Some seem to think otherwise, but I doubt if the surfer spending $30 a month does.
There are many different elements that go to making a good porn set what I've done here is list what I think is important and given them a % of importance.
This is a personal view, but I welcome comments as always.
25% Models Beauty
Simple one really a
Grace will convert better than a
Susane. Nothing wrong with Susane and I love working with her, but Grace is better looking. Expect to pay more for these girls, but expect to earn more from them as well.
20% Pornographers experience
Over the years you learn more than how to get the exposure right. You learn how to control, direct and motivate different models, the most important tool in a pornographers skills. Models come to a shoot to earn money, usually with little intention of doing anything more than the minimum and no intention of fucking anyone, even if they are doing porn boy girl scenes. We have to make them look like they will fuck the world for a pizza. Also add to this his knowledge of the niche he's shooting.
15% Pornographers personality
Some guys with all the skills in the world just can't shoot porn, simply because the girls do not like him. They distrust him and he puts them on the defensive.
10% Models personality
This is essential, some girls are happier posing nude and for porn than others. Some think we are all perverts, or they should be in control or are just plain dull and bored by the whole thing. A few girls are excited by the whole porn posing thing and very willing, some are not and even on guard.
10% Quantity of work
A model and a shooter get bored after a few hours of this, it gets harder to motivate yourself and the models. By the end of a ten set shoot day the work is crap.
10% Shooting on the right day.
Ask your girlfriend what I mean by this if you do not know. There are days in a girls cycle when she is hornier, get her on that day and you get a better shoot.
4% Shooting the right scenario
Girls want to be portrayed as beautiful sex goddesses not as the slut next door. Shooting a girl in her fantasy will produce better work than doing something she does not like.
3% Photography skills
With todays digital cameras anyone with an IQ over 50 should be able to get the exposure and focus right.
3% Equipment
If the model walks in and see you have $10,000 worth of equipment you are going to get her attention and a different reaction than if you're shooting with a $300 camera her boyfriend uses.
I might have the % figures wrong because this is a personal view and I put it in my order of importance. But as I said I'm willing to listen to your thoughts.
So when you're buying porn think about what you delivering to the surfer. Something off a production line will not produce the same reactions as something crafted with skills.
So when you compare prices between an experienced professional and guy who's been shooting 12 months please ask yourself who will convert the best. If you don't think there's a difference between the two ask yourself if the surfer willing to spend $30 does.