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Some samples of Brian's photos: Dana Kelsey Heidi Heidi Veronica On model Heidi's recommendation, I call him Tuesday afternoon, August 16, 2005. Brian (who's in his fifth year in porn): "I came from a bad place. The first time I saw a picture of a naked girl (circa 1963), I never got over that. "When I was a kid about four or five years old, I would sit on the floor and try to look up my mom's friends' dresses. I was the little kid that nobody in the neighborhood was allowed to play with, because of all the nasty s--- that would happen in the garage. I'm in the right business." Duke: "What was it like photographing Heidi?" Brian: "Heidi is a trip. When she started telling me all the Arabia and Yemen stuff, I was fascinated. You never know what a model is going to pop out with. She was really happy with the pictures. That's what makes girls happy. You give them money and beautiful pictures and girls are set." Duke: "Who are some of the most interesting models you've shot?" Brian: "I've shot most of the big models but I shoot them in an amateur environment. The only models I don't shoot are those who come into the business and go straight into mainstream Vivid-type stuff. I don't have Vivid budgets. Once a girl starts working with a big-time agent, they're just unattainable for me. Because I mostly shoot for the amateur niche, my clients don't want models who've been shot all over. "I've shot most of the Penthouse Pets in the last few issues (Celeste Star, Jamie Lynn, etc). "Women are a lot more interesting in their thirties than when they are 18. Wouldn't you think?" Duke: "I'm not sure. They often turn more bitter in their thirties." Brian laughs. "Other than those girls... They have more life experience and more stuff to talk about. "Some of the girls I shoot are still in highschool, though they are 18 of course. I shot Kinzie Kenner when she was just barely out of highschool, or still in. Then I shot her two years later and she was no longer a kid. She was a woman. "I did Gen Padova's first professional shoot. She was so nervous, I didn't think she was going to finish the shoot. Then, when I put her in a girl-girl situation, she was so happy. "Look at what Gen does now. "Gen is a good example. It was good for her to come into Adult." Duke: "What percentage of girls do you think it is good for them to get into Adult?" Brian: "Girls do this for three reasons. The ones you don't want to shoot are the ones who come in and want to run some creepy agenda and punish themselves. Then there are girls who come in for the money. Then there are girls who love the camera and would have sex with any weirdo who came by in their free time anyway." Duke: "How many girls do you sleep with?" Brian: "I don't sleep with them. Models aren't attractive to me. Maybe I don't have much of a personality when I'm not shooting." Duke: "What percentage of them come on to you?" Brian: "I'm too afraid to let them come on to me. I don't do anything without a signed release. I only have sex with models when I'm shooting POV. There are some test shots that get a little bit wild, like last night. We did a bunch of stuff. However, it was on video and there was a release signed. I just sold a bunch of [scenes] to [Homegrown Video]." Duke: "What do you love and hate about your Adult work?" Brian: "I love the photography and I hate the scheduling. I hate the negotiating with clients and girls. I hate the business end of it. It's one thing to have a beautiful woman come in and take beautiful pictures of her and it's another thing to have her come in and you have two hours to take 5,000. "I talked to professional photographers before I started doing this for a living and one of the common threads was, 'I don't shoot for fun anymore.' "After shooting all week, I don't pick up my camera to have fun. I just get in my car and drive around." Duke: "How did you get into porn?" Brian: "I was disabled in my previous career as a lighting director. I kept stepping down positions because I didn't like the work. I'd go from being a lighting director at a TV station to an electrician. I got my shoulders injured on Sister, Sister. I was disabled for two years. I lost everything. I lost my health insurance, my savings. I was on welfare. "So I emailed a website and asked them what did they pay for pictures. I showed them a black-and-white nude I'd shot. They gave me a change. My first paycheck was January 1, 2001. "Now I'm learning to shoot video. I f----- up a lot of video but I'm learning. I'm putting my own site up called wantongirls.com. I'm going to spend a day with a model, shooting what I can on her, nothing filthy. Maybe some Playboy-plus, but no graphic inserts or gapes. I'll interview them about what their lives are really like. "I'll put up a mainstream site (lahots.com) with just hotties on it and I'll sell banners to restaurants and stuff. "I just got pulled off my webhost today after five years. Because I shot Adult. They said I had 90-days to get out." Duke: "What's the most dramatic shoot you've had?" Brian: "Dramatic for me is different for me than for a model. Dramatic for me is when my crap breaks and the agent is banging on the door -- 'Are you done yet?' Or you shoot a bunch of stuff and you look at it later and it looks like ----. "But I don't have experiences like running down the street with naked girls and the cops chasing me. "I'm talking to the girls about going in and out of the mountains and shooting. I've already talked to the forest service to see what is OK with them. There's a certain amount of people you can have before you have to spend money [to get a permit]. They don't want you shooting sex or open-leg nudity, but you can shoot Playboy stuff. It really depends on what ranger is hanging around. "I have a two million liability rider which you need to shoot in state property. If I go into a mansion and the chick smokes crack in the bathroom and knocks over the main base, I'm going to be covered." Duke: "How often are chicks on drugs when you shoot them and how does that affect their performance?" Brian: "I don't like it when girls smoke pot because they can't look in the camera. I don't use drugs. If they can smoke pot and function... A lot of them will go out on the balcony and get high, and that's cool as long as they can perform. But when it comes to the more exotic drugs, you can't focus on the job. "I shoot a lot of girls, and I'm always looking for an excuse once a shoot starts to stop it. So if there any issues, they have them before they start working. If anything comes up weird to me, I say, 'Why don't we reschedule when you feel better?' Or, 'My camera broke. Can we do this later?' "Plus, I'm heavily tattooed. When some people look at me, they're like Buckwheat. Their hair stands up and their eyes pop open and they start backing up." Duke: "What percentage of shoots don't work out?" Brian: "Forty percent right off the bat. That's a common industry number that no one talks about. For a porno company, that's no big deal. 'Find someone else who breathes and will accept penis.' But for someone who shoots custom content, it's either that girl or nobody. I don't have the luxury of saying, 'Why don't I just call Sally up? She'll do it with five guys and a dog.' "Some people think the industry is growing exponentially. That more agencies mean more models. I think there are only a certain number of women willing to do this. If you have 25 agencies with 10,000 girls, it doesn't matter. Only a 100 girls are willing to do it." Duke: "Do you prowl for girls?" Brian: "I'm too old to do that. I am not a recruiter. I spent 24 hours a day being a photographer. They spend 24 hours a day being a recruiter. There's not enough hours in the day to do both. But jobs are complex with their own set of issues. I can resolve 90% of the photography issues and very few of the recruiting issues. "I know a guy riding around on a skateboard in San Diego who's recruiting."
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