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A fucking reward?

For what? Cum bubble blowing…

or anal gang bang…

As Homegrown Video once again crosses fingers and strokes dick in anticipation of another year of being in business and hopefully collecting some more AVN awards for our unique brand of amateur sex videos we take a quick moment of self reflection, introspection, and a measure of self mockery to postulate on whether or not this will be a year of reward and recognition or one of being forgotten and unloved; never to stand at the podium and tearfully thank mom, pop, and the American people as well as hopefully some of those proud and horny people’s/customers of many other lands, except the ones where porn is so illegal they kill you for making it, never to stand tall among our peers and collect the big fat blow job of wet and slippery congratulations, and never to know the joy of walking through the casino hoisting a trophy that everyone wants to know… “What is that for?”

Once upon a time…

In a place not so far away, not so long ago either, but actually maybe as close as your neighbor’s house only yesterday, cameras are rolling on carousing couples caroming around on their beds, fucking like rabbits…. if in fact Bugs Bunny was a porn star ready for his close up, tongue in both cheeks, what’s up your orifice doc, loony times for sexy lunatics not concerned with anyone seeing them in all their naked horny splendor. Amateur sex videos were, are, and will be recorded and saved then produced and reproduced for many others to watch. But something is different, there is a change, subtle yet distinct, all one has to do is look at the way those self made porn videos used to look compared to how they look today.

It isn’t just that the hairstyles have changed. And it doesn’t matter that not too many people wear elastic head sweat bands and neon lime green lycra body suits any more, because we are not talking superficial and cosmetic differences such as those. Let’s face it… sex hasn’t really changed all that much in quite a few years either when you really get to thinking about it. Yes the technology to shoot homemade sex videos and edit them has improved but what is truly the difference?

What has changed is the ability of the people shooting them. So many years of people possessing the ability to shoot videos has actually improved technique as if there has been an evolution of intellect of what to shoot and prowess at getting the right angle and perfect frame to make things look just right. So now amateur sex videos just seem more polished and professional. That quality has actually led people to pursue making amateur porn beyond the level of hobbyist and seek the higher echelons of erotic achievements, like sending in their shot at home sex tapes to Homegrown Video.

And at Homegrown, we are ever so proud to preserve the history of amateur porn through the ages!

Homegrown Video has always had an X factor that helps it stand apart. Sure, on the surface, when you give amateur porn a first glance, they might look the same –  suck suck, fuck fuck. But, on closer inspection… you will notice a special and significant difference that sets one apart from the other, as separate and distinctly different as dick is to a pussy.

The smile.

You get the feeling watching a Homegrown Video that the people actually want to be there and actually are having fun. I can’t tell you how often I have looked at the glut of so-called amateur porn that just looks like the folks involved are absolutely miserable and would rather be anywhere else.

Anywhere.

Washing bedpans full of the final evacuations of dead people at a retirement home looks like it would be more appealing. At Homegrown, that just will not abide! Henceforth, we dedicate ourselves to putting the fun back in amateur porn!

In 1982, Homegrown Video became the first company to distribute homemade sex videos and changed the entire landscape of adult videos forever. Before Youtube made everyone a producer, director, and star of their own movies just as Steven Spielberg once predicted the access to video cameras would change the world of movie-making, Homegrown Video put the power of being a porn star in the hands, and private parts, of the masses. The effort was grassroots, and like grass, when it caught fire it spread quickly to change the entire face of porn. Even professional high glamour companies, from Playboy to Vivid et. al., began to offer amateur stylized productions.

Homegrown paved the way for “gonzo” and “reality” porn, offspring of amateur porn. It laid the foundation for celebrity sex tapes, from Tanya Harding through Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton. Homegrown Video made making a homemade sex video fun and more importantly – normal – and even sort of acceptable in a mischievously naughty sort of way. If your next door neighbor might be doing it, then people didn’t have to feel so weird about themselves enjoying this form of entertainment. In this way, Homegrown Video helped bring porn out of the shadows in San Fernando valley, and into the bright light of mainstream consciousness.

Homegrown Video did not stop shaping the landscape there either and continued to innovate by digging down into what customers really wanted, then building mountains of content to satisfy them specifically. Focusing on niche themed fare in the days before the internet became a what it is today, Homegrown launched series like “CreamPie Club” and “Natural Bush” that addressed exactly what customers were looking for in their porn and catered to niches that had previously been completely neglected. As one fan once wrote, “Now I don’t have to keep watching movies shot in 1970 if I want to see hairy pussies”.

Just as Apple’s i-Tunes changed the way people listen to music, Homegrown Video changed the way people look at porn. Not only that, it changed the way people look in porn. Eric Schlosser, the author of “Fast Food Nation”, says in his book “Reefer Madness” that “Made by the people, for the people, Homegrown Video represents the democracy of porn”. Today, the face of porn is no longer necessarily a blond busty beauty with big fake boobs; it might be a housewife in Ohio, or a privileged socialite, a big beautiful woman or a skinny young co-ed with a very hairy pussy, thanks to Homegrown Video’s impact on the world of porn.

Homegrown amateur

as kleenex is to tissue

great for orgasms

Homegrown has Vintage Amateur to Modern Day

Post coital bliss...

kendra loves to swing!

big boobs wet white shirt and your imagination

One of the first things you do learn about renting your place out for a film production is the money you make is like the money you make going to the local Indian Casino. Things might go very smoothly, you have a great time, and walk to the bank with an easy check to cash. Or the opposite. What felt like a win at the time you were having all the fun is actually a loss when you reconcile everything later after the fun and the booze wear off. You get a check but it will barely cover the expense of the carpet the grip lit on fire with the cigarette that he should not have been smoking, nor will it cover the long distance calls the distraught starlet made to her suitcase pimp boyfriend that is still back in Ohio taking care of his court dates, you won’t get reimbursed for the couch that was permanently stained by the toxic jizz the stud launched for a facial but missed because he was too busy trying to jack himself off and couldn’t see where he was spewing with his eyes closed to concentrate on getting off. Of course, I warned Ing and Spark of all of that, but risks be damned, they needed the money to make back rent before the landlords served them with an eviction.

So, if they were going to let porn be shot in their studio then they had to take their chances, including letting Ron “the hedge hog” himself burrow into their couch for one of his infamous power naps that most speculated was actually mild narcolepsy.

They had to be prepared for anything.

Ing had also worked herself in to do make up for the shoot too. That turned out to be the first sign that not everything was going to be going as smoothly as I had hoped. Ing ran into our studio. She looked distraught but seemed to be holding herself together well enough to ask a question.

“I don’t know what to do.” She asked.

“About what?” I replied as casually as possible to try and foster a sense of peace and tranquility.

“Make up.” Ing said. Strange, she worked for a cosmetics company and had done make up for mainstream feature films in LA so that was not really what I expected from her.

“What about it? Do you need supplies?” Supportive. Concerned. Helpful.

“No, I have everything I need.” She was fidgeting and nervous.

“What is the problem then?”

“They want me to put make up on her ass to cover up pimples – I have never done that – I didn’t expect to have to do that – I don’t know if I am comfortable with that – I don’t know what to do!” She looked like she was going to cry any second.

“Well…” I guess I didn’t really know what to say to that. Anything coming to mind was going to sound callused and un-sympathetic. Sex videos have naked people in them; that is just a fact, and naked people sometimes have pimply  asses that require make up to hide those unsightly blemishes. Just be glad you aren’t going to be the one picking up the anal condoms afterwards, honey… I was thinking…

Nice couch... I mean ass!

Sex on a brown couch

you couldn’t give it away

not with that cum stain…

"But this is my 'O' face..."

When you have been so deeply immersed in the wild and wacky world of amateur porn as long as I have,  you learn a few things, actually, you learn a lot of things – in fact, probably something new every day about not just the way that people make homemade sex videos but  about so much more. You learn about mores, and trends, and fascinations, naked truths and personalities laid bare by circumstance and circumspect opinions, prejudices, fixations, proclivities, of private matters and public concerns. You learn a lot, including volumes of useless trivia you won’t even be able to use in a game of “Trivial Pursuits”.

You learn the exact day when amateur porn stopped being amateur.

The sky didn’t exactly fall. Fissures in the Earth did not suddenly open and whole cities cave into a great cataclysm. However, sadly enough, and perhaps just as catastrophic, a bit of fun did escape out to dissipate in the atmosphere and disappear from the planet forever. On August 12, 1984, at exactly 3:00 pm, Martha and Timothy Appleton decided to produce a homemade sex video for no other reason than they were trying to make enough money to replace the ottoman in the living room; the cat had so mercilessly used the original one as a scratch pad.

Yes, those boobs are real

Mary Louise is one of my favorite Homegrown Video girls of all time. She didn’t make a lot of videos for us, only a couple, but she left an ever-lasting impression. She was a very hot housewife from San Diego although she moved from there in order to raise her kids. Still, I am pretty sure there are a few mouths still open from her draw dropping good looks. Mary Louise is the ultimate sexy house wife fantasy. She literally could be your next door neighbor and she does truly love being a sexual person and is not ashamed to admit it. Her husband loves her and doesn’t get freaked out that she sometimes liked to live life on the wild side. Bringing home girls from her job tending bar in Mission Beach, contacting Homegrown Video to make a home made sex tape, and things like that were cool with him.

We heard from her a few months back. Apparently she was ready to make some more home made porn but just wanted to make sure we wre still buying videos and all that. Life was going well but she needed to get some Ya-Ya’s out and we are the perfect way to do that… and make  some cash on the side. She was trying to get her husband on board, but he had become a bit more shy about doing one.

That is ok.

We are jealous just thinking about what she might be doing to him in order to convince him that it was time to make more amateur porn…

One of my favorite Homegrown Video housewives is a swinger mom who worked as a fitness expert and trainer by day, even working with some of San Diego’s pro athletes.  Shauntee is truly an amateur porn superstar and the kind of woman that put the “home” in Homegrown Video, meaning her scenes for us burned down the house, brought it all home for good, and homed in on exactly what we like to see in an amateur sex video. Completely uninhibited and unashamed she loved to make homemade sex videos for all the right reasons.

She literally got off on imagining people watching her fuck on video. Yes, she wore a wig to hide her identity. After all, she had her kids and her day job to be concerned with but she was not going to let that stop her from sucking and fucking for the camera. She had her husband’s blessing and acceptance that he could only handle so much… and she needed more… sex. Literally insatiable, when she shot for Homegrown she was up for anything.

Cock in the ass? Ok, why not? Two guys for a DP? Ok. Threesomes, foursomes, orgies, oh my! She had done the swing scene in San Diego and loved it all.  Homegrown Video was the next logical step in making all her fantasies come true.