so guys and gals is the life of a tickle fetish clip producer the mad whirlwind of pure ecstasy i imagine it to be or is it actually hard work?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Sorry about that, heheheh! Seriously, I can only speak from my personal experience, but frankly, doing this is most definitely not the dream come true people seem to think it is. It might be different for some others (for instance, pandora101 seems to enjoy most aspects of the job, which is great), but for me it's often a frustrating, stressful, sometimes even tedious experience that's much more like hard work than fun. And I say this from a tickling fan's point of view.
Now, I'm sure doing private sessions/shoots must be a lot of fun. But when you make it into a business, a lot of the fun goes out the window. I don't see it as opportunity to "get off on tickling some cute chicks". You must remain professional and respectful at all times, as it's a business relationship, first and foremost. At least it should be. Then you have to remember that you need to make a video that other people will find appealing. That means operating a camcorder in an interesting way, having a decent lighting setup (which is quite a challenge, believe me), direct the models to some extent, think of what they should do next, etc. In my case, I also worry what they're thinking about, how they're feeling, wondering if they're getting tired or bored, think I'm asking too much of them, etc. Maybe they're unhappy or uncomfortable for some reason, who knows? That can add a lot of stress. Frankly, my brain is too busy dealing with various technical and psychological issues to simply enjoy what's going on.
I won't even go into the frustrations of dealing with unreliable people, or candidates who turn out not to be ticklish enough. Or the very tedious process of editing the video (at least I find it tedious), writing descriptions, creating picture and clip samples... Then there's the fact that you have to fight to get noticed among the (literally) hundreds of other producers. The market has evolved very quickly over the last two years or so, and suffice to say that it's bursting-at-the-seams saturated. I also won't go into all the research, legal issues, equipment shopping and website/software stuff, etc. that you have to deal with. It's hard, time-consuming, expensive work.
In the end, the main satisfaction I get from doing this (and I have to agree with Gadilici on this point) is when I get positive feedback from people who enjoy my work. That's very nice indeed. Otherwise I can't say that the process, or even the shoots themselves, are that much fun. Ok, so some shoots are more fun than others. It's not always as bad as I may have made it sound like. But also not as awesome as some people think. It would be quite different if I only did it for myself, but since the videos are meant for sale it's an entirely different ball game. You lose a lot of freedom that way, and, well, that sucks.
