Camille Crimson

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You all know that I love Violet and Rye of Uncommon Appetites.  I always #FF them on Twitter, I refer to them frequently here and we’re just generally very chummy.  That is because we have something in common.  Actually, we have many things in common, but one thing in particular…  We wish there was more good porn.  Don’t we all?

What does that mean?  Well, it’s not something that is represented very well in mainstream porn and, though amateur porn sometimes has the right spirit, it isn’t executed in the right way to really achieve the end result.  Violet and Rye managed to capture the essence of what makes “good porn” quite succinctly:

-We want people to tease us.
-To show us some of what we want.
-To show us something we didn’t KNOW we wanted.
-To hold back other bits.
-To enjoy the sex they’re having, genuinely.
-To not be too stagey, but put a little thought into it.
-To be brief, but not too brief.

 

Not to turn this into a humble brag, but that’s what we’re trying to do with The Art of Blowjob and Pornographic Love and, as evidenced from the video I included at the beginning of this post, it’s what they’re trying to do too.  As they validly point out, it takes money.  Not any more money than mainstream porn, in fact much less, but more than nothing.  We need more people to come out and be willing to share their skills, sexuality and understanding of the nuances of making something that’s genuinely erotic, then I think that good porn (or beautiful porn!) will find its footing in the industry and become profitable enough for it to be a large segment of adult entertainment.

You can read the rest of their (very intelligent) thoughts on the issue here, and I’d love to know what you think…  How do we make the dream of a porn industry populated with a more diverse array of beautiful porn?

You all know I’m not superstitious or religious, but I do think it’s funny that this is my 666th blog post.  This is the blog of the beast!  It’s weird to think that I’ve already written 666 posts.  That feels like an incredible amount, but then again, I really amped it up a little over a year ago (has it been that long?) to about 5x per week.  Obviously, I haven’t been able to post every single day, because sometimes life gets in the way, but largely I’ve been on track with posting here every chance I get.

It’s been great to be in a writing routine, because it’s so easy for a blog post to get pushed to the bottom of the to-do list unless you have certain expectations of yourself.  I have to admit, when I first started this blog, I was nervous.  My English wasn’t quite at the level it is now, I didn’t have anyone to check it over for me and I was worried that I’d run out of things to say fast.  Luckily, that isn’t the case.

I try to keep a good balance between site promotion (and the necessary reblogging of interviews/reviews/features) with more indepth though and even day to day stuff.  I don’t always get the recipe perfectly, but I think it’s largely pretty good.

There are so many incredible commenters here, and I feel unbelievably supported by all of you.  I’m glad that we’ve developed our own little unique community here to discuss things, although even your compliments are very sweet.  I know it’s weird to get this sentimental over a blog milestone…  Especially the 66th blog post, but I’m a little bit different.  ;)

This video is amazing, so thanks to Megan Andelloux, Sarah Champagne, and Alicia Gauvin from the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health!  First, let me say that this video is full of a sexy retro feminist look, which I love.  I should be cuddled up on the couch with them, wearing my red bandana à la Rosie the Riveter and drinking tea.  They look like they’re having so much fun talking about porn.  We should be best friends!

What they start talking about is really interesting.  Do you feel like the porn you enjoy mirrors who you are?  Would you shelf (or folder) of porn be shocking, or do you think it’s representative of you?  Would you feel weird if non-judgmental people knew what kind of stuff you enjoy?

The idea of  people who are “actually allowed to come the way the want with whom they want” is bang on.  Whether it’s queer, or straight like what we do, that is the magic ingredient.  We do need to share these “delicious moments” of sex positivity.  In fact, I need to edit my tour to emphasize our sex positivity!  Thanks, Youtube video!

Also, what they say about paying for porn is very very valid!  Whether it’s porn that pays out their performers or helping small companies pay the bills, it is a great way to encourage sex positive porn and increase the propensity of awesome porn.  Then they talk about great companies (sadly they don’t mention me, but next time?) and they talk about how these companies make you feel that it’s great to watch porn because the people in the videos are genuinely enjoying it!  They even address the fact that sex positive porn shows a wide array of sexuality, so you’re less likely to feel weird if you don’t jive to one kind of sex or sensation.  Yay!

Smart people talking about porn?  I love it.  Did this video make you happy?

I was sending out a tweet about an hour ago, talking about how I really love it when Mike comes and sort of grunts and groans.  I do.  Why?  Well, it’s a great auditory cue that he is having such a good time that his body is taking over everything else.  In real life, unless you’re a posing manly man or in a football huddle (see how little I know about stereotypical guy stuff?), you’re not going to be doing much grunting and groaning outside of really good sex, or maybe a bad groin injury.

It is pretty amazing, when you think about it.  There is something so intense about the pleasure of a really intense orgasm that it absolutely take over and you revert to an animalistic, primitive state.  There’s this incredible connection with history, through the past right to the beast in the roots of our DNA.  I’m no biologist, but I think that these sounds aren’t just for the person making them.  They’re also for the person who gets to hear them.  Whenever I hear him come, something stirs inside me and I become so much more aroused, almost frantically as I lap up or play with the cum that comes along with those natural sounds.

Part of it is probably that these orgasmic noises aren’t as prevalent in oral sex.  Unless you’re faking it or really a natural moaner, you don’t make too much noise during a blowjob.  It’s quiet, so the moment of orgasm always peaks in a way that is really arousing.  When having sexual intercourse, there’s a lot more natural noise…  More moaning, more grunting, more exertion.  Maybe these sounds of pleasure bring me back to the idea of intercourse, which is where my primal beast self lives.  Whatever the reason, though, I think this is a non-social/ethical side to why I just love giving pleasure.  The sounds, not to mention the tastes, the smells, the sights…  It turns something on in me and I just need to experience it again and again.

I guess what I’m trying to say is, The Art of Blowjob isn’t going anywhere!  :P

As you know, Sophie recently started shooting for us.  It won’t be happening all the time, but some of our shoots will have a little extra motion, courtesy of her stead hands behind the lens.  You guys had a lot of questions about her level of participation and what it’s like having someone else in the room, and I gave you my answers and speculated on hers.  She just posted a new article to GirlzPorn, all about her experience, so she’s letting me share a few of her own words:

Whenever I tell people about this new venture, the entire conversation whips into a frenzy, which is funny because my experiences in no way warrant any pomp and circumstance. Is it awkward when I’m clothed and other people are naked in my wake? Nah. Honestly, I don’t really notice. I think I might be entirely desensitized to nudity because of how much porn I watch on a day to day basis, but I don’t stare at all. We have conversations while they’re in various states of undress and I maintain eye contact in a way that isn’t even rigid or practiced. It just makes sense to engage with them while we’re talking. I know there are probably a million Camille Crimson fans right now who hate me for not gawking at the goods, but that’s no my style.

When it comes to the action actually unfolding in front of me, I’m similarly minded. Watching people have sex is very exciting when it’s in a personal way in which I am involved in a sexual capacity, but this is really different. These are two people in a moment together. I’m not in the moment. I’m outside, functioning as a living, breathing

piece of equipment to get the best shot possible. Sure, I make creative decisions about movement, angle, focus, but it’s not about me beyond that. I’m there to elevate what is going on in front of the camera. They say voyeurism is participation, but not always.

It’s not as if I’m completely dissociated from the experience. I’m present and in the moment, fully appreciative of the beauty unfolding in front of me, I just don’t want to permeate their perfect little bubble. It’s wonderful to just let them have at it, not interrupting or pulling focus, even minutely. Truth be told, I wouldn’t want it to be sexual even if it could be. Again, I hear the Camille Crimson fans screaming at me, but hear me out. The relationship I have with

Camille, and indeed the relationship I have/will have with anyone I shoot is one of artistic, intellectual and idealistic respect. Sexual attention can be respectful, but it doesn’t lend itself well to what I want to foster – a safe space where people can live out their sexuality with as much intimacy as possible.

As you all know, I’m a pretty big social media enthusiast.  I read a lot of blogs about it, I talk about in incessantly in any business talk and I just love it because it helps me to connect with people.  That said, it’s always hard to figure out what my priorities are.  As of right now, I have Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, Flickr, DeviantArt, Fetlife, Plurk, Tumblr, Google+…  It’s a lot.

What I was wondering is…  Which ones do you use?  Which ones do you like?  Which ones do you hate?  What would you want to see me share on them?  What do you use them for?  And probably most importantly, would you interact with a porn performer on any/all of them?

When it comes to porn and social media, and really the internet in general, it’s a strange dynamic.  On one hand, it makes up a tremendous amount of the usage, but on the other hand, it’s everyone’s dirty little secret.

So I’d love to hear how you use social media and how it potentially relates to porn for you.