CaptainThirsty

Back in Riverside, California and Los Angeles California USA through most of Feb & March 2019.

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Non-negotiable for all models and modeling collaborators: you MUST bring 2 pieces of current, government-issued photo ID (passport, driver's license, etc.) to the first shoot or it's not happening. Yes, 2 really means two.

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Hello. I'm Captain Thirsty, and I'm a little bit weirder than I seem here.

  

Working in photography, video, tech education, writing, arts education & adult content creation since "portable video" was three 80-lb boxes entangled in a zillion cables. Trained in videography, multimedia, sound editing, script development, etc.. Often traveling, currently based in and mobile throughout Southern California.

I'm mostly engaged in finishing my own personal projects and rebuilding my video reel these days, and to that end my primary efforts here will be on finding suitable models. Around the edges of that, I'm open to work for hire that's interesting and well-remunerated, and happy to collaborate on projects that will showcase your skillsets and mine. Also willing to train and mentor an organized, energetic, local assistant (presuming they come with far-above-average people skills and spectacular references).

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My visual aesthetic for photography is influenced most strongly by comics and hentai, particularly by artists like Bechdel, Belasco, Coop, Crumb, C. C. Road, G.B. Jones & Sparrow. Over time, my work is moving closer to *becoming* comics. Currently I'm shooting the last few images for a smutty, fetish-focused bookwork in which photographic images will likely be altered & drawn upon toward a comic-book look. (Look for examples of these in the next few months.) For this project I'll be doing short, simple, explicitly sexual adult-themed shoots, solo or with co-models you've helped to choose. Groups, couples, unique bodies and people of color particularly welcome. Your use of images we make together or my generation of additional content for your own purposes negotiable *in advance of shooting.* Feel free to suggest additional models of any gender who enjoy being nekkid with you. I'd also welcome suggestions of or access to interesting spaces. A classroom? An office? A hospital room? 

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Please note that examples I post here are not fully representative of the raunchy, rude & ridiculous content I shoot most often. If you've unironically used terms like "classy," "tasteful" or "non-pornographic" to describe the images you want to be part of, I'm probably not your guy.

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As a member of various arts, queer, kink, activist-ish, sex work and sex-positive communities for most of my life, part of what I have to offer models and clients is a planning/shooting experience grounded in a creative, compassionate, politically engaged, consent-aware and cheerfully perverse ethos. You've been warned. 😜-

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Models:

[I pay you or trade your modeling time for my creative services like video, photography, copies of pix I've edited, etc. I own the finished work.] People of all genders, ability levels, body types and backgrounds welcome. Current personal projects lean toward explicit, overtly sexual imagery and/or heavily messed-with, collaged and drawn-upon photos. I generally prefer to work in blocks of 2 or 3 hours long, and I usually move through a fair number of setups and mini-scenes in that time. This makes shooting with me intense and sometimes exhausting. I like to think it also makes for a lot of varied, quality output from each shoot.

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Collaborators:

[We share expenses and profits, or negotiate some other balance of resource outlay, we share ownership of finished work.] Looking for an imaginative, enthusiastic, caring co-brainstormer and co-creator with oodles of experience in joint projects and a practical, low-ego approach to sharing credit/ownership? Drop me a line. Video, installation art, photography, text...

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Clients:

[You pay me, you own the finished work.] If you can imagine it, I can make it happen. If you can't imagine it yet, let's talk. If you're seeking unique, hot, funny, intense, well-crafted pictures and a relaxed, respectful interaction, drop me a line. I welcome collaborative processes, listen well, give very clear direction and particularly enjoy work that offers conceptual or technical [url removed] explicit or sexual clients' images get is entirely up to you. My emphasis here on smutty content does not make me unwilling or unqualified to shoot in other genres.

Part of what I bring to the production side of the job is a very experienced eye, a storyteller's approach to image composition and a familiarity with many of the markets/audiences for which your images may be destined. To post-production I bring 20+ years of experience with advanced digital image creation/editing.

Expert color correction, cropping and image retouching are part of the standard package. Retouching for me is about intensifying light & color, making good makeup, costuming and props look even better, disappearing blemishes, emphasizing foreground, simplifying background, removing a tattoo or two if you ask in advance and making already shiny images shine more. More complex image alteration tasks (replacing an entire background, compositing multiple images, etc.) welcome at an additional fee subject to some conditions: I'm not a fan of doing Photoshop work that would be major cosmetic plastic surgery if it were happening in the real world. Just because I *can* make somebody appear dramatically younger, thinner, etc., doesn't mean I think it's usually a good idea to make those changes. My $100+ per image additional charge for extreme vanity photo alterations of this nature reflects both the level of quality I offer and my bias against doing so in most cases. (Alternately, significant alterations that give you tentacles, tattoos, an extra nipple or otherwise interesting additions I will offer *deep* discounts on.)

Further charges may apply for longer shoots, specialized equipment, travel or other costs. For new clients or any client booking requiring an hour or more of travel I require a non-refundable deposit of $100 at the time of scheduling. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For the sake of clarity:

I look elsewhere for dates. I won't attempt to negotiate anything extra midway through our shoot; won't push your stated limits or otherwise get weird. Making very sexually charged work requires better boundaries than average; means being particularly aware of manifesting care & consent in working relationships. I trust you to be similarly cautious & respectful.