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Old 08-01-2010, 01:59 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by amacontent View Post
Bottom line, every client has a budget and he will choose the producer who will work with his budget. If that producer has to lower his rate to fit in that budget, youre dam sure he will try and find another shoot for her that day to make his day more profitable. Anyone who tells you different is flat out lying and trying to make himself look good here. Im not talking about a guy who books a girl for a day rate for one client because first girl will be too tired and producer will lose his edge shooting too long a day.

Too many people try to make themselves look like the hero.
When you're paying this rate you can't pick and choose your producers. You're stuck with whoever will work for that price. The fewer producers the more the videos resemble each other.

Unless someone else is picking up the tab for the model, expenses and possible location costs, or you're shooting multiple girls on a casting including ugly ones, there is no way this can be done.

Unless a decent client orders one or two scenes. The shooter pushes it through and then on his money you would shoot a free scene for yourself. Nice business.

Or are you saying the girl should be paid extra because of an added shoot?

Personally I shot for a market that paid $1,000s for a set without a video. Not $100s for a set and video. Or I shot for myself from the amateur type of content on Astral Blue or for the content stores. Making me enough money so I can sit back and retire. At the rates paid today you guys will be working until you drop. If the market is still there.

Look around at the online porn industry and tell me how many top notch shooters are working for sponsors? Guys who sold sets to Penthouse, Hustler, etc or Wicked, Private, Evil Angel, etc. No we have mostly guys who are way below that level because we pay so badly.
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