Just what does it take to be a gay porn model? Though this might not be the easiest question to answer, there are many hopeful guys out there who want to know. Probably the most honest and qualified answers will come from someone who has "been there" and "done that" - like GayPornAgent.com, a new Web site designed by porn models Thomas Lloyd and Michael Knight, which targets potential new talent.
The site will attempt to tackle the entire advice gamut: on agents, appearances, compensation, professionalism, what to expect as a model and what it takes to be a model - in short, just about everything new talent wants and needs to know.
Lloyd and Knight have the qualifications necessary to provide such an overview. Together they have done a total of 16 videos and numerous magazine layouts. Lloyd is a full-time Web designer and musician who started in the industry in 1997. Knight works full-time as an assistant at a major film studio and shot his first adult video in the spring of '99. Both maintain a strong Internet presence, and have received a lot of e-mail from guys curious about the industry; hence the birth of their site.
They decided to share their knowledge and experience in an attempt to "dispel some misconceptions about the industry (both the good and the bad), and help those who truly wish to become a model do so as painlessly as possible."
Lloyd and Knight have created an online database for prospective models which can be sorted and filtered by casting personnel in order to help find the right models for a production. This way the models are brought together with studio casting agents, directors, photographers and publishers. The model chooses who may and may not view his information. Casting personnel may create a customized list of types in which they are interested and another "disregard" list for models who do not meet their criteria.
There is no charge for casting personnel, provided they have verifiable information of their credibility. This will prevent the general public from accessing information on the models. The models pay $20.00 for two months of service, which, over the course of a year, is still considerably less than the amount they would pay a typical agent for just one booking.
Contact Lloyd and Knight at http://GayPornAgent.com to sign up.
