaded at all. Galleries do not offer a zip option, leaving only online viewing photo-by-photo; videos are strictly streaming-only.

Navigation options aren't exactly abundant at Blake's online empire. Members are given only a few tools with which to browse, trawl, scrape, and otherwise enjoy the fruits of their purchase: a model roster and chronological video and photo update listings, that's basically it.

Conclusion:
Blake's work has a unique style that's been cultivated and refined over many years behind the camera. Hopefully after a few more years behind the computer screen, Blake's online representation will be a bit more accomplished. It's easy to fall in love with Blake's visually decadent work, just as it is with his exquisite roster of world-class nude and hardcore models, but being a few years old at this point, it's starting to lose its sheen. Film grain, rarely seen in porn today, makes frequent appearances here, as do fog, smoke and lighting effects, adding plenty of atmosphere but also resting heavily on stylistic elements far more popular in the 90s than today. Porn lovers who often find themselves watching the classics or wishing today's porno newbies had a bit more glitz and glamour than slut-next-door to them will relish the chance to step into Andrew Blake's glamorous, seductive world.