The in browser comment is a good point - off hand I don't know of any image programs that take over to resize images for the browser. But outside the browser is a different matter - I find there are a ton of good ones - that resize down on the fly as well as Adobe Photoshop does using bi-cubic filtering.
One of the oldest and best is a program called ACDSee. It pulls up images extremely fast and resizes them flawlessly - used to be one program, now has expanded to a family of programs, with different versions for the users specific needs. If I recall correctly Abby Winters uses ACDSee to sort through their own archives of photos. It is pretty powerful program.
Personally, if I like a photoset - I download it and view the whole set on the hard drive because it gets annoying quickly to have to wait for each image to download. I actually usually use just standard old Windows Picture and Fax Viewer - it is pretty quick and quite good at resizing down.
You know I thought it was you that posted those (good find by the way, I hadn't seen that site anywhere before) but I was too lazy to go check, lol. The preview pages are quite enticing, so I'll probably break-down and join it soon - hopefully after I've explored my current memberships more thoroughly, but who knows - impulse purchases can be an issue sometimes...
Hehe - yeah, I've checked out both of those sites - not terrible but as you said - lacking a bit, I guess the camera work didn't really do it for me. I've also been a member of Teen Filipina - which definitely has some pretty hot girls - but I really wish they used professional male porn stars - it just ends up looking a lot like awkward home movies as it is now.
I'll keep an eye out for some other sites and definitely post a comment and then a review if I get a really good one - I'm going to try that Asian Apple Seed site soonish - hopefully it won't disappoint :-)
Glad to be of assistance :-) Indeed I was psyched to find this site on the network, especially since their other Asian sites are basically all Asian American models - the Thai models are a real nice change of pace. Now if they can only had a site featuring Filipino models...
As a current member, I can say you DO get access to 33 sites immediately (33 includes the one you subscribe to). The second month, you get two more, the month after two more - et cetera - until you finally have access to all 44 sites available.
Each of their sites has a different selection of 32 extra sites they start with, the list is clearly visible at the bottom of the main free tour page. To a lot of people I'm sure it looks like just a random bunch of pictures - but I assure you it is not - that is the list of 33 sites membership includes.
As I stated on the other post - you have to be a bit careful because this list of sites varies and the price varies, so you need to decide which site to subscribe to that has an acceptable price and has access immediately to all of the main sites you are interested in.
Yes, no doubt the next "two sites" each month are by their choice - but they make very clear which two sites those are and give you an up to date count down to when which site will become available.
Is it my favorite policy? No - but considering the wealth of content available immediately, a "loyal customer" program isn't the worst thing in the world. Many sites have employed it in the past with mixed results. I'm not sure how it is working for 21 Sextury Productions - I doubt' I'll keep my membership longer than a couple months, but I don't know - it is a lot of content to sort through.
The quality of the video content is pretty good - I wish they stuck to WMV, but MPEG and MP4 aren't too annoying. The photos, when available - are excellent - but most scenes don't have them which is a shame. If the sites had a network wide search engine, I would rank up there nearly with the Porn Star Network - though that network appears to be considerably larger.
Anyway - I want to make one point clear: When you subscribe you get 33 sites. If you are worried about price, check out my comment on Porn Pass For All, I list all the prices in one of the replies.
Granted I find the 75 rating surprising, considering my experience with 1 By Day's sister site Hands On Hardcore - and I also think that while 21 Sextury Productions is certainly a descent network, Davit's reviews are higher than I would rank them considering the lack of HD, search engines and network wide searching.
However - I just looked through Davit's recent activity and unless I'm missing something, all of the links (excluding one direct link to a preview page) were automatically inserted by the PornUsers.com server. The server will turn anything with a dot com extension into a link, but it will also link directly to the review page of any site name they have a review page for (for example, something as generic as Big Tits Round Asses it will pick up). So, again unless I'm missing a link, I think the Nats affiliates codes are automatically be added by this site. I'm actually careful to go through PornUsers.com now to access any site directly before subscribing so their affiliate code goes through and they get whatever money they get for that.
Now I'm not saying that recommending a different network in the review of a site is in good taste - that sort of "recommendation" should be saved for comments, not main reviews. Ever. And most probably know at this point that I'm indeed a fan of DDF Productions and certainly find the stark difference between the ratings intriguing though not necessarily alarming yet.
Anyway, if I missed something blatant, sorry - I might be oblivious, it has happened before, lol. I just think we might want to be careful before we bring the guillotine down on someone just because their reviews don't match up with our own taste. Many of my favorite movies were panned by critics before release (for example, a lot of critics originally missed that Desperado was an action comedy). Do we need to watch for people promoting the company's they work for - indeed! I hope that can be kept to a minimum, but I guess I give people the benefit of the doubt and hope that PornUsers.com's administrators will be watchful and pronounce judgment when it is necessary.
I think this site has taken a couple of hard knocks recently and doesn't really deserve a rating as low as 60. Granted Denner's comment about the pricing is an issue - I addressed that on the Porn Pass For All page - it is confusing, but a little patience lets you work out the system pretty easily.
nadiencendia's review complains that the models are "unknowns" and "regular chicks" - I think unknowns are good thing and I'm personally a fan of models from Thailand and was impressed the selection this site has. The entire site is dedicated to Thai models and the content appears to be exclusive - I've actually seen that some of the models are also on Asian Apple Seed. Granted SOME of the models aren't that attractive - I personally feel the majority of them are quite beautiful.
If you are expecting standard Japanese or Chinese girls - your not getting that, these girls are distinctively Thai. And at 33 videos (most with photos too) - while it isn't a huge archive - it is reasonable, especially since you get the rest of the network with it. I haven't perused the whole collection thoroughly enough for a full review, but I'll be posting one quite soon. Just figured I'd leave this note for those thinking of joining. Another interesting factoid: Many of the girls do anal.
If you like Thai girls, definitely check it out - you get 32 other sites with it!
I would say that is very subjective to the body being painted. I'm not trying to be an ass and point out the obvious gender-neutrality of the term "body painting" but rather I think that body painting is used most successfully in softcore glamour photography.
Combined with interesting lighting to throw shadows, I find that body painting can be great with very fit models with visible musculature that is accented by the shadow play and intermixed with the painted designs. Also female models blessed with long nipples really look great with full body painting as it instantly points out (har. har.) that the model is nude and the design was painted on.
However, if the body painting is done messily as in models applying paint to each other or the sort of lack-luster designs people use at raves or what not - then I'm not really interested beyond the standard "hey - that person's naked!" response.
That would be a big change. While I'm not a member now, I was only about a month ago and it was working then. They even have a page about it in the FAQs where they actually recommend what Download Managers they like:
Indeed, multi-month memberships do frequently hit that price range. It was more of an illustrative example as a lot of people won't drop a single payment of over $100 for porn, but yes it was slightly deceptive and done a bit for shock value (muhahaha). None the less, if I think a website is going to have the most freaking awesome porn ever (For example: Audrey Hepburn's secret hedonistic sex orgy parties filmed use Cinerama™ and presented to us in HD 1080p) I would indeed pay $150 per month for it. I really think that an individual user's perspective toward a monthly price very much demands on their financial situation and how much they value the potential product.
As a reviewer - I try to describe the quality of the service provided by the porn site. A general description of the content, the resolution of the content, how much of it there is, if can you see the content well (in focus, good lighting, good camera work), if the site is easy to navigate - so on. I try not to put personal tastes into the review too much other than the basic fact that I join sites I'm interested in rather than just plowing through a list in alphabetical order.
Cheers and happy a New Years to all of PornUsers.com tonight!
MET Art actually - it wasn't for just one month (though I have paid $50 for one month - I can't remember what site that was off hand though), but I did pay it one solid chunk. I got a much better deal when I paid that price - I think it was for 9 months or something - I don't recall exactly - it was years ago. I was really really into glamour photography back then - I paid $100 for a multi-month membership to Hegre Art too - though his stuff wasn't as good as it is now - kinda wish I had waited a few years, oh well.
I personally think price isn't a factor as each user has a different budget and different view as to what is expensive or cheap. I'll obviously point out strange price issues like with the 21 Sextury thing that had 3 different price - all for pretty much the same content - but I've paid as little as $9.99 to join a site and as much as $149.99 - so I think experienced porn users will take the review into account and then make their own decision as to if the price is still worth it or not. Also - the whole logistics factor of keeping up with the price as mentioned is just insane and not worth the time.
Also, I find most sites are the same price - in the $25 to $35 per month region - very few sites honestly stray outside of that - so it really doesn't matter in my opinion. The amount and quality of content is much more of a factor to me. Also search engines - I'm really saddened when sites don't have nice, customizable search engines.
Wow - what would the point be of having a porn collection if you hid it? My friends and family are happy Remoras when it comes to my collection. In fact, to this day I still get shit about when reformatted my porn hard drive so I could load it up with music for my brother's wedding. You'd think that would have been considered a worthy cause but my friends thought I could have just given him a CD or two. My brother was honored by the sacrifice. So yes - many many people have browsed my constantly changing collection for hours at a time. Friends (both male and female), family (ok - mostly my brother here though my father may have run across it once or twice - I don't even remotely hide it) even strangers back when I was in college and we had a make-shift peer-to-peer network going.
I definitely make no bones about my interest in porn to anyone - I figure if they don't like the idea, then I don't really have much in common with them and don't need to waste time on interacting with them. This x-mas the big joke in the family was that "porn bought christmas" because I paid for my Amazon purchases with my "$200 Tuesday" winnings (thank you PornUsers.com!!!) - in reality I only bought two gifts for family that way, but that isn't really the point. I see nothing wrong with porn and don't see any reason to hide it - so I freely share it with friends - just as I let them browse my music or movies. I never give my passwords away though - those are guarded under penalty of death.
I'm going to answer this in regards to my favorite ethnicity I like seeing photographed - because I find I'm less picky when it comes to video. Talent and personality becomes major factors in video - and that applies much less to photography.
I'm assuming that European means Eastern European as in a lot of the girls featured on MET Art or the Hegre Archives - that was at first my top choice. But I decided to pick African because lately I've been hunting for that. The only site I've found that really focuses on photography of black women (especially African black women) is African Goddesses and it really isn't awesome photography, only OK - but they are getting better. I would love to see a MET Art style site dedicated to dark skinned women of any nationality. I'll keep hunting.
"lab rat" - yes, that is a much more concise description than I came up with and really signifies just how alien the style seems to me.
You are also right about their softcore work - it is pretty universally top notch stuff - often a little too softcore for my tastes, but undoubtedly artistic and impressive. Unfortunately the photography on Teens From Tokyo is quite limited.
While I believe gifts should be things the giver wants to give not gifts the receiver wants to receive - I certainly am not one to deny somebody porn (excluding situations that restrict it for obvious legal reasons). So of course I answer "I would if someone asked" however, my favorite gifts are pleasant surprises - not request fulfillments. I loathe gift registries and never use them. Ever. In fact I have a history of bizarre gifts for weddings now. First was an Animatronic Deer Head, then a foot an half tall Egyptian Cat with hoop earrings and nosering. Then a miniature modernized catapult that can send golf balls 300ft (the Scorpion II). You get the idea.
Have I given anyone porn for this holiday or any prior. No. Am I open to the idea? Sure - but frankly, it would have to be very very special porn. For example, I would be "dancing on the ceiling" happy if someone got me an autographed, 8 x 10 inch photo of Sylvia McFarland - being that she hasn't been in the porn industry for - oh, 30 years - this would be a hell of a gift.
So just any old video of any old porn stars that they can hope online and buy - meh, that is boring. It has to have some backstory, some sort of hunt had to have taken place - there has to be a real damn good reason as to why you are giving this person porn. Plus you better know them very well - because porn is nothing if it isn't good at causing trouble.
I guess you could also give a subscription to a site or network - but that is a lot like giving someone a gift card. Sure it is appreciated, but it isn't a wildly cool gift. Even I know gift giving can be hard - tomorrow I have to run out in the morning and pick up a gift for my Mom, my Aunt and my Grandma - I have no idea what I'm going to get them - granted I know it won't be porn - though my Mom might find that funny. She tried to watch my Insatiable DVD a while back - some how the name didn't clue her in - at least she would have recognized the star, the incomparable Marilyn Chambers.
Anywho - I know not every gift can be perfectly tuned to the receiver's needs as you see them - but I guess I feel you should try. I don't think every kid should receive the video game of their choice - they might not like it at first, but a book on how to build shit would provide way more fun if you then took initiative and help them make whatever bizarre project they find the most interesting. It is a gift they would never choose in a million years, but it is a gift that they will like if they give it a chance - so, again give the gift you want to give, not the gift they want to receive. If you want to give porn, give it - it may just hit the spot.
Or it could fly off target and make an utter mess - you never know.
No problem - I gotta admit that I was curious which of the batch were what price myself. I'm probably going to join up with the network today so in a few weeks or a month I'll start putting out reviews. Should be interesting, its a lot of sites with what looks to be a wide variety of content. It'll be a daunting task, lol
Ok - against my better judgment I went through the entire list of sites and came up with these sites. The following sites have a starting fee of $24.95, recurring at $24.95:
Bootyfull Babes, DP Overload, Enslaved Gals, Intermixed Sluts, Lust For Anal, Lusty Busty Chix, Oral Quickies, Sex City Asia, Squirting Files, Teen Bitch Club, VIP XXX Pass.
Be warned about the following sites that have a starting fee of $38.85, recurring at $38.85:
The remaining sites all start at $29.95, recurring at $24.95. Again, each site has its own custom mix of starting sites and you'll slowly gain access to the rest of the sites as you stay a loyal member.
"The Tome of Erotic Photography and Lighting: An In-Depth Guide by Denys Defrancesco" - now that is a book I would pre-order on Amazon.com for sure! It would be especially cool if it was made in the big, coffee-table style hardcover, so it would not only be an important technical reference, it could also be an interesting conversation piece that people could pick up and leaf through. Each instructive photograph printed on glossy heavy-weight paper - built to last a life-time.
While gnarled feet can definitely ruin my interest in a model, I have nothing more than a passing interest in attractive feet. So sucking of toes and whatnot doesn't really excite me - I only like watching it if the model that is getting her feet molested really appears to be into it - but I'd watch a beautiful model organize a filing cabinet if she appeared to be really sexually aroused by it - so that's not really saying much.
I would definitely prefer to be behind the camera instead of in front of it - but if there was one week school on porn - hmmm. Well Skip Barber Racing School charges 3 Grand for a two day, high-performance driving school, not including transportation or accommodation - so for 6 days of porn - 6 Grand would be a pretty damn reasonable - I would have to save for a while to build up that much cash, but that would be an interesting experience. Learning the technical side of pornographic photography: composing shots, setting lighting, directing models, editing photos, choosing locations, and so on. That would be worth the money!
Maybe one of these days I'll organize a Photography Course with famous guest photographers teaching various classes for a week - like those always advertised in PopPhoto - except this one will all be famous pornographers! That would be awesome! I'll have to keep that idea on the back burner...
I wish I could afford even an 8th of the equipment he is using - that camera alone is worth more than 4 grand! (Let alone knowing how to use it) You know, DDF Productions should start a porn photography course - that is something I'd save up for a trip to Hungary for, lol (hmmm... $900 for the plane ticket...)
ooooh - free stuff! I like :-) Well that is certainly good incentive to rejoin - as if the content weren't enough :-P
Your point about the brides & bridesmaids really puts a different light on all those camera ads featuring them. I always assumed they were trying to say that with this or that camera your client's glamorous wedding would look even better - maybe instead they were saying your glamorous porn shoot would look even better! lol
I was browsing through my old Hands On Hardcore collection and just noticed a really interesting detail I thought I'd share. Their maximum resolution photos are the original photos edited for posting. This means all of the extra information that the camera records about how and when the photo was taken is still in the file. If you look in the advanced properties of the image files you'll find boat-loads of info.
For example, a set posted on 12/18/2006 with Jennifer Love was shot on 11/14/2006 at 8:48 pm on a Nikon D2X at ISO-100 at 1/100 of a second and F/10 f-stop and manually set exposure and flash set without strobe return. Also, the last shot in the set was taken at 10:52pm and everything was edited on Photoshop CS. It has been a few months since I was a member, but my guess is they still process their maximum res photos this way. As an amateur photographer I was psyched to see this information was available. It goes to show that Nikon may not be just the ultimate Wedding cameras - perhaps they are also the ultimate Porn cameras! lol
Also - I'll definitely be returning to Hands on Hardcore - a great site that has wonderful customer support. The photography is amazingly crisp and well lit and the video is very much HD. Beautiful women, serious hardcore and a company that cares about its customers - good stuff. I'll give a full review after I've rejoined for a bit.
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