This is something I've dabbled in both "professionally" and on my own.
First of all, TP and the others are absolutely right about the release forms.
If you're not planning to release it to the public you don't need a release. All a release form does is say the subject releases her rights to you so that you can do anything with the video that you want. Since you only want to keep it for personal enjoyment and no one else will ever see it, all that is really necessary is that understanding between you and her.
It is extremely unlikely that customs will even know you have it unless you foolishly declare it, so you don't really need for that protection either. If it still really concerns you a) stay away from the chicas who appear like they might be und***ge b) skip any bondage segments you might have had in mind and c) when you travel be sure to store the cassette/disk/memory card seperate from the camera and/or decharge the camera or remove the batteries (that way even if they find the tape it will probably to much hassle to check it out).
Whipping out some sort of professional release form will absolutely freak the chica out and raise her suspicions about your true intent which will already be high enough as it is. After all why would you need that unless you really did plan to distribute the finished product. At best, if those suspicions don't nix the idea altogether they will probably cause the price the go up substantially.
One area where I disagree with TP is on that rate. A chica will either be amenable to being videoed or she won't. If you HAVE to offer as much as $200 for such a session, she's probably not really into the idea that much to begin with and will probably make a bad subject. Don't get me wrong, there will be some who WILL be into it for that much but I just think if they are and they're really cool with it they'd probably have done it for much less. I think Orange is more on the mark. Ask around in advance rather than assuming and springing it on them back at the room where you're options will be less. Find one who is already pretty okay with it. You very well may be able to get it for nothing extra. If you need to sweeten the pot a little an extra $20-30 propina will probably do it. If not just look around some more and you'll probably find someone who will.
I've done plenty of self made videos with mixed success. Good lighting is one issue but there are bigger ones.
As someone else pointed out it is often hard to hold the camera steady, aim it and keep the proper motions going at the same time. Those same motions can cause the camera to jerk all over the place with very distracting results in the finished product and might even cause you to go completely off target. In fact, unless you're shooting all your shots from the first person perspective, your aim can often be way off (as you hold your arm out and point the camera in what you think is the right direction). You could connect the camera to the TV in the room so you have a better idea of what the camera is seeing but then the two of you will have the unnatural habit of looking at the TV instead of each other.
You could also set up a tripod or even just rest the camera and any other steady object. That will definitely take care of the jitters and, if you pre-aim it well (and wide angle it), your aim. But it doesn't allow for change of shot angle unless you constantly get up and change the tripod setting. And it also leaves you with a choice of setting the focus to take in the entire bed and not missing anything or zooming in for a close-up and greatly increase the chance of misaiming. "Por favor, chuparme AQUI solamente (8 inches above and 2 feet in from the right corner of the bed). Yeah right.
After some practice, I've gotten much better at this. Your first few efforts will probably be very disappointing. At best, it still mostly detracts from the session as you focus on getting the right shot rather than just enjoying yourself as you should.
What I have found the best solution to be is to only attempt my own videos with 2 girls. One to participate and one to shoot. Or ideally they can switch off and you can enjoy a little time with each of them in front of the camera or you can shoot both of them together (saving the tripod shots for all 3 of you together). The problem with this approach, apart from the added cost of a 3rd participant, is that most chicas have probably never used a video camera and their camera skills are probably poor to non-existant even when compared to yours. That will probably still be much better than what you can do while bouncing around on the bed. Besides it frees you up to do what you really want to focus on which is the acting.
The last alternative is closest to what you'd experience in the real world of porno, which is to have another guy do the shooting for you (one who hopefully knows what he is doing). In this case it would probably be a friend who also wants to have a turn in front of the camera while you shoot him. I haven't done this except during my brief "pro" career. Let me tell you, not everyone is capable of performing in front of another guy and/or on camera and that is what you really need to be able to respect those porno guys for. I never had any problem with it myself except one time when the "actress's" husband was also in the room. That was kinda weird.
BTW, one last thing, even if someone else is doing the filming you still need to consider what you're doing as an "actor". For example, you might love the missionary position but most likely that will result in the camera only being able to pick up your fat ass and body covering up most of hers, which is what you really want to see. So you need to be aware of what angle the camera is coming from and try not to block the shot of the real star in the video, which is the chica. Remember, when it comes to porno videos us guys are just one of the "props".
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