Continuing our interview series, here's Annie of Girls Out West.
Question: First off, what do you do at Girls Out West and what other sites do you operate?
Answer: I'm Annie, the web master, photographer, video maker at Girls Out West. This is the only site I run.
Question: In a nutshell, how would you describe Girls Out West?
Answer: Girls Out West is non-conformist, always daring, always surpising and never boring. You will see girls in all their diversity. They will make you laugh; they will make you hard. You'll want to keep coming back for more. They celebrate schlock, trash, maverick film-making, and primal urges.
Question: How did you come into the adult genre?
Answer: For the last 10 years I have been working for men's magazines, both in Australia and the US. I studied sexual fetishes at university and have always been interested in human sexuality in all its manifestations. So publishing my work on the internet was a great opportunity to show the world my rude photos and video. I love anything that's taboo and dark.
Question: What made you decide to start an adult site?
Answer: I love exploring the darker hidden side of people's sexuality. I'm excited by the fact that people are getting off on my perverse images. I was really frustrated and bored because I didn't have anywhere to show my work. I'm a very independent entrepreneur with a punk attitude toward the establishment and mainstream, so I want to show you all that porn doesn't have to be the same old bullshit. Even before I had the site, I was shooting video of orgies, masturbation and fetish stuff.
Question: What are your insights regarding the niches that you cover?
Answer: I love amateur girls because they are natural, healthy, fun and often do shoots because they want to put their sexuality into the world (not just for the money). They get off knowing that guys all over the world are getting off! I think surfers can get very jaded by mainstream porn with false girls and want to see girls that are available,
accessible, and hot. Chicks that you could pick up if you met them in pub.
Question: The competition in the adult genre is growing steeper by the day. Just what makes Girls Out West different from your competition?
Answer: Girls Out West is very intimate. I get to know the girls, what they like, what turns them on, their darker sexual side, so this makes it easy for me to portray the "real" girl because I feel like I know her. I often become good friends with the models. Many live near me and are always popping in. I re-shoot many of the favourites and document their sex lives as they experience new things. The videos are very personal as the girls expose all aspects of their lives - from the orgy that they had the night before, or their first anal experience. Many models interact by "blogging" on the forums with the members. And the members "picture blogging" is hilarious and entertaining. The girls enjoy the positive affirmation and the fact that they are turning guys on turns them on. Models post very confessional threads about their bisexuality, motherhood, anal, boyfriends, relationships etc - so the members get to know the "real" girl behind the pictures and video.
Question: In this industry, members are generally considered as the "lifeblood." What is the best thing about your members?
Answer: I love the interaction with the members. I love their photos and stories. I am curious to know as much about them as possible. I encourage feedback, comments, and suggestions about what they want to see on the site. Often these suggestions can be implemented immediately. My vision is from a woman's perspective (that's why I can capture the girls so well), and I need to know from the members what they like and want to see more of.
I enjoy getting private emails, private messages, and seeing shots of the members' hard cocks that they post on the forums. I feel that I have made so many new friends on my site, and I genuinely care about the models and the members. This site is the best thing I've ever done. It is everything to me - more important than my own sex life really - and that is sad.....hahaha!
The members love participating in the competitions, beauty pageants, and orgasm tallies that are run on the forums.
Question: What about dislikes? Is there anything that you do not like about your members?
Answer: I wish more members would communicate with me - either via the forums or by email. I want to know everything about their sex life, what gets them off. They should definitely flirt more with me and encourage me to show more of myself on girlsoutwest.
Question: Why don't we shift the gears a bit and talked about what goes on behind the scene. For starters, how do you choose the themes?
Answer: I collaborate with the models very closely. We hang out together, and I get to know her intimate secrets very quickly. I find out what her interests are, what turns her on, what makes her wet and then organize the shoots around that. I do a lot of outdoor shoots in industrial locations, country themes, and suburban houses. More and more, I invite the girls into my own bedroom, where it's very conducive to masturbating and having sex. If the model is comfortable in the environment/location, then she'll be more relaxed and willing to go just that bit further and show more of herself. I also shoot the girls in their own homes as well - so you can see her life unfold before your very eyes.
Question: What about the story lines? Who comes up with them?
Answer: I encourage the girls to express their true selves so we come up with ideas together. Girls Out West is very much a collaboration with the models and myself. The girls have all the control; I am merely the mechanism to make it all happen. That's why the girls love this site so much and want to keep coming back - because they set the scene, wear their own clothes, perform acts that get them off, and bring their girlfriends along for a bi-sexual experience which is devoid of a male gaze. Because I am a one woman show, all the content is devoid of a male gaze. You get to see chicks being themselves - having fun, mucking around and getting as rude as they want!! That's why you'll see lots of genuine orgasms on Girls Out West.
Question: Content update is a very important feature in a site. Just how often do you shoot photo shoots?
Answer: I shoot numerous shoots per week - from 3 to 7 shoots a week. And these can be solo girls, then the girls bring their friends along for girl/girl. Sometimes if the girls have a new boyfriend, they will fuck their boyfriend on camera.
Question: During those shoots, have you worked with different photographers?
Answer: Primarily I am a photographer (university educated with a degree in Media Arts, Photography, Film Making and Journalism) so I have worked with assistants, but rarely other photographers. It's a very solitary profession, you know. It's about you and the camera - and the camera giving you license to go anywhere, do anything! That's what I like.
Question: I'm sure your members are most curious about the models. How do you choose them for the site?
Answer: I advertise and interview all the girls myself so I get to know them very quickly. I choose girls who are attractive, likeable, sexy, exhibitionistic (or shy - they're the ones who will shock you the most), and girls who are confident in their skin. I like a girl who is sexy and smart, can tell a good story about what happened at the pub last night, and can have a real orgasm on camera.
Question: Any future plans that you care to share with us?
Answer: I would like to feature webcams, live web shows, sell DVDs, introduce cool functions, both back-end stuff and front of house stuff. The movies are maverick in style and inspired by film-makers like Jim Jarmusch, Russ Myer, John Waters and David Lynch. They can be darkly humorous, shlock, trash, vaudeville - but always entertaining. I love to shock, but I'm finding it harder to shock myself these days. The movies will make you smile and hard at the same time!
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