Anybody notice something different on Guylty.WP.com? The anthracite background was looking a bit too gloomy for my taste, and so I’ve treated myself to a pristine white background. And what better to inaugurate the expanse of the virginal white, than a gallery of contrast-rich b/w images. *Guylty rummages in her archive* I may have to work on the header image, though… looks slightly out of place on the classy, fresh white.
Forgive me if I am flogging a dead horse, but a few of my pictures have proven quite popular over on Twitter these last few days. You probably have seen them before – it’s the images taken at the European premiere of DOS in Berlin, December 2013. Without going into technical details – I was never too happy with them, bar that *one* image that I made look acceptable using the old trick: When it looks shite, just make it black and white. It never occurred to me to give the other images from the series the same treatment. They are fashionably soft with some edgy grain in them. Yeah right. They are out of focus and suffer from camera-shake. But in the post-climactic lull after the auctions, I had a little play with them. Encouraged by the Twitter response, I am re-posting them here in the gallery below (click to enlarge). Feel free to use (please credit, though). My pressie to the fandom. I’ve even refrained from sticking a watermark on them 😀 So here is “bum, modesty and the lash”
All images © Guylty Pleasure – colour versions and full Berlin loot here in the second slideshow.
Jump to Part II with bonus pics of the Berlin premiere here.
PS: Dedicating this gallery to Herba at Unkraut vergeht nicht. Happy birthday 🎂 and thanks for your always entertaining blog! ❤
Oh, those lovely waves, too! Gorgeous, Guylty! Thanks! Second from bottom on the left is my fave, I think… 🙂
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Glad you like these – still ;-). They’ve been around for such a long time. And we’ve seen the crew cut and the beard long enough. It’s time for a return to stubble and waves…
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Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!! I especially love the looking down/lash ones!
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Honestly, in my less gracious moments I am deeply envious that a man (!) can have such lashes!!! Want them, too. Hmph.
But ya, RA is easy to photograph – as attractive people usually are…
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Oh wie schön, so in voller Glorie. Dass b/w so “scheinen” kann!
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Hat doch gleich viel mehr Klasse, wenn man die Farbe rausnimmt, oder? Das ganze Rot/Lila in den Bildern ist einfach viel zu grell. So kann man sich mehr auf die einzelnen Wimpern und den Schwung der Haare konzentrieren 😉
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Kontrast ist König!
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ContRAst-Rich, gell…
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Mist, wie konnte mir das entgehen. Zum Glück habe ich dich 🙂
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Ich wollte diesmal nicht herablassend ein “see what I did there” einfügen 😉
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Ne, ist ja auch garnicht deine Art. Btw, wie willst bitte du dich auf 1,83m herablassen? Immer das BOTFA-Höckerchen am Mann, oder was?
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LOL – du musst mir die fehlende Länge auch immer wieder reinwürgen :-D. Ich schraub mich auf Hacken 😛
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Fein, erwarte dich. Bist trotzdem kopfmäßig mal mindestens auf Augenhöhe ❤
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ok, ok, hab mich wieder beruhigt. Du kannst das gut!
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Aszendent Wahaaaaage 🙂
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Oh my goodness, the second one from the bottom on the left side.
*swoon*
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That’s RA in conversation with a fan. Looks nice. Who am I kidding – looks swoonworthy.
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Thank you for your wonderful pictures. Beard and length of hair were perfect 🙂 too long ago!
And happy birthday to Herba!! ❤
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Yes. I mean, I think there is a clear message in the response to these megalithic photos: Your fans want to see your hair grow, and your beard gone, Richie!!! I loved that look, too.
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Reblogged this on Just Richard Armitage and commented:
swooning … recovering … swooning some more
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LOL – maybe I should’ve put a “DANGER – HOT” warning on this post? Thanks for reblogging, Jolly!
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I’m just going to enjoy this as my birthday treat too 😉
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Oh – HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSANNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
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Happy birthday 😀
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❤ Not healthy for my heart. Few moments ago a slice of pear almost went the wrong way down my throat seeing one pic of Ann Boudreau and now this. 😀 They are simply breathtaking, I mean he is 😛
p.s. I don't know what that girl (with curly hair) was looking at in opposite direction!! I mean, having Richard in front, and looking somewhere else… hellllooooooo?! *shakes her head in disbelief and sighs*
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I am beginning to get worried about you, Andrea! Every time I post something, you experience health problems. Do I need to include liabilities notices? 😉

Hehe, yes, the curly-haired girl was noticed by someone on Twitter, too. Easy explanation, though. She was looking at this:
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did you take this one as well? very nice (he doesn’t look scared at all! 🙂 )
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Yes, that’s mine 🙂 My friend, who was standing below me directly at the railings, asked BC to please look up into my camera. And he did. He posed very nicely, and then he sweetly said “thank you” to me… What a gentleman!
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Ok, I know how tastes different from person to person, but I will repeat my question: why look at another when Richard is 40 cm from you? 😀
p.s. I know what to expect of your post or anyone else’s for that matter, but still I am amazed every day how he amazes me. And let’s call that healthy health problems *grins* And judging by all lovely ladies here and their reactions (fanning, swooning, etc.), I am not the only one with the problems 😀
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dropped the ”are” behind tastes. 😀 My brain says one thing, fingers type another.Grr.
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Well, I am completely with you, Andrea. It beats me, too… 😉
And yes, you are not alone. It’s really nice to be surprised and delighted all the time! And all the better for being able to share the expression of delight with others.
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second from the bottom on the left is my fav as well, but the one that is two up from that is cracking me up- it looks like he’s trying to be polite but looking a tad bit scared 😀
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LOL – what are you implying??? That is when he is directly looking at my camera…
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I just call them like I see them… 😀
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omg, we get all this with no water-marks and no begging, like all at once???? and we can touch them and use them?? the world has turned on its axis! :-p
And Herba gets all of these to herself???? you trying to kill the girl or what? 🙂
I like.. nr 1…. those curls… and the oh well.. and the bottom right corner one especially and the profile one of him talking all attentive, so sweet! And can you imagine him batting those eyelashes at us? .. swoon
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LOL, well I am not Dunn, eh, done *innocently whistles*
And Herba has to share with you all – but at least she’s got her name on this post 😉
Number 1 – there is something so vulnerable about the neck, and I love it when you can see the tendons on it, highlighted by the hair growth. Makes you want to reach out and feel, doesn’t it?
And whoa, batting the lashes? It was bad enough just staring at them through the lens….
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Of course, you’re done 😀
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Herba should have a birthday like this every day! Where is my fan? It’s HOT in here. =) I love the attentive one. Oh to be engaged (in conversation!) with such a one…. No, seriously, I need to find my fan.
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The attentive one – i.e. second from bottom left? Yes, that is a nice one. Although slightly non-committal, I think… But yes, I’d love to have a conversation, although it might be more effective if I was blindfolded, otherwise I’d be distracted… haha
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But it would make for such a cute picture… his look of puzzlement as he encounters the blindfolded admirer… *snickers*
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*giggles* I can just about imagine his reaction… Mind you, on second thought, being blindfolded would probably then add to the effect of the voice. Not sure if that makes it any less dangerous…
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Oh, dear. That IS a point to consider. LOL!
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he’d probably feel the need to lean in and whisper 🙂
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*shudders* and *goosepimples*
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and then his nose would bump most inelegantly against your ear, what with the size of it and pointy and all :-p
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Geez ladies, you are really spinning it out… this is a tale for a NSFW RPF *grins*
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and i thought the reshaped pointy nose would be the end of the fantasy :-p seems i was wrong LOL
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Wow! That’s a big camera! ( I’ve never forgotten that line from him to you)The pics are great and as you know, I have my own special version from you, featured prominently on my dresser. ( The cat keeps knocking him over).
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*eeeks* Did I say that he said that to me? My memory eludes me!
That cat obviously knows a rival for affection when he sess one 😉
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What a treat. Love all of them. Makes me mourn his luscious locks. BTW, none of your shots are shitty. They are beautiful as the man himself. I am hoping there is a Pilgrimage premiere in Ireland where you can use your big camera to capture him again. Fingers crossed.
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The Berlin look was just perfect. He seemed to be in a good mood that day, probably excited and happy that his family was there, and I think that shows on all the pictures that were taken of him that day. He was smiling and positively beaming.
I am hoping for a “Pilgrimage” prem in Ireland, too – and if so, I’ll make my way there, come what may 😉
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wheeeeewwww. let me just wipe the drool off my face. thank you. thank you. thank you. seeing our favorite guy like this surely makes my day. love the curls and five o clock shadow. when patients start acting up first thing in the morning, i just put my screen saver on (of course it’s going to be a montage of him) and all is well in the world. nothing can ever ruin my day.
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Well, estella, feel free to use my pics in your montage/screensaver 😀 If they make you happy, then that is the best I can ever hope for as a photographer.
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i have him on all my computers!!!! thank god hubby is not the jealous type. i even told him i want to buy the full size photo of richard with the jailhouse rock pose. claiming this is art and will appreciate in value. why bother with warhols with marilyn monroe and others when this brings such pleasure???
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Good thinking. I can only applaud you in buying photographic art as an investment!!
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Love these! Thank you for sharing with us. I too am a big fan of the second from the bottom on the left 😀
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Glad you like em in b/w :-). Second from bottom left seems to be a new favourite. I wish it was less fuzzy but well, in small resolution it looks sharp enough. I like it, too.
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I love these pictures and I have already told it to you but I am happy to do it again. I love the way the light is shining in his hair, I love his smile almost shy. It’s strange to think that this is the one being Proctor one year after. They are so different. Hard to think that this is the same man. How this man is able to change physically it’s amazing. You can be proud for these photos Guylty and on our side we are proud to be your RA’s blog fans !!!
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Thank you Katia for your kind words <3. Yes, he looks so completely different from Proctor. Or from Thorin, for that matter. He was much lither than the chunky dwarf king, and much smilier than the grumpy farmer.
And how are you, btw? Hope you are well!
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Did you have ANY idea when you took these, that they would be some of the greatest pics of him EVER?? Because they are ❤
I'm having trouble coming up with a fave, I like the one on the top right (I just ignore the pole 🙂 Bottom left is fantastic stubbleporn and lashporn both 🙂 Still love the composition of the one I have, bottom right ❤ And top left is great because of "the view" (ahem 🙂 and the little girl on the left!! That would SO be me!! 😀 😀
B/W is beautiful ❤ thanks!!
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Aw, you are too kind, S!!! The reason you may find them great, may be because you can identify with the feeling and the photographer 😉 They were definitely taken by a fan 😀
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Weellll, I think it’s more than that, you’re very modest 🙂 but I’m definitely all about my personal connections too! xx
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Absolutely.
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Thanks for sharing these again Guylty, it’s been a while since I’ve seen them. The second from bottom left is my fav’ too along with bottom right which I happily stare at often as it sits on my desktop computer ;o) xx
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I really should have pushed the second bottom left out far earlier. It really is a nice pic of him, soft or not. Glad to hear a virtual piece of me is on your PC 😉
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…..sigh…… oh I suppose I should say something else. His suit, his hair, his entire look in Berlin was one of the best. My favorite of all his premiere looks. OK, maybe a “sigh” is all the statement necessary.
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I know, I know. If I hadn’t had my camera as a shield, I probably would’ve fainted 😉
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Ravishing photos. I think these make him look younger somehow…
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They totally do. That beard and short cropped hair he is sporting at the moment makes him look much older…
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Awwww, das seh ich ja jetzt erst. Vielen Dank, das ist ja total süß ❤
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Büddö, gernö. Nicht, dass du dir dafür was kaufen kannst, aber naja. Zeichen setzen, der Gedanke zählt, und so… 😀
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These photos are stunning. I don’t see any fuzzy-ness or blurry lines. All I see is one gorgeous man. Good job taking them; I would have been absolutely and completely numb from awe.
My favourite look on him too. I remember being in London at the time of the Berlin premiere when you bloggers began publishing all these images. What a shocker – in more ways than one 🙂
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Well, he’s gorgeous, whether photographed all sharply in focus, or with a bit of soft blur. *purrrrr* 😉 And let me assure you – I would’ve been numb and awe-struck myself, had I not completely switched to work mode and shot, shot, shot… Mind you, I certainly noticed it when he directly looked at the camera (the extra blurry pic) – I had a near-stroke LOL
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Oh, swoon!
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