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Interesting article, it seems that in the future it will be harder & harder to monetize anything that can be digitized & that will affect so many livelihoods, including mine..... but I think I will be getting out of the working herd before any damage done. But younger people will have to develop different strategies to live successfully in a wired digital world.

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Thanks a lot guys, your words are much appreciated, believe me.....and happy my long-winded style of writing enhances these stories a bit for you. Of course I *could* tell them in just 3 or 4 pages, but getting the full background stories before leading into the meat and potatoes seems to make them more intriguing.

Unfortunately I now have no more stories to tell! These 2 covered about a 6-year period.....since then it's been pretty much boring and even now my interest in all this stuff is quite low. But those old days sure were fun :)

Patrick, you may enjoy these examples of how practice makes perfect, not only for me as the photographer but for Mike my number one advertiser who got A-TS promo galleries out there on the web in the early days. First check this one from 2002-2003, how average [at best] the general web page was, as well as the shadowy, dark photography;

http://www.asianladyboysxxx.com/promobkk/blb/

Then go here;

http://www.asianladyboysxxx.com/promobkk/schoolgirl_01/

Kinda corny to be sure, but do you have any idea how much people on the web ate this shit up around 2004 and 2005? Ladyboys in schoolgirl lesbian scenes? It went over like a bomb! Great fun working with these girls and dressing 'em up too; needless to say a "'job" which just about anyone here would love doing :)

Here is the 2nd part to that first promo, we released it a week later and sign-ups soared as expected. Lyla the long-haired one was one of the most photogenic people I have ever met and an absolute firecracker to boot.

http://www.asianladyboysxxx.com/promobkk/schoolgirl_02/

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Im sure there are more stories or even sub stories worth reading....

Love to read more about your interactions with the "porn kings" in the US or perhaps further background on the Los scene.... but as they say in the classics... up to you :)

those old pics are heavily shadowed indeed. Funny at the time i probably never noticed :)

That lesbian schoolboy shoot still rocks ... luv it too much. Even had one of my old ladyboy friends buy a proper school outfit for one of my trips.... nice!

Regarding shadowing - i recommend forum shooters with a digital slr invest in the flip-it products. Its not perfect but better than carrying 20kg of camera accessories.

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Regarding shadowing - i recommend forum shooters with a digital slr invest in the flip-it products. Its not perfect but better than carrying 20kg of camera accessories.

I do remember seeing some of your pics up here Azza and they were very nice indeed compared to the usual shadowy, typical hotel room-style photos which are generally average at best; but considering most guys just want a memory of their vacation to take home with them and they are not for professional use I guess they work OK. When ATS was able to afford some decent camera's and video cams and lighting stands with umbrella's and strobes, etc, the photography got MUCH better, it's clear to see in the difference between these 3 galleries. That really was the impetus that moved the site from the minor leagues up to the next level. Nowadays, I wouldn't even know how to use that stuff anymore!

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Lyla

No joke, she was one of my ALL-TIME favorite ladyboys.....just an absolute killer model, funny as hell, fun to be with and spoke perfect english and obviously sexy as hell :biggrin:

I couldn't get enough of her, and she was in her prime in so many ways ........she probably worked for the site 15 times or more, certainly the most of any model just because whenever I asked her she'd say YES and I asked her a LOT. {Also had her over my place for a lot of, ummmmm, private sessions with no camera but I digress siggghhhhh}. Always had a Thai boyfriend who she was supporting with her Obsessions and modeling money, for a while it was actually one of the bouncers at Obs.....don't you just hate that? Some of these girls never do long-times for a reason, and if you are wondering why, that's usually it; they have someone waiting in their bed for them back at their crappy apartment. Last I heard from a reliable source she was wandering the Nana Hotel parking lot between 1 and 4am nightly looking for customers, a severe meth habit having damaged her looks and her attitude severely; if I saw her like that I'd be very disappointed, because I prefer to remember when I knew her between 2004 and 2007 and she was one of the best.

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Patrick, you may enjoy these examples of how practice makes perfect, not only for me as the photographer but for Mike my number one advertiser who got A-TS promo galleries out there on the web in the early days. First check this one from 2002-2003, how average [at best] the general web page was, as well as the shadowy, dark photography;

Kinda corny to be sure, but do you have any idea how much people on the web ate this shit up around 2004 and 2005?

Like Azza, I never noticed the shadows, too busy eating it up :biggrin:

It was about 2005 that I finally made my first solo trip in search of LB's

On that occasion Lusi Mustang took care of my cherry and from then on it was all down hill to the "dark side" :happy0065: :happy0065:

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