dustin72 said:
Interestingly enough, a guy that lives in my complex owns a home that he rents out solely for shooting pornography, and apparently it pays for itself monthly. Yes, I also live in the pornography capital of the world....

Since no one else will ask I will. Anyone know how to get into the porn business? I hear the money can be good if you are (good).

What trade papaers? Like Variety? Or is there a paper specfic to porn?

pushback said:What trade papaers? Like Variety? Or is there a paper specfic to porn?

There are porn specific rags, off-hand dont know the name. The big move in the industry is gay porn, so if I was use I would try to get into that. More opportunities for men, who historically have been somewhat limited in the porn industry. Great chance to get in on the bottom floor.

cameron2003 said:There are porn specific rags, off-hand dont know the name. The big move in the industry is gay porn, so if I was use I would try to get into that. More opportunities for men, who historically have been somewhat limited in the porn industry. Great chance to get in on the bottom floor.

OK--thanks. Just curious, but not THAT curious.

The website idea sounds interesting. Anyone have any info on starting a website?

I have a friend in Vegas who's a photographer (primarily adult) and shoots exclusively in his home. He's been doing it for years (going back before I knew him) and has filled his house with different settings/props in every room. Although he'll photograph just about anything (glamor shots, graduations, weddings, modeling) most of his business seems to be female nudes. I'm sure it's nothing compared to certain parts of California, but Vegas has a thriving sex industry and plenty of women who aspire to be a part of that industry. Although some of his work (usually non-nude bikini shots) is regularly featured in Vegas papers, in most cases his customer is the woman being photographed. Usually they're trying to put together a "portfolio" for themselves.

I don't know the full story on how he got started, but it sounds like he started out small in his spare time with photography having always being a passion of his. He's paid off his mortgage and his expenses aren't that significant so in the years I've known him he's been able to get by with his photography business, only occasionally having to work "real" jobs. Most of his customers have been very satisfied with his work and recommend him to their friends, which has led to his business grow steadily. More recently he has expanded to offering his house/studio for rent on the internet to other photographers (usually out of town) who want to use it for a day to shoot whatever project they're working on in the Vegas area. He's had a number of takers on this, but is still building up this part of his business.

He has his primary photography business pretty streamlined to the point where he can do great and original shoots with very little effort on his part and I expect his business to continue to grow in the future. Right now he's not making a fortune doing what he does, but certainly more than he needs to get by and he enjoys it. As he jokingly explained it to me once, "I don't need to go out to have fun...beautiful women drive to my house, strip for me, and then pay me when they're done"
In reality he's a little more jaded than that and although he still enjoys photography doesn't find him job nearly as interesting as most readers here probably do!