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Old 03-02-2009, 04:28 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by dave90210 View Post
Why exactly?
Many reasons, too many to cover in one thread, here are some the problems.

The entire business is full of pulp content, for 10 or more years most people cut back on the production price to raise quantity levels. So anyone who does not have a unique idea and angle that will sell to surfers will it pointless producing more cloned content that is already on 1,000s of sites. Exclusive or non exclusive.

You need to able to come up with something that has not been done 100s or 1000s of times before, yet will still sell. You then need to be able to find models who will carry out your directions so well the surfers will see the difference between your scenes and the scenes of people who have been shooting for years and even decades.

And this is the tough part. Today's models are no where near as pliable, willing and eager as girls from 10 years ago or even further back. It can be done but it's not easy and it's a skill a pornographer has to learn over the years. Directing Jill needs one approach, Jack another and Janet another one still. Producing porn is about controlling people, not a camera so your skills as a photographer are not going to help.

OK let's assume you can do all that and do it well with HD, perfect lighting, the styling spot on for the niche and models who are drop dead gorgeous. Now you have the real tough part. You have to sell it at a profit.

And there is your real problem, few will pay the extra to make a scene that is so different a surfer will want to join instead of watching 100 similar scenes for free on a tube site. And they won't give that job to a newbie.
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