

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...


Being Bored, Being Boring...with Bruce B
I don't remember how I found Bruce. My inkling is that he responded to a post I put up on social media looking for Elska boys. What I do...


My Cardiff Crush... with Radek P
For the past two issues I've done a "My Crush" blog post, so I figured I should do one for Cardiff too. The trouble was that in Cardiff I...