Scaling up with “creator” operations means reengineering a lot of your life in ways that I just didn’t think about.
For now, I have a dedicated “set” to where I can make videos as easily as possible. It’s not the best option or the best use of space, but, it works for now.
I have to have video generation be as low effort as possible or it won’t get done. Like, today, I did a little video, after a meeting.
As many parts of your domicile need to be “camera ready” - or you do the trashy thing and have clutter in the photo. This means… I have interior design projects, at a minimum. I am not an “interior design” person. I skew simultaneously both very spartan and very “clutterbug” - split the difference between Rei Ayanami from Evangelion and “Hoarders” - think $1000 sheet sets and a TV tray from Target as a nightstand:
Anything that is identifying on your clothing must go. A lot of what I wear isn’t “plain” - it mentions locations or places, because I’m cheap and most of my athletic wear is either complimentary t-shirts, free t-shirts from work, or snarky tank tops I picked up, paired with cheap leggings from T.J. Maxx, Ross, or Amazon. So called “titty drop” videos would work really well for me, but are completely incompatible with identifying athleticwear. (Did I ever tell you all about being in my early 20s, before waves of consent hysteria sucked the joy out of the fetish scene, and “dropping” my tits on vertically challenged men?)
My usual portrait photography lens, the Nikon 50mm f/1.4 prime, does not work very well in tight quarters indoors. I had to switch to the lame 18-55mm zoom lens, which is okay, but not quite getting the effect I want. (I love very creamy bokeh in my photos!) The alternative is fiddling with phone cameras. I could do that. I just don’t like it. Added a better lens to my WishTender, but in a certain sense, this amounts to attempting to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. (Might even go for the extra fancy one? https://www.amazon.com/Nikon-AF-S-NIKKOR-1-8G-ED/dp/B00NI6WH1S?th=1)
Promoting this stuff is challenging. Apparently reddit is a minefield of narcissistic moderators who feel entitled to free attention from women. But in general, self-promotion feels super super awkward.
If you all have any feedback or requests, please share as I slowly get things going.