Questions for adult photographers
 

Hey, a few of my partners and I are going to start shooting some of our own content and I had a few questions for adult photographers (and anyone else) already in the business:


A) Where should I purchase and which brand products would you recommend for lighting and backdrops?

B) Do any of you have a sample model release I could look at? I know this takes hours of legal work with a lawyer or someone with similar knowledge, however a few ideas would help.

C) Do you do indoor our outdoor shoots mostly? Which do you prefer, and why?


Best Regards,
Patrick

Patrick. Not to be a dick, but if you have to ask these questions, then maybe you should stay out of that end of the biz.

Make sure to buy quality equipment. Things should be done professionally so the quality of the picture comes out on target all the time. Go to http://www.bhphotovideo.com for all your video needs. I recommend tungten lighting at least 1000 watts with umbrellas. Ive never purchased backdrops so I cant help you on that end.
I have printable model release forms if you want to hit me on icq 48533292 I'lll give them to you. I prefer indoor video with good lighting but if it's nice and sunny out make sure the camera has it's UV filter on and your picture will come out really nice.

Why?

If I were you I'd find myself a good photograhy forum.

I respect your opinion, but I have to start somewhere.. I had no idea what HTML was and can even remember asking my PC specialist in 5th grade what a thumbnail was and how I could make one lol.. but I ended up teaching myself HTML and graphic design, 3D design, Flash design and ActionScript programming, as well as programming in VB, PHP, and PERL..

We all have to start somewhere, and adult photography is not exactly my field of expertise.. I've taken plenty of digital photos, some of which I'm very proud of, but all have been landscaping so far.. I've never had to learn about backlighting, contracts and release forms, etc. since I've only taken shots of buildings, etc.

Regards,
Patrick

http://www.calumetphoto.com :thumbsup
been buying from them for years... and if youre in LA, they have a shop in hollywood for hands on the products

i always prefer outdoor.... i like the outdoors..... but its kinda dificult and a hassle to shoot a hardcore scene outdoors :(

For still photography this is completely incorrect advice. Do NOT NOT NOT buy tungsten light and expect that your photos will be of acceptable quality. Buy STROBES ONLY.

I use Alien Bee 800's for my lighting, and I have two of them. They are a good light to start out with, and they're relatively inexpensive. I got the pair for about $800, and that included the stands, umbrellas, cases and sync cords. If I were you, I'd buy three of them.

You can buy MUCH more expensive lighting such as Profoto and such, but you'll be spending money that's not necessary to spend at this point. I work with Profoto kits at a studio here but it's overkill for porn most definitely.

As far as the tungsten comment, buy three 500 watt lights for VIDEO use and you will be fine. Just make sure you have a 3 chip camera such as a Sony VX2100, but a 950 will get you by.

For camera body's, go with a Canon 20D and you'll be very very happy. Here's a link with a good price. http://expresscamerascom.instaccount...192940&start=1

go to google and type in photography and read for a week or two and then you will learn what you need...

For video -

You can get cheap softbox video lights on ebay. I spent $750 on a really nice one before I thought of going on ebay. They have a set of 3 of them for around $300. The quality isn't anywhere as nice but they'll work just fine. Be sure to get an umbrella light too.

And as Xenigo said, get a VX2100 if you can afford it. Otherwise a TRV950 (or better yet a good used TRV900) will work fine. If you shoot in progressive mode, you can just grab your photos straight from your video, and skip the still camera and strobes all together. If you've got cute models, and a good niche noone will complain. I've done it that way since '98.

Go to home depot and get 2 500 watt halogens, it's a one unit piece. It's a yellow and cost is $30

Thanks for all the advice, it's much appreciated :)

Good advice so far.

Hey, everyone starts somewhere...
at some point, Richard Avedon picked up a camera for the first time and probably didn't know what an f-stop was.

"Hey, Avedon, put the fucking camera down if you don't know how to use it!"

I always chuckle when I see threads that tell people to stay out of the business when they have a question.

With that said, "Stay the fuck out of the business! We don't need more competition!" :321GFY

Best of luck...

Calumet ROCKS! They have great and affordable lighting kits, too!

The yellow work lights are good lights... the problem is... they aren't diffused in anyway.... so you need alot of them... because you'll want to bounce them off the wall....


With soft boxes... you can get close up to the subject and really do alot more interesting things...

as for cameras... what do you want to spend?

the best 2 right now for this type of stuff is canon gl2 and sony vx2100


for stills.... get a down and dirty (no removeable lense) nikon or the sony dsc-f828