Fit as a Fiddle

Confident and relaxed on the train, this fit as a fiddle hottie shows how to ride the T with no hands by adopting a relaxed pose against a railing. Coffee - check! Facebook - check! And now he's on his way to wherever he may be going. Nice glasses, too!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Sports Marketing Manager
Photographer: FT

Conundrum

We do our best to bring you quality pics of handsome men on the T. Pics that not only show the nature beauty of our subjects, but also which help tell our story about the man and whom we imagine him to be. Alas, lighting on the Red Line is not conducive to glamour shots of our hotties. Nor is the Red Line's rather bouncy and vibrating nature of the Red Line trains.

Our photo above is an ideal photo prospect, showing not just one but rather 2 handsome fellows in one shot. And they're both reading. One is reading via a Kindle, the other is reading a paperback. Such a composition is a natural lead for a storyline about eReaders vs "real" books whilst showcasing handsome men. Alas, it appears not to be in focus. So let's look at the picture below!

Here we see a pic taken from the same spot, but obviously in better focus. Alas, the gentleman with the paperback book is hidden by hottie in the front, and the lighting is, well, less than ideal.

With situations such as this we use basic photo editing tools to add brightness, contrast, saturation, and structure (to name a few that we tweak). Which means that in order to get a better view of our hottie(s) we sometimes sacrifice focus for visibility.

Just thought we'd toss this out to you as we literally have taken tens of thousands of pics of men on the T, yet only have featured just over 2,000 on our blog. We try our best to bring you the best!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Professions: Photography Analysts
Photographer: GB

TJ!

Our delightfully prepped out hottie today is a dead ringer for our HOTT Crew's friend TJ (of TJ &Maxx in Gloucester). TJ is convinced he was separated at birth from his identical twin brother when he was accidentally handed over to a blue collar family. And our hottie above, identical in every way to TJ, has all of the hallmarks of hailing from a family of wealth and privilege, and of having a longer record of breeding than a Kentucky thoroughbred.

We're so glad we found TJ's lost twin brother!

Location: Red Line at Harvard (of course he's at Harvard!)
Imagined Profession: Old Money (new money is so vulgar!)
Photographer: GB

Tall and Tanned on the T

As Mary Berry, host of The Great British Baking Show would say, "Simply Scrummy!" As tall as one of Paul Hollywood's baguettes is long our hottie stands out amongst the throng on our train. His shirt is as colorful as a Prinsesstarta and looks quite comfortable, too! As they say in our Dominions Beyond the Seas, "Nom, nom, nom!"

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Master Baker
Photographer: GB

Red Hair at Morning...

...T riders take warning! Could our copper-haired hottie be a harbinger of horrific and humid storms this afternoon? Could our tall and lean fellow be an MBTA-version of the weather beacon atop the Old Prudential Building in the Back Bay? (Steady blue, clear view. Flashing blue, clouds due. Steady red, rain ahead. Flashing red, snow instead... except during baseball season when it means a Red Sox game has been delayed.)

The next time you encounter a tall ginger on the T remember that it's a weather warning!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: MIT Researcher in Atmospheric Science
Photographer: GB

Merry Christmas?

What can one say, except Merry Christmas! This handsome and buff fellow sure knows how to catch one's attention! With the extraordinary humidity the past couple of days this vision of winter holidays helped us to imagine cool dry icy blasts of air wafting around us. We were not expecting a red shirt / green striped shorts combination this morning! This is better than coffee!

Location: Red Line at Harvard
Imagined Profession: Manager, Christmas Tree Shoppe
Photographer: GB

Muscle Monday

Even from a distance we could tell this hottie had a boatload of masculine muscles. Just look at those biceps! And his shortsleeve Henley shirt is the perfect accoutrement to those beefy pecs. What a handsome fellow on this Monday morning!

Location: Red Line at Central
Imagined Profession: Cybersecurity Engineer
Photographer: FTH