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Originally Posted by Rochard
There was once a time when only a handful of photographers could produce Playboy quality photography. The cameras were way too expensive. That has since changed in the past few years; For less than $2k you can get a decent digital camera with a great flash.
Playboy's problem is it spends tens of thousands on a single shoot, whereas someone like FTV Girls takes a hot chick out to public location and just shoots. Big difference there.
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But here's the thing I think Dean may have a point with....
I believe that Dean's shoots cost as much as or perhaps more than a Playboy shoot. The team he works with, the locations... it all adds up... Pictures like that on the norm, take some cash to produce.... We have done shoots like that in the past (Twisty's, Dean Capture, Playboy, etc), but they definitely cost.
On the other hand... I shoot like FTV does... and for that matter.. could name a few other sites, but it is much more cost effective for me to say to hell with renting a house for $2500 and having a makeup artist on staff and having 1 or 2 or 3 lighting assistants.... I know what I can shoot consistently for the best price... so that's what I do. If I had Rob's money.. or Dean's I might consider otherwise... but then again, Rob is making bank doing what he is doing, so why change. (BTW, my cost of production, with modeling fees, is under $2K for a day.. not amazing.. but I know what level of quality I want to put out for that value as well... I don't attempt to match what Dean does for that value.)
Playboy has lost their touch with who they were... they have attempted quietly to make a run at harder levels of explicitness and forgotten to stay true to what made them.
Evolution is interesting, isn't it? I have been surprised by Penthouse actually.... they are more tame than Playboy for the recent past.