i see some very high quality str8 porn photographers who do work like paul markham. great professional lighting, and they always use a hairstylist and makeup artist as well as good quality studios. i worked for one program who got 8 shoots done by a porn producer in hungary who - for every shoot - used a makeup guy, hair guy, lighting guy, grip, video guy, and still camera guy. the video camera and camera were of a VERY high quality.

so i don't agree that it's a fact. there's no reason to do another site like AAG, 'cause it's already there, but if you spend enough money, you can find gorgeous professional models in a large variety of looks. sure, if you spend $100 an hour for amateurs like i do, you get amateurs. that's fine, too.

but if you use a photographer who really knows his shit, high end video cameras, lighting men, and makeup people, you CAN make a site of the same quality. but you will spend some SERIOUS money getting started.

what if you were to do a site of that quality about twinks? that wouldn't be ripping off AAG, and i'd love to see it. the prettiest slender gorgeous 18 to 21 year olds shot with the ultimate quality in a variety of locations. or truly model-quality black guys, in full-on calendar quality shoots - i think it would ROCK!

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Anyone thinking about competing with AAG, forget it.

AAG has some well-seasoned mainstream modeling photographers. Some of their guys even shot the A&F catalogs and other stuff on that level. Not to bash adult industry photographers, but nobody on our end has the skills and equipment to do what mainstream can for a project like this. Just a fact.

And good luck finding models for such a site. Even great porn models are "guys next door" compared to legit mainstream models. So you aren't going to recruit them off the street at the rate you'd need. You'll be using agencies. Then of course they aren't going to work for $200 like a desperate twink will.

The pro mainstream photographer will cost you. And don't forget the hair and makeup professionals you'll need on hand also... or the wardrobe.

Great potential for such sites, but not something you decide to do on a whim... or a budget for that matter.

Anyone from our industry attempting such sites will be putting up cheap knockoffs. But I'm not saying anything you don't already know.