Jake,

If you're in Canada, you may want to talk with Paul Kent-Snowsell, he is widely considered to be the top adult industry attorney in Canada. I've heard him speak and spoken with him at a couple of conventions and he's a great combination of someone who knows his shit but isn't arrogant or condescending. He's in Vancouver.

http://www.hierosgamos.org/hg/db_law...e2&pcomp=30578

As for being embarrassed or uncomfortable about shooting content, I think a lot of people are probably in that boat when they start shooting content. I think also that, no matter how much porn you've seen, for most people it's a little bit surreal or shocking the first couple of times you're shooting content of people having sex in front of you. Try working first with a couple of people that you either know and are comfortable working with, or people that have worked for other producers. Once you've shot a couple of scenes, the 'surreal' aspect will go away and once you've shot a hundred scenes, you won't even notice that you're shooting porn

My former business partner who was a model for us as well as shooting a lot of our content often had problems with getting aroused during the shooting of scenes, which was really distracting to him and resulted in the camera work being less than ideal in some of the early scenes. Eventually, he figured out the best solution was to disappear for 5 or 10 minutes and jerk off right before shooting the scene. Of course, no one has to know you're doing that, but if it's an issue, it may solve a problem and allow you to stay focused.

Hope that info helps