When people look at a situation without tunnel vision of the posters name, they might ask questions.
For instance.
Offline mags, videos and shooters were well aware of online in 2001, as Dean points out they were aware of the fall in sales. I met Steve Hicks and other shooters shows. As well as many editors and even directors and owners of offline porn companies.
Magazines did pay on publication, some paid right away. Sullivan would write me a check while I stood in his office, he worked from home. LOL. Not video companies they were paid on acceptance by the distributor or publisher. Both Cable and Video publishers/distributors worked like that.
So they were well aware of online. And the editors and directors were also very well aware of the prices being paid for content. Many scoffed at the sites that had to shoot for themselves. They knew it was best for them to employ shooters and get on with the publication side of the business.
They knew dozens of shooters were creating an exclusive set and video for a fraction of what they paid for the license for one country. They knew if they bought the scene exclusive, they could sell the licenses again for more than they paid for it. This goes for video and magazines.
They also commissioned work. A commission is where you shoot something specifically to their instructions. For these they would pay on delivery, well the invoice would go to the accounts department for immediate payment. They wold also de a deal for work with immediate payment. Offline shooters mostly chose to wait for the bigger sum. If they had asked a shooter to shoot for them, they could of paid his online price on acceptance and made money from the work.
Same goes for shooters. If the offline guys would accept the low online payments, they could of. They knew where the money was. And chose not to. They could of sold online what they shot for offline like we did. That was a mistake many regretted. None to my knowledge came online to shoot custom, no online shooter did much offline. The reason is obvious, one side wasn't paying enough, the other wasn't good enough.
Yes Dean if they had of wanted you to shoot for them, immediate payment wasn't a problem. Especially for what you would of charged. In fact I could of bought off you and sold to magazines and waited for the money. Cash flow was never our problem.
But you're Dean Capture and no one will ever think twice about what Dean Capture says.
Yes according to Jel I'm wrong, I get the grammar wrong.
Is that his best shot?