I've
just spent a very pleasant afternoon revisiting Petter
Hegre's site Hegre-art.com. Some of you will remember
an earlier version of this site called Hegre Archives
- a high-end softcore site featuring the photography
of Petter Hegre. Well, the original site has recently
been relaunched following a complete makeover taking
something like 10 months to complete. We were interested
to see what the new site has to offer hence the new
review.
The girls: Petter
Hegre always had an incredible eye for a pretty girl
and photographs them with incredible professionalism.
It goes without saying that all the content here is
unique. Such is the fame of Hegre's work now that he
attracts and features premier models - who
appear on the covers of Vogue for example - not to
mention a former Miss Venezuela, and top fashion
models from Milan and Paris. Many of the girls, however,
are just ordinary but lovely girls from Russia or the
Ukraine. Nevertheless ,whether the models are sophisticated
fashion models, or just "the
pretty girl next door" variety, Hegre succeeds
in his objective is to bring out their simple and unspoilt
beauty. |
Image of the day
Updates daily |
Images: One
of the best improvements to the new site is the availability
of high definition photographs. Many are now available
at 3000 and even 4000 pixels. If you set your image viewer
or browser to show the image at full size it's like these
girls are standing right in front of you. WOW! You can almost
feel their skin texture and the softness of their hair. These
are images for the real connoisseur of beautiful women.
I just wish I had a 2 by 2 meter screen!!
Sample image galleries
- the highest resolution pictures are only available
in the members area |
Videos: These
are as good quality as you'll find on the net. They work
well displayed at full screen size. Available for a range
of platforms: Windows, Apple, DivX, QT and iPod. File sizes
are typically 20-40 MB. Now this is a personal view,
and in no way a critism of Hegre's movie work, but I don't
feel that videos work so well with softcore material. Photographic
images of a beautiful woman, especially the high resolution
ones created so professionally on Petter Hegre's site, far
out strip the quality of video. I suppose what I'm saying
is that it's the technical limitations of web based movies
that leaves me wanting much more of video softcore material.
Also, video is essentially an "action" medium which
is maybe why it doesn't work for softcore but does for hardcore,
in my view. That's it - I'll shut up now.
The site: There
is more to Hegre-art.com than images and videos. You'll find
an active forum for member discussions and a place for members
to post their own photographs (there are a lot of these images
too). You can send e-cards of your favorite models to your
friends or download some images and videos to your mobile
phone. Generally we thought that site navigation was easy,
although you have to get used to its tendency to open pages
and images in new windows - but that's a minor gripe.
Quantity of content
and updates: at the time of reviewing there are
over 68,000 images, 164 films and 164 models. The site
updates daily.
Value for money: $29.95
represents good value for this large amount of high quality,
exclusive content with daily updates.
If you like this,
then you'll like this: Hegre-art.com is now
part of the New Nude network of sites. You can find out more
about all these sites by visiting the
New Nude Network for a summary of NewNudeCity.com - featuring
the work of Richard Kern - GalleryCarre.com and NewNudeMag.com.
Summary: Hegre-art.com
features stunningly beautiful young women, exquisitely
photographed and many presented at jaw droppingly high image
resolution. Definitely a site for the connoisseur of the
female form.
Review date: December
2005 Visit
Site Score: 95%
