Many demands for encores have remained unfulfilled, and there are no longer any stories to go alongside the models.
For instance, the following story goes alongside the first part of http://www.city-feet.com/updates/509/view second (yes, SECOND) shoot
"This time Nadya put on very tight shoes to the office. She suffered all the day long and her heels began to ache and bleed. She couldn't stand it more and... putt off that damn shoes! Poor feet became free now. And Nadya enjoyed the barefooting even outside the office."
Now, OK, perhaps Nadya isn't a barefooter, and maybe that detracts from the magic for some. But she CHOOSES to go barefoot and leave her shoes behind to embark on a barefoot journey, which in my book is equally sexy as someone who turns up in a microscopic handbag with no shoes in sight.
So, Paul, if you are reading this - please, for the sake of this site's future, communicate with us more often and ensure that the following requests - which I post on behalf of the entire board - are fulfilled:
1. Encores for ANY models willing to make a comeback. You got Julia back after several years, it CAN happen again, surely!
2.Discourage the model from looking at the camera too much, although flirting in moderation is OK if they are gifted actresses (like Alyona) - maybe just play it by ear.
3. Stories next to each shoot, like in the good old days.
4. Consider splitting the main page into further sections based on hair colour, clothing, degree of dirt, colour of dirt, height, shoe size, ground texture, ground temperature - the "Themes" page is great and always has been, but as a fellow businessman I know there is room for growth.
Want a USP? How about this.... a SLIDER for the ground temperature category. So you have snow (0 degrees) all the way up to a summer day in Moscow, (about 40-ish degrees). Visitors to the site can set a range depending on their desires.
Anyone choosing the lowest temp within the range could also be given a range of outbound links to Chilly Feet.... which will improve search engine ranking!
The possibilities are endless Paul, the opposition is there for a reason - TO BE DESTROYED!!!
And finally, 5. Do not allow models to carry shoes, I could see that any night of the week in town, girls clubbing etc and the charm is finite - shoots beginning with shoes on are OK, but there has to be a story behind it.
For instance, http://www.city-feet.com/models/108/view (so much potential but I know she isn't coming back
) removes her flips at the very start, but WHY?She just looks at the camera and takes them off for no reason, so we know the situation is staged. Compare that to Nadya's story.... one of many reasons the site has survived 10+ years unlike so many imitation sites with no class.
NOW, if Olga had done something reckless (like throw the cheap looking things in the freakin bin), NOT looked at the camera, and maybe leaned on something and self-massaged to ease the "pain" cause by the flip flops, we would have an entirely different shoot.
It's the little differences that matter - Paul, you are a fantastic cameraman and editor and none of us can tell you how to do your job, as your success is self-evident.
However, aretifism is a constant, timeless, shifting form of art. Just like the competition - so act now and secure the future of this fantastic work of art you have created over the past decade!
