Originally Posted by justinsain

My point was you don't need most of what you listed to create and successfully sell porn imagery.

People will pay to see a huge, expensive, expertly created adult film by someone like Andrew Blake and people will pay to see a very amateurish video of a couple on vacation having sex on the motel bed shot with one table lamp and one video camera resting on a pile of towels on a chair in the corner where the angle never changes.

EXGF stuff is a hot seller right now along with self shot. Disregarding the legalities and only focusing on the creation and results, which is what your list was about, people will pay to see a poorly shot picture taken with a cellphone camera of a mirror reflection. Technically you can't get any cruder than that but it's a hot seller and it doesn't take any of what's on your list to produce it as the original pictures are done by girls that have none of that to work with. Those that REPRODUCE that " exgf or selfshot " STYLE can have all the resources they want but it's not necessary as proven by the girls that created that style.

Your original question was " what does it take to shoot the best porn " and my problem with that is porn covers such a wide spectrum of imagery and literature that it can't be pinned down with one " best way " to shoot it.

Your list falls more in line with producing high end productions which I'm guessing is a small percentage of all the porn available to consumers on the internet.

When digital replaced film, the price of equipment became affordable but still produced a quality image and with the internet making the delivery and sale super easy and affordable, anyone with a few hundred dollars can go create and sell porn. A couple can go buy the bare necessities and create a very successful website shooting themselves around their house and pool and do it without anything from your list. They probably won't win an AVN award but they can make a decent living with a great return on their investment.

So who really makes the best porn. A big budget adult film that's expertly shot but just manages to break even on it's investment or an amateur couple at home that shoots some very average ( technically wise ) imagery and spends $100 a month on expenses and makes $5,000 a month in return.

Today is A LOT different than the 70s and anyone can jump in the fray and try their hand at creating porn. The door is wide open and there is no secret recipe for success that takes years of knowledge and experience to acquire. For me the BEST porn is the kind that yields the best ROI and you don't have to have it all to accomplish that.