Skin & Boners: The problem with shooting amateur porn
Who needs 14 years of experience in Amateur Porn when nothing gets any easier? - I'm joking of course. Looking back at the last six movies I did I can see not only a positive progression but also how much I struggled with the first two shoots I did this year and how much things have improved since. About three months back when I got the chance of keeping Cumtrainer online and relaunching the website I was enthusiastic about getting started and prepared myself for what would become the movie called "Boob Job", the first thing I'd shoot in 2014 and the third release on the site. I'd done four scenes in 2013 ("Anal Comeback", "Lick it", "Lawnmower Woman" and "Hardwood") but there was a massive gap to be bridged and I felt a bit out of practice now that the camera would be watching my every move. To make things a lot worse, I not only had to deal with a spectacular skin rash but also a nasty eye infection that would have made me the ideal casting choice for the movie "Red Eye".
So next Saturday, when the "Boob Job" video goes live, you'll be able to see me at my worst, which, depending on how amateur you like your porn, might actually add to your enjoyment. But anyway. We (and by we I mean my trusty stunt-cock and myself) had burnt ourselves many, many times on 800 W studio lamps that tend to fall over and singe your asshole at the most inopportune moments especially when handled with fingers covered in cranberry flavored lubricant. Major boner-killer! (Great name for a drill instructor, by the way.) So in order to keep the dick hard and cut down on porn-related injuries we bought a lighting kit that uses fluorescent bulbs. Much cooler and economical. Also less bright and a heck of a lot more green than expected. So with the white-balance switched to the appropriate Daylight setting and the whites of my eyes dialed all the way to tomato-red we managed to finish both the photo shoot as well as the actual titfucking video. When I saw the results on my iMac I was just about ready to throw in the towel and quit. Both the footage as well as the photos had a sickly green tinge that had to be painstakingly color corrected, with mixed results. The new lights did however bring out the skin-rash perfectly and my eyeballs looked like delicious cocktail cherries. Yum.
A week or two later (while the Football World Cup was still on) we shot our second scene in 2014 called "Half Time" which will go live on the site in a few weeks. Disappointed by the fluorescents we decided on shooting in available light which looked great on the two inch display but turned out to be super grainy in Final Cut. Again, with my experience this shouldn't really have been a surprise but I was still trying to get back in the saddle. And talking about achy nether-regions, I also had my period, which necessitated some cunning special effects trickery that would have made both WETA workshop as well as Galadriel blush. The fact that I didn't like the new hairstyle much rounded things off nicely. - You'll see for yourself soon and you'll probably agree that the NEW hair is a much better fit.
Things started to turn around (quite literally) with me spinning on the office chair for our 30 x Ass-to-Mouth special. Loved that shoot and the footage. The added shots from my second unit - the smartphone - spiced things up a bit and broke up the monotony of seeing me getting fucked in the ass over and over again.
Shortly after and with spirits lifted we shot "From Ass to Throat" and were dealt a major blow. (Yet another great name for a drill instructor). We'd forgotten to push the shiny red button on the camcorder and lost the whole final scene including the cumshot. So when you watch that video today, I wonder if you can tell that the second half of the movie was shot something like 10 days later. Fooled you, didn't I?
The upcoming "Seven Days" was a blast to do and, except for the unusually time-consuming edit, came out just as planned. The day after that we had everything set up for our "Attic Shoot" (working title at the time) only to discover that once again I had my period. There seems to be a monthly cycle or something, it's weird.
Many husbands will tell you that anal sex always comes with strings attached. I'm not like that. Except for this particular shoot which we spontaneously declared to be an assfucking scene since I had no choice but to stuff a tampon up my secret garden. There you go: String attached. - BTW: The video is now called "The Anal Alternative" and will be available shortly.
Still wondering if you should start your own amateur porn carreer? Ask yourself this: Can you keep a camera steady while pumping away vigorously at up to three different holes? Can you keep your dick hard while wondering if the camera is steady enough while holding it over your head like an idiot trying to "get the shot"? Could you operate a tripod while screwing because the above mentioned problems forced you to take Viagra which did nothing for your erection but gave you a massive headache and a panic-attack? Could you still smile enthusiastically with a dick in your ass despite the fact that the lube has dried up a Minute ago but you don't want to ruin the scene? I for one recently managed to a) not choke during the "From Ass to Throat" mouth-fucking sequence and b) cut the inside of my upper lip on my incisors because of the scrotal pressure on my mouth. (Yes, I know it wasn't actually scrotal pressure but I couldn't think of a shaft related quip.)
I could go on forever. No, actually I can't. It's just a saying. But the things that go wrong, you wouldn't believe! On the one hand it's hard work and persistence and discipline. On the other hand it's not like we're sewing Nike trainers in a Chinese sweat shop. It's fun too, a lot of fun. Sure you can do it once, twice, maybe ten times. But try doing 300 shoots over one and a half decades without losing interest or getting frustrated. It's a real challenge. Like a friend of mine once said: "Try making 300 of anything." - OK, wiser words have been spoken, but I agree nonetheless.
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