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ten reasons webmasters love Homegrown Video

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

1. Homegrown Video is known for throwing funky, unique webmaster parties where the president of the company gets naked and hands out gift bags walking like an ape-like simian beast.

2. Homegrown Video was stockpiling true amateur niche content since before many webmasters were even born.

3. Homegrown Video staff and management has been known to donate foot rubs at trade events… and don’t worry we didn’t take pictures for a new feet fetish line or anything like that.

4. Homegrown Video has been around long enough that you don’t have to worry about the company being fly by night, flash in the pan, reckless as a new money rock star or anything like that.

5. Homegrown Video once offered a pay-per-view fundraising charity event called “orgy for world peace”.

6. Homegrown Video makes the kind of mainstream news that makes selling the brand a lot easier than selling some sort of generic johnny come lately product that people could care less about.

7. Homegrown Video took on multi-million dollar lawsuits like Acacia that would have ended up taxing even the newest of the newbies unfairly.

8. With a name like Homegrown, you know we gotta be smokin…

9. Webmasters can set their own trial pricing to figure out what converts best for their traffic

10. Homegrown Video finally had the common sense to move into NATS which webmasters actually don’t mind using.

10 reasons Cherries won AVN award, Best Amateur Sex Series

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

 

1.        Homegrown Video is not only the longest running series in the history of porn it is also the most experienced at bribing the judges with liquor, hookers, and cocaine.

2.       With a name like “cherries” you know there are going to be some sweet, tasty, amateur sex scenes

3.       Four out of five pervs love the way Homegrown Video’s “Cherries” makes their dicks hard

4.       If you keep making great amateur porn like Homegrown Video then sooner or later someone is bound to finally notice that you make great amateur porn like “Cherries”

5.       The competition relied on using the same girls you see in every single new xxx video release so the judges had too hard a time differentiating between them

6.       Life is like a bowl of “Cherries” videos, you watch one great amateur sex scene with barely legal nubiles and you can’t help but watch the rest

7.       Homegrown Video conveniently removes all the hairy arm pits from its Cherries amateur sex scenes and puts those in our Natural Bush series

8.       AVN realized that we had already won so many times for our Homegrown Video series that they had to give us an award for one of our other series to avoid being repetitious

9.       Nice guys finish last but quality amateur porn wins AVN awards – that is all there is to it

10.   Homegrown Video is the longest running series in the history of porn so you have to figure that we must have figured out how to do one or two things right

Homegrown Video enjoys a winning season!

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

 

this is what an avn award for best amateur porn series
this is what an avn award for best amateur porn series looks like

 

San Diego CA, 1/12/2010

Homegrown Video once again proves that it still has the amateur porn that fans and critics love. Taking “Best Amateur Series” for Cherries at the Adult Video News (AVN) awards in Las Vegas, as well as having a top viewed video on the AEBN video on demand system, Homegrown Video renews it claim to the heavyweight title of best amateur porn company in the world. Longevity has been an asset to the company; learning how to block the economic blows that have shaken the not so recession proof adult industry, Homegrown Video thrives where so many other companies have been knocked out of the business.

The AVN awards represents the adult industry’s biggest title fight where literally thousands of titles released in a year all compete for a shot at being named the best in their respective niche category. Homegrown Video has been a regular contender, but this marks the first big victory for the long running series which is devoted to sexy barely legal fresh faced amateurs. AEBN is a pioneer in VOD and maintains a huge library of XXX titles and is visited by millions of surfers per year. To be ranked by their highly demanding fans as one of the top titles for amateur sex is quite an honor. Homegrown president Tim Lake pays respect, “The fans are the most important critics of all since they spend their hard earned dollars and that is the most important vote of confidence we can receive.”

Homegrown Video is the original amateur adult video company, established in 1982. Recognized by Newsweek Magazine as the “longest running series in the history of porn”, Homegrown Video continues to thrive online, on cable television, and with wholesale and retail sales of its DVDs worldwide. The exclusive site for Homegrown Video’s immense library is www.homegrownvideo.com. Wholesale inquiries may contact Sales Representatives at Pure Play Media, 818.717.5355. All other inquiries may contact Homegrown directly at 619-641-7969

Homegrown Video Haiku for a facial cumshot

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

 

The cannon recoils

 Shiny white missiles blasts forth

better surrender

homegrown video letter to amateur porn producer #2

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Dear “J”,
 
Moffitt forwarded me your email and pic samples and I would like to share some feedback gleaned from our members/fans and advice from my years as a fellow amateur and gonzo style porn producer. Take it or leave it as you see fit; my goal is simply to improve our business with you going forward.
 
While some of your stuff has been well recieved, recently there has been sort of a negative trend in your material that we need to correct in order to keep doing business with you. Specifically, our fans are starting to leave comments like “girl is hot but guy is kind of a dick” which is kind of harsh but don’t worry since you aren’t the first and won’t be the last that we get that feedback on. What tends to happen with guys that shoot especially brand new amateur girls on a regular basis is that they tend to get a bit cold, calloused, and overly curt with the girls - this is done in the spirit of being “professional”, trying to get through the shoot with a thousand concerns like technical quality and client satisfaction weighing in and complicating things.
 
Obviously, some days go better than others. Some times the chemistry is there and sometimes it just isn’t. I understand that since I started as an amateur porn talent/producer myself shooting for the original Homegrown owners, LBO, OGV, and others. Looking at just the photos of the recent blond barely legal model, and I admit that I might be wrong here since I am just looking at the stills and not the actual video, she just doesn’t look like she is having fun and that is the most important quality we are looking for in amateur sex tapes. We would be willing to check out the raw footage, but if my instincts are right, honed by years of experience in this industry, then we might have to reject the scene based on that deficiency.
 
To us, for example, it  is not so important that you got her to do anal. It is way more critical that she shows a natural enthusiasm, or adventureous spirit, or raw lust, or something along those lines. I am not accusing you of this, but I have seen other producers (I used to work extensively with Max Hardcore for example) that basically talk models into doing things that they might otherwise usually not want to do, which they feel horrible giving into doing, and which shows in the sort of dead and expressionless performance that might be a turn on for some types of audiences but certainly not ours. I understand that you will get paid more from most people if you turn in an anal scene, even better if you captured her losing her “anal virginity” for the first time on camera. Unfortunately, unless that comes across as a positive and fun experience, even if they can’t do it after trying, then we are most likely going to look at the other content coming  through the door that week; you heard that right… we would rather get a “happy failure” willing subject anal attempt, than a “forced march” do-it-or-you-won’t-get-paid anal scene. 
 
These days there are too many producers trying to sell us content and we can be more highly selective than ever. You take great stills and your video quality is as good as we see so that is not an issue for us at all. What we really need is for you to remember how to get into the spirit of what great sex really is all about and make it fun again… not just for you to get your rocks off and get paid, but also for the girls you do videos with since that is ultimately what is going to keep our members happy. And if our members are happy… then that means we are all getting paid at the end of the day.
 
Hope you are not offended - I truly mean this as constructive criticism. We would like to see the raw footage of that and any other scene you think would work for us. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback and thanks for working with us!

Homegrown Video letter to amateur porn producer

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Homegrown Video,  this is what amateur porn should look like
Homegrown Video, this is what amateur porn should look like

Dear R,

Moffitt forwarded me your email and I have taken a look at the scene we have purchased and added to our website. On the positive side, the couple is very attractive which is of course always a good thing in this business. On the negative side, our members are very particular and very vocal and despite the good looks, our members reviewed the scene very poorly. This is not due to the lighting, sound, or camera-work which are all fine in my opinion.

 

The reason for the bad reviews, and I agree with our members on this, is that the couple really don’t seem into each other and seem to be “going through the motions” and looking more forward to the end of the scene than anything else. They constantly seem to be looking at the camera person with that “are we done yet” and “can we move on and get this over with” type of expression that comes from people that either don’t want to be there at all, or not performing with the other person. They are having sex, but they seem completely bored with each other and with being in an amateur sex video.

 

Our company, which started in 1982 is literally the first company on the planet to distribute homemade amateur sex videos. Part of the charm of what made the company so successful, despite not having super models with fake breasts and all the stuff found in pro-porn, was that the people sending  us their videos were genuinely having fun and having sex on a video was obviously a big turn on to them. This is the most important quality for us.

 

The only way to come close to getting this quality is to let the performers have fun sex. The cameraman/producer/director cannot interfere with action and has to make the performers feel as happy, and horny as possible so they can just let loose and enjoy themselves to the fullest. We don’t care if there is “three positions and a pop shot” like so many other companies expect. That starts to all look and feel the same and becomes plain uninteresting to porn fans like ours that have been there and done that.

 

 

Fun, uninhibited, real sex that flows naturally, without the performers trying to act like “porn stars” is what our members want and that is what we need. Viewers know and see the difference, and no matter how good looking the couple are, if they don’t look like they are enjoying themselves then our members will criticize us harshly. I know that your outfit is a respected content company but since you are a production company that means your goal is to get as many sales as possible and as many scenes as you can sell the better it is. Unfortunately, these results in an “assembly line” approach that means you lose a lot of the human interaction, true enjoyment, and sincere personality of the sexuality that is so important to us.

 

If we can overcome this one issue, then of course we will continue to do business. Thank you for taking the time to hear me out and your feedback is always welcome.

ten reasons homegrown video deserves an xbiz award

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

"I made an amateur porn tape for homegrown video!"

1. At Homegrown Video we work tirelessly to improve our lot in life and strive to deliver fantastic amateur porn to the masses for their enjoyment; our livelihood depends on their satisfaction!

2. Homegrown Video has never won an Xbiz award and at this point we have certainly earned our right to one as much as any one else

3. Homegrown Video is still the original amateur porn company so maybe some sort of lifetime achievement award is in order… nudge, nudge, wink, wink

4. Homegrown Video makes it possible for everyone to get their 15 minutes of fame by engaging in amateur sex videos

5. Homegrown Video has won AEBN viewers choice awards, AVN awards for best series and best amateur video, but has never even been nominated for an Xbiz award… what’s up with that?

6. Homegrown Video prides itself on enthusiastic customer service and fair trade in an industry that bears a stigma of many negative stereotypes so certainly there must be one place on this planet where the good guys can finish first for once…

7. Homegrown Video is to amateur porn as Kleenex is to tissue.

8. Homegrown Video catered to amateur niches like hairy bush and mature before anyone even considered that viewers might actually really enjoy seeing something besides just another big fake titty porn bimbo from Los Angeles’ porn valley going through the motions one more time.

9. For years, Homegrown Video has been the launch pad for amateurs to get into pro porn where they can become big fake titty bimbos and go through the motions in porn valley porn productions.

10. Homegrown Video deserves a Xbiz Award just because we need another reason to get out and party with our peers at an adult industry event!

Homegrown Video’s top ten Thanksgiving Sex Suggestions

Friday, November 20th, 2009

homegrown video offers truly authentic girls next door
homegrown video offers truly authentic girls next door

In honor of the Holiday that keeps us eating and drinking and hopefully getting some wild sex to be thankful for, Homegrown Video has the following recommendations for making this coming Thanksgiving erotic and exotic.

1.       Time to bust out the baster and start squirting the breast meat to keep it moist

2.       Serve the bird butt down tits up and make sure everyone gets a piece before going back for sloppy seconds

3.       Stuff but never over-stuff

4.       Licking the spoon after whipping the cream is a must

5.       Relive the first Thanksgiving spirit by holding an orgy after the plates are cleared. (You can always record the football games to watch later)

6.       Play Poke-a-hot-ass

7.       Pumpkin pie but don’t pump kin’s furpie

8.       Make sure to give thanks for the booty…  I mean bounty

9.       Remember to thank those original Puritans for making sex dirty to this day

10.   Watching a Homegrown Video to finish off the festivities will aid digestion

Homegrown Video amateur video archive coming to DVD

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Homegrown Video is the original amateur porn series!
Homegrown Video is the original amateur porn series!

Finally! The one request we hear the most from our fans, “when will you put the old titles out on dvd”, is getting answered. The Homegrown Erotic Amateur Project (HEAP) is underway. HEAP will take the mountain of original Homegrown Video titles and restore them to the best condition possible to distribute in DVD format and online at the www.homegrownvideo.com website and at www.homegrownstore.com .

All those fans of Deina in her heyday and Brandi in her anal ecstasy will revel in the glory days of amateur porn, way back when people just made homemade porn for the fun of it and not because they wanted to be the next Paris Hilton. Many of these titles have never been published online, only existing in the last millennium on that archaic medium called “videotape”. Rescuing these titles from oblivion and possible extinction has been deemed a matter of great historical and archeological significance. The pantheon of Homegrown titles record the enormous revolution of sexual style, social dynamics, and technological advances in erotic entertainment; to wit, preserving that resource for future generations is healthy for our nation and the empire of freedom.

Homegrown Video is the original amateur porn company, with a library that reaches all the way back to 1982 and spans the amateur porn niche to an unprecedented degree. Homegrown Video was declared by Newsweek Magazine to be “the longest running series in the history of porn.” Today, Homegrown Video distributes a wide variety of titles that cater to the amateur adult video niche in all its variety.

Homegrown Video showcases porn star Stephanie Swift

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
   

Stephanie Swift started in amateur porn for homegrown video

 

 

 

 

Stephanie Swift might have started porn as an amateur in Homegrown Video, but that was merely like art school for Mark the graffiti artist. She learned how to draw viewers in with her sly sensuality, she had certainly spent time studying the masters like Raquel Darrian, and she had forged a style that was all her own. Going to Los Angeles was obviously the next step in showcasing herself to a larger audience and now she was the darling of Porn Valley, a muse of many fantasies mostly erotic, and quite literally worthy not just of being called a porn star but an artist whose medium was visual, visceral, and electrifying to horny patrons eager for more of her work.
She had legitimately earned every right to move on and no matter how much it troubled me that she had absolutely flaked on us, at least we still had a claim to her earliest work. The popular she became and the farther up the path to superstardom she climbed the more that became valuable. The more in demand she became, the right to flake on people and leave them hanging became… not tolerable… but resigned to the status of being acceptable. Who would question it?

 

Being an artist, like Mark the graffiti artist who studied art at famous schools in Europe, then went into the world with a couple of cans of paint cans and a few nozzles, means starting with a head full of dreams and a belly full of bluster, then slowly starving until someone, anyone, recognizes your talent and stands ready to exploit it, willing to feed the urge and fuel the inspiration. Then, if luck and talent prevail, the rewards of that hard work are paid out. You earn the right to flake. Just like Mark, whose spray painted walls full of outlandish extraterrestrials and gorgeous nymphs and psychedelic landscapes kept him busy enough that he never had to worry about where the next job was coming or where the next deadline would end, Stephanie Swift had arrived.