Yana (Part 1)
Yana
I first found out about Yana when I saw some of her pics online, and I instantly fell in “lust”. Just based on her look, I thought “Wow, this girl has a lot of potential to go far in porn”. So I immediately booked her for a shoot.
The day of the shoot, she actually showed up like 30 minutes late… but at least she was apologetic. And since she DID manage to show up, everything was cool and we got down to business. Now, the only thing I knew of Yana came from the few pics I had seen of her, so when she walked in the door looking quite different from those pics that I had as my reference, I have to say that it was a little bit of a let down. I would’ve liked to see her come in a little leaner than she did… but that’s just my preference.
Anyways, as we prepared for the shoot, I gotta say I’m always amazed with the selection of clothes (or lack there of) the models bring with them to a shoot. One of the best things I learned from the few test shoots I did early on was to never depend on a model to bring the right clothes for a shoot. So I always have my trusty suitcase full of various outfits for girls to put on, should the need arise. Anyways, I was checking what Yana had on, and she was wearing this little black thong that had “sexy” written across the front. I thought that added a nice little personal element to things, so I told her to keep that on and gave her one of my white cami tops to complete the outfit.
This time we did the entire shoot on the bed. We took a few stills and then started with the video. The shoot went down fairly smooth overall… we didn’t have any “major” problems like we’ve had in some previous shoots. And the scene (from what I’ve seen of it thus far) turned out really good.
But now for the real question… What is Yana like to work with?? Well, I would say she’s sort of in the middle. She didn’t make my job difficult (like I’ve had in shoots before), but at the same time she isn’t one of those girls that just makes shooting her so easy and natural. I know Yana has had a fair amount of porn experience before meeting me, but I found she needed a lot of direction and just wasn’t as experienced from a “modeling” standpoint as I had expected her to be. I also have to put some blame on myself, because as the director I should be able to draw out of even the most amateur of models, the energy or vibe that I want for a particular shoot. But as a rookie myself, still learning the ropes as I go, sometimes things are more difficult for me than they would be for the experienced porn director. I still have a lot to learn, but I’m trying my best. To be continued…