I played in the mud pit today and shot some video. The video will come later, but I have some frames from the aftermath to post tonight.
Mud Pit Maintenance
Well, it was really warm today and it’s a Saturday, so one of the things I decided to do was to turn the mud in the mud pit and get it ready for some fun.
I shot some video, also. It’s not terribly interesting, but you can see how out of shape I’ve gotten over the winter. Oh! I also used my new camera jib which allows me to pre-program the path of the camera for some dynamic shots. Most of it was lost due to the camera’s piss-poor autofocus. I can work around that by prefocussing the camera but I keep hoping I can crack the secret to the Panasonic G85’s autofocus configuration. As near as I can tell, it prefers focussing on the background.
Categories: Mud pit, Production issues, The Back Yard
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Swamp Leftovers From 2019
So, I’ve had some video gathering dust in my editing bin for nearly a year and I finally got ’round to editing it. I hadn’t edited it before because I just didn’t think it was that interesting. However, having reviewed it, I think it has some appeal.
Anyway, I uploaded a bit of a mashup to PornHub for everyone to view for free while they are waiting out this pandemic. I have another one that I just threw together last night. That one will be coming soon. I think that will be another PornHub release.
Here is the video link on PornHub
Categories: General mudding
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A Mild Winter
We are having a very mild winter, here. I ventured out yesterday mostly just to check on some of my sinking holes and poke around a bit. The weather was warm, but the water is cold … although it’s not as cold as it normally would be.
I shot a little bit of video while walking around so I’ll include a few frames from the video here. I don’t have much to add, since I mostly just paddled around on the creek with my little dog.
Winter Wetsuit Adventure
I ventured out last Friday (01/03/2020) because it was unseasonably warm and the low tide was in the later part of the morning. I put on my Body Glove (wetsuit) so I could immerse myself in cold mud without getting hypothermia. When I arrived at the creek it was obvious that the tide wasn’t going to get very low, but it was a nice day for a paddle and my dog was up for an adventure.
I found a spot to shoot a short slog video, but it’s not a terribly exciting video. If you have a men-in-wetsuit fetish you might like the video. I did manage to get pretty muddy before I was forced out by a rising tide.
My dilemma is what to do with the video. It’s 10 minutes long, and it is mostly a wide shot of me, struggling to navigate the waist deep mud with a wetsuit and diving boots. (In case you don’t know, the diving boots make it much harder to pull my feet out of the mud and the wetsuit limits my flexibility.)
October Tide Levels
I know, I’m always complaining about the tides getting higher and the fact that I have only rare opportunities to find exposed mud in the tidal swamp. Well, I decided to pull the tide gauge report to show you this past month’s tide measurements on my local creek.
I added the red line to show where a “normal” high tide would be and the green line to show the “normal” low tide level, which is ideal for mudding.
I should mention that the chart scale is in feet. In mid October, the tides were nearly 2 ft (0.6 meters) above normal. It’s also worth mentioning that we had very little rain in October 2019, so none of these swings are a result of heavy rainfall, with the exception of the lack of any low tide on October 14 and 20. Most of the really low tides were before sunrise.
There is a seasonal component to the tide levels, as the moon sometimes passes directly overhead and other times it is much lower in the sky. For example, the June readings don’t quite reach 2.5ft but they are still well above normal. In any case, I don’t have historical data with which to compare since the gauge was just installed in the past 2 years, but I can tell you that this is as bad as it’s ever been, and the only thing I have to explain it is global sea level rise, which is only going to get worse.
Categories: General mudding, Production issues
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Expedition in Jean Cut-offs
The legs on my old jeans were falling apart, so I cut them off and did some tailoring to make some perfect fitting cut-offs. I love them and I just had to wear them on an expedition.
I went out at low tide, this morning, but I knew I was being optimistic. The low tide yesterday morning was really low, but last night’s high tide was a foot above normal, so I figured today was going to be lack luster, at best. I was right.
However, I paddled my kayak about 4.5 miles, explored some swampy areas that I hadn’t previously explored, and I got to do it all in my new jean shorts. I shot a million short video clips of my treacherous expedition, and I edited them into an 8 minute video that I’ll eventually put on PornHub for everyone to check out. The video has walking shots, lots of shots of my muddy feet, shots of me jumping over water, wading across a spot I couldn’t jump over, slogging across a really muddy spot, and cleaning up in the creek.
Clip Releases
Just a reminder to check my Clip Store for updates. There was a clip released last Friday and there will be a new one tomorrow (Friday) at 5pm. I intend to schedule yet another clip for a week from tomorrow.
The weather has taken a decisive turn towards fall. I’m expecting a pretty chilly night, tonight. Between high tides and cooler weather, I may not get another chance to record this season. I do have a couple more clips to edit and release, so there should be new clips into November.
My PornHub experiment has been somewhat successful, in that I have gotten a lot of video views and more thumbs-up than thumbs-down responses. I think it’s safe to say, though, that I’m going to pick up very few, if any, new fans who want to pay for clips. The “free video” people think it’s stupid to pay for porn, which is pushing a lot of porn producers out of the business. It’s kind of silly to think that anything is really free.
Speaking for myself, I’m not a typical porn producer, since I don’t pay for talent and I mostly just record my personal fantasies. I have my loyal fans to thank for the gear I’ve been able to purchase, but going forward, I won’t be able to justify any new gear.
On a related note: I recently made a video that I thought was pretty hot and offered it for download at a price of $1.99 on PornHub to see if anyone there would fork over $2 to see a sexy clip with a great orgasm. So far, not one person has taken me up on my offer. I find that telling, since $2 is not very much money. Oh well. I enjoy shooting my kinky adventures, so I’ll still make movies when I’m feeling creative. I’m also open to shooting custom videos if anyone wants something specific and they want to pay for it, in advance. I wish I could buy a new action camera to replace the old GoPro, but for now, I don’t know how I’d pay for it.
Thank you, again, to all of my supporters. I am honored to have had such a successful “career” in mud, and to a lesser extent, bondage. I hope we can all meet at the mud hole, someday, for a big, messy party!
Categories: Production issues, What about the Community?
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