Beginners luck (continued)
Seeing that I was now without a cameraman, I knew that was the first matter I needed to take care of so I could start shooting again. I placed another ad online, and this time got a number of responses. I interviewed a few people, but no one really stood out until I met with this one candidate; we’ll call her Maria. Now I was a bit unsure about hiring a girl to be my cameraman, but after meeting with her I felt she would be a good fit. She seemed like a cool girl, we got along great, and she was actually pretty hot (which is always a plus).
Anyways, I made sure she knew EXACTLY what the job was and that she’d be filming hardcore porn. She goes, “yeah, I understand. NO problem, I’m cool with it.” She even said she was really interested in the porn biz and would love to do the job. So I was like great!! I couldn’t have asked for a better candidate… so I gave her the job. I had a shoot set up the very next day, and my camera “girl” said she was all ready to go. So everything’s on schedule and going great… and then, wouldn’t you know it; there had to be something to fuck up my day.
So I’m setting up for the shoot, my camera girl says she’s on the way, my model is ready and waiting, and the make-up girl just walked in the door. Right about this time I get a SMS from my camera girl saying “I have a problem and I can’t make it”. I’m like, What the fuck do you mean you can’t make it?! We’re all sitting here waiting on your ass!! I send her a SMS asking what’s going on, and I get no response. So then I call her and she doesn’t pick up the phone. This bitch flaked out on me!! Can you believe that bullshit? This is the same chick that said she was so interested in porn, and would LOVE to be my cameraman, etc, etc. So I had to apologize to my model and send her home because I couldn’t do the shoot without a cameraman. I asked her to come back tomorrow though, hoping I could find a new cameraman in that time.
I immediately start calling the other applicants I didn’t interview yet, and I get to the last one who agrees to come meet with me the next morning. So now I’m stressed. I know I’ve got a shoot scheduled for the afternoon and I’m still without a cameraman. I meet with the last applicant (Artem), and I explain the gig and what I expect from him. And this time I put special emphasis on the non flaking part. He’s cool with everything and willing to give me a full commitment, so I give him a chance to prove himself that afternoon with the shoot I already had arranged from before.
Long story short, he shows up and actually does a great job! There was very little that I needed to correct with him. I was impressed, and relieved at the same time that I finally found someone who I could trust to do the job. It seems as though I finally found my new cameraman. I quickly welcomed him to the team, and with my cameraman woes gone I was finally able to turn my focus back to making porn again.