Bren Ryder

So, today I film another scene with myself as the co-star. As far as porn scenes go this one shouldn’t be too difficult.

My mission: To make out with a hot woman. No sex, just hot and heavy kissing.

I have chosen to accept my mission, but I have to admit, I’m nervous. I always get nervous before a shoot, even if I’m behind the camera. I want it to go well. I want it to look hot. I want people to like it. As the one behind the camera, I worry about doing a good job, but as the “performer”, I’m extra worried. Although, when I’m preparing myself to have sex on camera I get terrified. Today, I’m nervous.

My co-star and I don’t really know each other very well. She’s new to the whole porn thing and we’ve never kissed each other before. I was going to have a make out rehearsal just to make sure we kissed well together. But, scheduling is always a challenge so I just figured, “let’s capture our first kiss on camera”. So, that’s what we’re going to do.

We’re going to take it slow, chat a bit, have a glass of wine and let the sexual tension build a bit while we move towards the inevitable. Personally, I’m naturally shy and have a tendency to blush, so I’ll try to embrace that side of myself and let it feed into the energy. For this scene I’m really hoping to capture the energy. There won’t be any fleshy close-ups (except of our faces, I suppose) so the visuals will be more subtle. This is where the energy is meant to come in.

I’ll be working with a new camera operator, who I have full confidence in. My co-star is smokin’ hot and I love to kiss. Sounds like a great way to spend the evening. Soft-core queer porn, here we come.

This is what I struggle with. Okay, maybe struggle isn’t exactly the right word. Here’s the thing. I make porno movies, as you know. And I make them available for download to anyone in the world. And, as the culture is right now, these videos are then available for people to “share” online – illegally, of course. I don’t stress over that reality. There’s not much anyone can do about it and I really want more and more people to see what Good Dyke Porn™ looks like. So, from that perspective, it’s great. Plus, I subscribe to the notion that what you resist, persists. I just wanna get paid, is all.

So, I figure if people are going to be sharing the videos then I want to put a watermark of “GoodDykePorn.com” throughout the film so that when they do see it, and love it they will know where to find more and then hopefully choose to make a purchase. But, now I’m having second thoughts about that. I was watching some videos recently and the watermark is quite annoying. For the people who do purchase the clips or buy a membership they shouldn’t have to be distracted by the watermark.

Now I’m thinking I could put the logo at the beginning and the end of the clips so that the films are clearly identified as Good Dyke Porn™, but free from distracting watermarks throughout the rest of the video. Of course, someone could cut off the front and end slugs (that’s film lingo), but why would they? It they want to share then they just share. I don’t see much “stealing” of the ownership of images. And, that would be pretty easy to catch. But, I suppose it is possible. That’s not my main concern though.

After going back and forth over this, the thing that finally tipped me over the edge was the perspective that I don’t need to physically brand every single image that passes through Good Dyke Porn’s database. The sex that I capture on film isn’t “mine” per se. Except the scenes that I’m in. I’ve purchased the rights to the images so that I can run a business that shares these beautiful images with the world.

I want people to know where these films come from and I want this business to be able to continue to produce such beautiful films. And, perhaps that beauty can be completely unobstructed for your continual enjoyment. What do you think?