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Originally Posted by theking
You got it...it is basically different strokes for different folks...some do like the more glamorous and professional look and some don't and I suspect that more don't than do.
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It's not that simple. Wish it was.
What the customer wants is the fantasy he needs delivered. It can be a girl getting out of a $1m car in front of a $10m mansion and dressed in designer clothing.
Or it can be BVF's girls in their houses.
Everything has it's audience, some larger than others.
What it has to have a shooter who knows how to deliver that fantasy in a professional and competent manner. Even if it's amateur it refers to the people in front of the camera, not the person holding the camera.
To shoot a girl like it was her BF or husband doing it is tough. It requires a personality, skill and experience that few have. IMO one of the best was John Mason in his best years. He had a way of communicating with girls that made them natural and he also shot a lot of Page 3 content so was able to operate at both levels. And shot content for English Heritage, so 3 levels.
Look at
www.astral-blue.com to see what I could do. Learning from him I was able to make some professional girls be themselves and make new girls feel comfortable enough to reveal a lot of things.
Shooting at the top end requires a different skill, you need to instill in the model that you can shoot for Penthouse, know all the poses, looks, angles required and the photography skills. Michael Ancher IMO was great at this as was Viv Thomas.
Generally the higher the ladder a shooter could climb the more money he earned. That's why I left Amateur behind. The main reason is simple. 100 can shoot badly for every 1 who can shoot very well. And the same goes for sites.
If a site can truly move up the ladder it can move into a less supplied market. And more profitable market. Too many in online porn are at the bottom of the ladder, it's not always about what the customers want.
It's also about supply and demand.