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Posted by: jwdf88 Jan 26 2013, 10:07 PM

Here is a video I made a few years ago. So Lori modeled for me and is 22 years old and the artsy type. She showed up in tight jeans that were tight around her ankle. I like that as it makes the barefeet really stand out. When girls wear baggy longer jeans, sometimes the jeans drag and hide most of the feet.

I took some video of the soles before the barefoot walk in the library. If you do not like soles, jump ahead past 2 minutes. Then she goes barefoot throughout the library - I told her to leave her shoes behind but to carry her purse. At the end of video she show her soles after barefooting.

Here are thumbnails:
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and here is the link to the video:
http://youtu.be/Ph0Q42UExSQ

When she started barefooting she stopped and looked at her soles. She said "these floors are very dirty" and proceeded to wipe her feet. I told her that is OK and I want "barefoot" soles. So she understood and started grinding her feet into floors to get them dirty again. I told her no worries and no need to grind - she was new to barefoot modeling!

-JW

Posted by: bemused Feb 2 2013, 08:11 AM

Really nice.

How did you find your models. Was she a student or professional. Does it cost you a lot of money to hire models

Really nice vid

Well done and thanks for sharing

Posted by: jwdf88 Feb 3 2013, 12:56 AM

QUOTE (bemused @ Feb 2 2013, 08:11 AM)

Really nice.

How did you find your models. Was she a student or professional. Does it cost you a lot of money to hire models

Really nice vid

Well done and thanks for sharing

Hi. She was a college student. I put an ad online and we emailed each other. She was very curious and enthusiastic to try. The amount of money spent going out to eat on a weekend can get me a fun photosession instead. I recommend you try it!

Posted by: dougiezerts Feb 9 2013, 05:10 PM

Did anyone at the library say anything to her, or you, about her bare feet?
Nice video!

Posted by: DG2001 Feb 9 2013, 11:50 PM

Great video, thanks a lot for sharing! I am sure it was a magical moment. It is great to make magic happen, well done!

Posted by: Hal Heaven Feb 10 2013, 01:08 AM

Thanks a lot for sharing, she looks great! Maybe you can ask her to walk barefoot through the city?

-Hal-

Posted by: jwdf88 Feb 10 2013, 07:39 PM

QUOTE (DG2001 @ Feb 9 2013, 11:50 PM)

Great video, thanks a lot for sharing! I am sure it was a magical moment. It is great to make magic happen, well done!

Thanks DG. I am glad you like the video. I enjoyed the experience because I usually watch videos rather than make them!

Posted by: jwdf88 Feb 10 2013, 07:50 PM

QUOTE (dougiezerts @ Feb 9 2013, 05:10 PM)

Did anyone at the library say anything to her, or you, about her bare feet?
Nice video!

Hi. The library was enormous so it was rather private and no one really noticed. We went down a hallway and hit an area where there were a ton of students studying. She was a little shy about the social convention so we turned around in another direction. She did not want so many people to see her in her barefeet with no shoes in site! Not a barefooter yet and perhaps disappointing by our standards but sort of thrilling to see a girl do this for the first time while going against the social convention.

Posted by: jwdf88 Feb 10 2013, 07:58 PM

QUOTE (Hal Heaven @ Feb 10 2013, 01:08 AM)

Thanks a lot for sharing, she looks great! Maybe you can ask her to walk barefoot through the city?

-Hal-

Hal, yes I definitely prefer barefooting through the city as it is much more daring.
Unfortunately I do not live near her anymore but when I find another model I'll be pushing for a walk through a city. I did a video of two girls walking barefoot through an indoor mall as well as the parking lot which I'll post in the future when I get to editing the video.

Posted by: jwdf88 Dec 2 2013, 12:36 AM

The cold winter is coming ahead so I thought I'd posts some things I am working on until spring comes again! Sometimes I need to go and hire a barefoot model. The reason is sometimes you just want to see barefooting in public right away - and not wait to stumble upon it. After some search I found 18 year old Tricia. She sent these pics via email and I was onboard to film her after seeing them:

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Posted by: jwdf88 Dec 2 2013, 12:43 AM

And here is the video. As she did not know me, she also brought her older stepsister Cammy. It was a plus because I got a two for one and she was quite friendly. These girls had absolutely no fear about going barefoot in the mall and in public. Tricia often goes barefoot for dance. Cammy was raised on the farm and she said she went barefoot there - the prickers were the worst according to her. Tricia is a great singer don't you think? She looks a little like Kirsten Dunst don't you think?

http://youtu.be/oRemigu43rQ

And here are some miscellaneous pics:

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Posted by: DG2001 Dec 2 2013, 05:19 AM

Well done jwdf88!!! It's great to make things happen instead of just consuming videos and pictures others made. Thanks a lot for sharing!!! I am sure you had lots of fun.

Posted by: Feetosopher Dec 2 2013, 09:23 AM

Cool video and nice girls, many thanks for sharing!

From what I've heard, the acceptance of barefooting in public places in the USA is "less satisfactory" than here in Europe.. is it the same also in the place where you took the video? If yes.. BRAVO to the girls for their daring barefoot stroll in the mall!

Posted by: Feetosopher Dec 2 2013, 09:28 AM

QUOTE (DG2001 @ Dec 2 2013, 05:19 AM)

Well done jwdf88!!! It's great to make things happen instead of just consuming videos and pictures others made. Thanks a lot for sharing!!! I am sure you had lots of fun.

Well amigo.. if everybody grabbed a camera, made his/her own pics & vids, and quit "consuming videos and pictures others made".. me, Hal Heaven, Pavel, Arnaud Ferrand etc. would be forced to quit our businesses.. and go grow veggies (to avoid starvation)!

Posted by: jwdf88 Dec 2 2013, 11:22 PM

QUOTE (DG2001 @ Dec 2 2013, 05:19 AM)

Well done jwdf88!!! It's great to make things happen instead of just consuming videos and pictures others made. Thanks a lot for sharing!!! I am sure you had lots of fun.

Yes sometimes getting out and away from the computer can be really fun!

Posted by: jwdf88 Dec 2 2013, 11:40 PM

QUOTE (Feetosopher @ Dec 2 2013, 09:28 AM)

QUOTE (DG2001 @ Dec 2 2013, 05:19 AM)

Well done jwdf88!!! It's great to make things happen instead of just consuming videos and pictures others made. Thanks a lot for sharing!!! I am sure you had lots of fun.

Hi Feetosopher! To answer your previous questions there are parts of the US (like California) where barefooting is more common but all in all it can be disappointing at times. So I was glad these girls were so open minded.

One thing I now appreciate is how much money and time and can be spent finding models, meeting, and editing/uploading video. So for me personally I plan to continue to buy barefoot clips because the quality and situation of some can be awesome and acquired instantly.

Posted by: DG2001 Dec 3 2013, 12:04 AM

QUOTE (Feetosopher @ Dec 2 2013, 04:28 AM)

QUOTE (DG2001 @ Dec 2 2013, 05:19 AM)

Well done jwdf88!!! It's great to make things happen instead of just consuming videos and pictures others made. Thanks a lot for sharing!!! I am sure you had lots of fun.

Not at all my dear friend Feetosopher!

Just as owning a ball doesn't make me a socer crack, owning a camera doesn't make me a good photographer or videographer! There's art involved, time, passion, effort.

We're only amateurs, you're the Pro's, the Big Leagues! So you're not in risk of having to grow your own veggies :-)

Cheers!

Posted by: Feetosopher Dec 3 2013, 09:13 AM

QUOTE (jwdf88 @ Dec 2 2013, 11:40 PM)

Yeah, I knew about California.. maybe Florida as well?

I am really glad that you understand what is behind a single photoset or video of mine (or of Hal's, Pavel's, Arnaud's etc.).
Some think it's just us lucky assholes having loads of easy money to get many nice girls to walk barefooted.. which is totally false! All my models, as well as Hal's German models of Toes-In-Action, walk barefooted also in everyday life, FOR FREE.. they ask no money to do this!
Models are paid by us footographers both for the time and energy they put into modelling, and for the fact that the pics and vids we take of them are published on pay websites.. as we make money on such material, it's fair to reward the models. Also appearing on internet has many implications (some of them rather unpleasant!), so it's fair to reward the models for this, too!
And there's much more behind our photos and videos: finding new models, new ideas, new locations; improving our technique and upgrading our hardware; spending a lot of time and energies in editing; and many other activities aimed at delivering our customers the best possible quality.

In times when cheap digital cameras (also in mobile phones) allow many people to become "footographers", and social networks provide (in theory at least) great visibility to everyone posting something, it's getting more and more difficult for us "professionals" to get people understand the extra value which is behind the pictures and videos we make, and hence the fact that a CHEAP price must be paid to enjoy it.

So many thanks for appreciating all this, and also for giving me a chance to.. defend my category!

We are not greedy assholes.. I can grant you that nobody of us will ever get rich on the stuff we make: competition (especially with mafia-style paysites posting stolen material, but also with free amateur sites) is fierce, and we operate on really tight margins (if any!).

Good luck for your future photo-video sessions..

All the best from Italy!

Posted by: Feetosopher Dec 3 2013, 09:30 AM

QUOTE (DG2001 @ Dec 3 2013, 12:04 AM)

QUOTE (Feetosopher @ Dec 2 2013, 04:28 AM)

QUOTE (DG2001 @ Dec 2 2013, 05:19 AM)

Well done jwdf88!!!� It's great to make things happen instead of just consuming videos and pictures others made.� Thanks a lot for sharing!!!� I am sure you had lots of fun.

Hola amigo.. well, this may be clear to you, but - see my reply to jwdf88 - the reality is sadly different.. it's getting more and more difficult to get people understand that we professional footographers just ask them to pay a CHEAP price for the GREAT extra value that we deliver in the pics and vids we make.

So maybe I will not end up growing veggies, but I am taking a HUGE risk in launching my pay websites in these days.
I am gonna do so just because I think that it's a great shame that the 30,000 pics of classic barefooting, the 5,000 pics of barefoot flashing & nudity, and the hours of video footage on both subjects that I have taken in nearly 10 years of activity, may remain in my archives forever, for nobody to enjoy.. it would be a shame especially about the nude stuff, as you know that Toes-In-Action does not feature nudity.

So wish me good luck for the launch, amigo.. Day One is getting closer!

Ciao from Italy!

Posted by: jwdf88 Dec 3 2013, 11:38 PM

QUOTE (Feetosopher @ Dec 3 2013, 09:13 AM)

Yeah, I knew about California.. maybe Florida as well?

Florida (south east) though it has warm weather does not seem to have as many barefooters as I like (only on the beach which is not so exciting.) It might get too hot which might cause searing black top. California has milder weather that is more mediterranean like.
The New England area (north east) is diverse but can get quite cold. But there are many small towns that are very artsy and where Barefooters can be common.
Midwest (center) - some barefooting activity going on in the summer. Winters are very cold.
The Northwest can be quite chilly and rainy and discourages barefooting I think. It does not get freezing cold though.
Just what I seen from my travels.

Keep up the great work Feetosopher!

Posted by: Feetosopher Dec 4 2013, 08:22 AM

QUOTE (jwdf88 @ Dec 3 2013, 11:38 PM)

QUOTE (Feetosopher @ Dec 3 2013, 09:13 AM)

Yeah, I knew about California.. maybe Florida as well?

Many thanks for your.. Travelling Guide of Barefooting America!

As for keeping up my standards.. many thanks, I'll do my best!

Cheers from Italy!

Posted by: dude Dec 4 2013, 11:39 PM

QUOTE (jwdf88 @ Dec 3 2013, 11:38 PM)

QUOTE (Feetosopher @ Dec 3 2013, 09:13 AM)

Yeah, I knew about California.. maybe Florida as well?

As a Yankee, I can confirm what jwdf88 says. The southeastern US gets too hot in many places, plus it's a more conservative place with a history of poverty, so going barefoot probably has more of a social stigma attached to it than it would elsewhere.

The west coast is better because it never gets too hot or too cold, and it's far more of an open-minded culture (San Francisco, Portland, Seattle).

New York is liberal, but very status-conscious, so despite the millions of people who live here, seeing barefoot hippie girls is very rare. Seeing drunk girls take off expensive high heels and walk barefoot is more common, but that's not really a turn-on for me the way free-spirit hippie girls are.

Then there are the small college towns with hippies that you can find in any region (Asheville, Madison, Ithaca, Boulder, etc.). Depending on the weather (it can get really cold in some of those towns), you can see a fair number of barefoot hippies.

Nowhere in the US is like Germany, unfortunately, where barefoot hippie girls seem to be everywhere.

Posted by: Clipper Dec 7 2013, 12:44 AM

For what I know in the USA there are some amish rural comunity where woman and child walk barefeet very often.

Is true or now are not more barefooted ?

Posted by: jwdf88 Dec 7 2013, 01:00 PM

Clipper, I myself am not sure as I have never been to an amish community. From this photos I can understand why.
http://cph.osu.edu/sites/default/files/images/AmishWomen_credit.jpg
Anyone having that footwear in the summer must feel like their feet are trapped. I do not think the amish have much variety in footwear.