Model FAQ
If you've already been a model or performer with me, please know that I'm working now on a new site through which to deliver pictures to you. Drop me a line if your contact info has changed. Otherwise, expect an email ASAP.
I'm usually working on something for which I could use another few nekkid people to perform some variety of unnatural acts. There's a pretty wide variety of projects I have on the go at any given time, including a whole lot tamer and a great deal more intense images than are represented here. Speaking of representation, I'm eagerly seeking more people who aren't typical of the bodies most often shown in porn. More men, more uniquely-bodied people, more people of colour, and more people over 40, for instance. If you're over 18 with 2 pieces of picture ID and have a genuine enthusiasm to be seen on camera in sexual situations, get in touch!
Some frequently asked questions by people who're curious about modeling for me:
What happens on a shoot?
Most critical is what happens before we start: we make some decisions about what's going to occur on camera, where, with who and how (based on your interests, your boundaries, and our shared vision of what we'd like to see as a finished result). I generally like to allow at least 2 hours for the actual photography. I work slow, fiddle with lighting & angles, and try to give people lots of time to warm up. Friends and chaperones who'll help you get in the mood are welcome. Jealous, nervous or judgmental companions are not. I offer a respectful, straightforward, hands-off interaction and great results. If you're looking for anything more complicated with me, save it for when I'm not shooting.
What do you do with the images?
I'm always looking for new magazines, galleries, individuals and sites to buy my work, so it's most honest for me to say "I sell my pictures and video to the people who provide your family, co-workers, schoolmates and future life partner with porn. Still interested in modeling?" More specifically, I store them, sell them, print them for gallery display, collage them with other images, put selected copies up here and in other portfolios to promote my work, etc.. To that end, I ask models to sign a release form allowing me to use pictures as I choose.
Who will see them?
Water generally flows downhill. Nekkid pictures generally flow toward the people you'd be most embarrassed about seeing them. Before you model for me, make your peace with the possibility that the wrong people will eventually wind up seeing them at the wrong time, in the wrong contexts, with potentially awkward results. I like faces, and I like showing people's faces in my pictures. With a few selected exceptions, there isn't usually much opportunity for anonymity in what I shoot. I might be willing to negotiate small amounts of image doctoring or creative costuming to obscure identifying tattoos or birthmarks, but this is a negotiation that must happen BEFORE we shoot.
What if I change my mind?
You control pictures of you by deciding what you do or don't do in front of my camera. I control which of those images ever sees the light of day. Once it's out in the world neither of us controls it. The time to change your mind is before we've made the pictures. I can not and will not withdraw images of you from circulation when you've gone into politics, hooked up with someone controlling, joined the priesthood, had a bad body-image day or had second thoughts for any other reason.
Do you pay your models?
Often I do these days. See the "how much" section below. Alternately, I sometimes compensate models in prints/copies/other photo work. In the case of offering compensation in prints or picture copies, please be aware that there are sometimes significant delays before I deliver model photos. I'll deliver a few (15-40, usually) expertly retouched best pictures from our shoot as soon as possible.
How much?
Rates vary a bit, but I try to keep it fairly consistent no matter what the content is. The point is to reward the time of everybody who gets in front of my camera, not to lure people beyond their comfort zones with extra dollars. Let's talk. Obviously, this is also a negotiation that must happen BEFORE we shoot.