Dear forum members.. having been around in the "female barefooting / dirty-soled beauty" internet scene for 10 years, and being a barefootographer/webmaster, I am always interested in knowing where people's tastes are going.
So I would really appreciate if you took part in this survey!

Feel free to use it also as a chance for letting me know whether you:
1) like/dislike my BAREFOOT NUDITY and BAREFOOT URBAN GIRLS paysites, also in comparison with City-Feet, Toes-In-Action, Barefoot Forever etc., and WHY
2) love/hate/could not care less about my models, and WHY
3) think that I am a cool dude, an ordinary Joe, or the worst asshole on the planet..

You know that I always value other people's views, even if they are different than mine.. MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE to anybody who will take part in this survey! Cheers!

The clear prevalence of the "real-life" option is no surprise to me.. we are on City Feet forum..
For your information, I have launched the same survey in various Facebook groups about barefooting and dirty female soles.. and it's really interesting to see that the results there are completely reversed.. the two most voted options there are N° 1 "glamorous" and N° 2 "fetish".. the other ones got no votes at all, so far..
It's a strange world, isn't it?

Hi Feetosopher,

first of all let me thank you for launching this survey.

I admit that my vote went to the "real life" option as well. The amazing 100% of votes it has received so far clearly shows that there´s audience for what the city-feet site is now attemting to offer - that is more "real-life" shoots.

What does the result mean? There is one more niche in the industry!

Cheers!

bfw

Edit: On second thought, I should say that if I´d wanted to be completely honest, I should´ve clicked the last option. What is so appealling about watching a "real life" clip is the fact that it could be interpreted in the following way: the girl doesn´t like being barefoot! The very opposite is true; she´s been manipulated into it by the circumstances. For example, she´s lost a bet, she´s got bunions and has to go barefoot as a sort of therapy, etc. In other words, she´s not enjoying herself at all - she´s just trying to put up with the situation. That´s why I prefer cold weather shoots! In short, this soft SM element does it for me and where else to look for it than in the context of real life shoots?

The main thing I like is dirty bare feet and soles , everthing else is distracting

Just to be sure that I got your message right, sir.. you mean that you don't give a shit about the models having ugly faces/bodies, or you mean that you just want feet close-ups, with no full-figure shots?

Hello sir, you are welcome, of course!

I was absolutely expecting a flood of votes for the "real-life" option.
I am a bit surprised by the paltry ONE preference for the DIY stuff, which has some very vocal supporters in the forum.. (btw.. where are all the Barefoot Pinays, Diminished Harmony/Altered Dominant wonders gone? ).

Some modest remarks from my side:
1) There is no new niche at all. City Feet has traditionally built its unquestionable success on the "real life flavor" of its content. If you add that most CF models are beautiful, or at least cute, CF's success is pretty obvious. I guess that most chaps subscribing to CF don't give a shit about the beauty of the locations, or the balance in the composition of the pictures.
2) I went the right way with BAREFOOT NUDITY and BAREFOOT URBAN GIRLS. Trying to build a "poor people's Italian copy" of CF, with less than one/tenth of CF's actual content, would have been stupid. After a brief initial curiosity (maybe!), nobody would have stayed with such a site. I chose to go with two completely different concepts: 1) mixing barefooting/dirty feet with exhibitionism and erotica, and 2) proposing true "Italian style" barefooting: with beautiful, glamorous, even poshy (SWAINS deffo is!) models, attention also to what is above the ankle and to the "artistic" quality of the pics, and the scenic locations for which Italy is famous in the world as the icing of the cake. THESE are TRUE NICHES.. and I am the only vendor offering this stuff on the planet..
3) The survey results are an indirect, polite way by the voters to tell me that they would never waste their money on my sites (dunno if they ever tried to subscribe for just one month, to see what's actually in them). No surprise.. in reverse, it's highly likely that most of my loyal customers would NEVER be regular subscribers to CF or TIA (which is more focused on hippy/punk style barefooters).

In a nutshell.. there are few (if any) chances that you will see pics or vids of a barefooted SWAINS buying onions for the soup at the local veggie shop..
You all die-hard CF fans can sleep safely.. and also Paul..
Cheers from Italy!

I love SWAIN! I actually would love to see her go into the store and buy onions. Can you do that as a next request? It may not be of typical beautiful scenary yo speak of. But seeing the bustle of the shoppers around in local shops and places is mundane and beautiful scenary in it self. I do not live in Russia but seeing all the background scenary in a country I never visited is quite interesting and beautiful that complemets the beautiful barefoot model. Sometimes CF models goto parks and museums with other people around. I never have been to italy so seeing SWAIN go into an itlian locale with others round would be fascinating and beautiful. Who else is with me? Lets vote on it!

I don't need any of the other categories,..the "Cute/ordinary girls in real-life situations" option has it all for me.

Then I am afraid that BAREFOOT URBAN GIRLS.. has little content of interest for you, sir..

Great to see that.. Batman himself joined the CF forum TODAY just to cast his vote (for which option?) in the survey and to let me know his.. mundane wishes about SWAINS !!! (not "SWAIN".. if you are a great fan of hers, Mr Batman.. you should at least try to spell her name right.. otherwise she might take offence! ).
As for your request, sir.. sorry to disappoint you, but:
1) I NEVER make "on demand" material.
2) My models are not donkeys drawing the cart where The Feetosopher orders them to. I doubt that SWAINS would ever accept to model for me in such a "setting".. and sure I have enough respect for her not to make any proposal in this respect.
No worries for you, however.. from what I have understood, there will be plenty of cute barefoot girls buying veggies on CF in the future!!!
Oh, and if you like veggies.. I'd warmly recommend a visit to my BAREFOOT NUDITY website.. there is plenty of HUGE VEGGIES around there.. and my super-hot models make interesting demonstrations about.. "alternative uses" for those veggies!!!
Thank you for voting and commenting, anyway!!!

OTHER: Girl next door type, no make up, no polish, no tattoos, no foot jewelry, walking around the city and on the Metro and progressively getting her feet as dirty as possible. Paying no mind to people who may be staring down at her feet - in other words, a hippie minus the "Goth" aforementioned items that so may modern "hippie chicks" wear.

An added bonus would be to see her take her shoes and socks off, gradually and one at a time, and then throwing them away into the trash before she embarks on her barefoot journey.

Thank you for voting and for commenting, sir! You are deffo out of the pack!
I am afraid that my chances to have you onboard at BAREFOOT URBAN GIRLS are pretty limited.. in the light of your "very peculiar" tastes!

I appreciate the efforts you put in, that's for sure, and you obviously work very hard at your craft and your site. That being said, I've got a very specific taste in hippie girls wandering the city with no shoes on in normal situations, rather than dressed up models. Thus, I tend to be into the girls on Toes-In-Action than anything else.

Hope you understand it's all about personal taste, and I certainly think you do good work. It's just not my thing (with a few exceptions like Uma).

Sorry I haven't been on this forum much lately, but I figured I would weigh in with my thoughts. I voted for option 1, very beautiful girls in glamorous poses and scenic locations, but my real answer would be more complicated. I like all of the choices, and have seen great examples of all of them online. I also like pics of barefoot cosplayers (which I guess would be my "other" choice).

Personally, I think there is a lot of crossover in these categories on the major sites, too (Barefoot Urban Girls, City Feet, Toes in Action). All three sites (to my eyes) feature beautiful girls, in glamorous poses, often in mild fetish poses, doing everyday things (as opposed to contrived stories, like a photographic fumetti; to use a term for my Italian friend).

Some of my favorite foot material though, is that where the woman herself posts her own pics, and blogs/comments about it, and seems to be genuinely into feet herself, or at least thinks it's cool that guys are into feet. This kind of material never seems to last long, as most of the women either seem to get bored or creeped out. The best long running example I can think of is Karina Dreamer, from Germany. If she showed her face and full body, she would have the most wonderful site ever (at least to me). Red-X is another one who is good about interacting with her foot fans, and Swains does seem to think about her fans, too, based on her sending pics back from her Japanese trip.

Anyway, I rambled a bit, but I like the poll, and I think it's a great topic for discussion.

Hello there, many thanks for your comment!
No objection at all to you preferring TIA and its models to BAREFOOT URBAN GIRLS.. sure my great friend Hal knows how to make the best out of the abundant "hippyesque" barefoot talent of his hometown, and has a roster with many great models! (indeed some of them posed naked for my BAREFOOT NUDITY website: JANINA, KIRA, SHEILA, LO and MAJEIRA).
Just a couple of remarks from my side:
1) In Italy, hippie barefooters are rather rare.. it would have been stupid from my side to have non-hippie girls dressed up as hippies, just to make BAREFOOT URBAN GIRLS look like a.. poor people's Italian imitation of TIA.
2) I leave ALL my models free to choose their outfits. Being Italy the cradle of high fashion, even girls who are into barefooting tend to have a poshy look.. some like it (all subscribers to my site, for sure! ), some do not.
3) I have a few true hippy barefoot beauties in my roster.. and one has just come back after two years of hiatus.. the wonderful KEA.. I don't know if she is.. hippy enough for your tastes..

KEA is BACK at BAREFOOT URBAN GIRLS!!!