

BDJ - Henry C from Cardiff
I hate shooting in kitchens. When we do indoor home shoots, usually we just walk around and find various areas to use as backdrops, but I...


Cutting is the Worst... with John H
One of the worst jobs of editing Elska is having to cut guys from the issues. It's been a necessity in every issue so far. In Issue (01)...


A Yemeni and then an American... with Joejoe F
Cardiff shoot week didn't get off to a great start. I arrived into the city on a late Tuesday afternoon and had one shoot already planned...


Sioux (That's Not What Kisses Should Taste Like) ...with Jon D
As I've said time and time again, anyone is welcome to take part in Elska, even straight guys. To be honest I didn't know anything about...


Tea... with Dave R
When Elska did its first shoots a year ago in Lviv, Ukraine, I believed a tradition had started. For that first shoot week we rented an...


Elska x Maison Galles
I didn't know exactly what to expect from Maison Galles, or rather my expectations were far exceeded. In my mind, it was going to be a...


Accents (Too Welsh)... with Orrie M
Years ago when I was at uni during a linguistics class, the lecturer played a series of recordings where scripts were read out in various...


Foreigners are Allowed, or Should They Not Be?... with Oliver D
I had an interesting conversation with a friend recently, who casually asked how the Cardiff shoots went and what sort of progress I was...


What Wes Taught Me... with Wes S.
Because we don't hire professional models at Elska, pretty much every guy you see in our issues are first time models. However, a few...


The Quiet Ones... with Luke C
Luke was one of the most up-for-it of the Cardiff boys. He was the first guys we found (I think on Instagram), the first we scheduled to...