QC’s Friday Five – Dominic Ford.com

Every Friday we bring you five questions and five great pics from some of porn’s hottest players. This week, we speak with the mind behind DominicFord.com, a relative newcummer to the porn world that’s made quite a splash with its 3D porn scenes and big names like Ricky Sinz and Arpad Miklos. Dominic shared his thoughts on the future of porn, what celebrities they’d like to get on camera, and the craziest thing they’d ever film for their site:
1. One of Dominic Ford’s distinguishing features is 3D porn. In fact, you’ve started giving out free 3-D specs for fans to join in the fun. What other innovations do you see on the horizon for porn and Dominic Ford in particular—zero-gravity sex? porn with real dolls? and real time porn on demand with fan driven content?
Dominic Ford is excited to be the first and only gay porn company to shoot in 3D. Since day one we’ve sent our members our high-quality cardboard 3D Glasses. We’ve just started sending our loyal members (of 6 months or more) high-quality plastic glasses. We are super excited about it, as our long-term members deserve to be shown that we truly appreciate their loyalty.
As far as other innovations, I am intrigued by the RealTouch. I’ve gotten to play with one a little, and am excited to see if it takes off. In my opinion, a truly immersive experience like that is crying out for 3D. That is technically 4D—when you watch something in 3D and also have the physical sensations (like rides at Universal Studios like Shrek or The Simpsons in which you get sprayed on, moved around, etc.). So, 4D is the next obvious step from 3D. I also think that the interactive porn space needs to evolve into 3D as well. At DominicFord.com, we have major plans, including full-length 3D movies, interactive 3D movies and more that I can’t talk about yet! I also think that Blu-Ray (or any other HD system like that) will be huge once it catches on. We’ll be releasing our first 3D movie in Blu-Ray very shortly—another first for the industry.
We’ve toyed with live 3D webcams, but their quality isn’t high enough for us to put our brand on. Same thing for a few 3D mobile devices we’ve tested. They just don’t meet our standards yet. We are working with 3D monitor companies, however, and will be releasing all our content in the right format to support native 3D monitors and TVs once they are commonly available.
One other thing I’d say. A lot of people think 3D is our “gimmick.” That is, until they see it. We shoot HOT guys in HOT scenes. Our credo is simple: if it isn’t hot in 2D, who cares that it’s in 3D? Our goal is to provide really hot porn for people to get off to. We just happen to release the scenes both in 2D and in 3D! Having said that, 3D porn is simply hotter than 2D porn. It’s really like you are there sitting next to these guys. You can practically touch their bodies.
2. What’s been the most challenging aspect of starting a web-based studio in a market that’s already super-saturated with competitors? If you could change one thing about the porn industry, what would it be?
The challenge is to do something different. Every niche you can imagine is super-saturated. There are a million twink sites, gay-for-pay sites, thug sites, latino sites, bear sites, etc. You name it. I know people who are creating new micro-niche sites (like the skater sites), but these micro-niches are so small, I wonder how difficult it is to find guys that fit those micro-niches (unless their looks are all manufactured) or members who want to pay for such a small niche. Do people only have these micro-interests? I am a member of one of the larger college jock sites, and while I love that look, all the guys start to look the same after a while.
When we started, we had two major goals: to be much more diverse than other sites, and to feature both amateurs and porn stars. Oh, and do it all in 3D! 🙂 The basic barometer for guys on our site is simple: if I’d sleep with them I want them on the site—and I like all kinds of guys. So I figured if I have a diverse set of aesthetics I like, I am sure other people do too. I love pairing famous porn stars (Blu Kennedy, Arpad Miklos, Vinnie D’Angelo, etc…) with new amateurs. It’s so cool to see how they interact with each other. I honestly never thought I’d get to work with superstars like Matthew Rush. I still giggle that I have not only met these folks, but that I have a great relationship now with them.
What would I change about the porn industry? It’s a great question. For the most part, I really love the industry. We are relatively new (we’ll be celebrating our 1-year anniversary in a month I think), and the industry has really embraced us. I’ve met so many friends at industry events. They have all been so helpful and encouraging. I really didn’t expect that because this is a cut-throat industry. Now, not everyone is like that. I just had another porn producer pull a model from my shoot last week because he didn’t want him working for another studio (even though the model wasn’t under contract and frankly needed the work). That’s a little shitty if you ask me.
I do think it would be a good idea for porn models to have some kind of union. I think that it is unfair how some studios abuse their talent. I have been told so many stories by guys I’ve met. I think that these guys should be empowered more than they are—especially those without agents. I’m talking about standards in working conditions, time on the set, mandatory breaks, etc… All the kinds of benefits Actor’s Equity or SAG/AFTRA gives to mainstream performers. That way there could be a health care system in place for them also beyond what is available today (which I believe is just free STD testing, though I could be wrong). On the payscale side of things, this would ensure these guys get paid what they deserve.
Porn star divas, celebrity sex, and more after the jump!

3. Between Ricky Sinz, Matthew Rush, and Arpad Miklos, you’ve been able to snag some very big names in porn for your site. What non-porn-related actor would you love to have a scene with? Why?
I love those guys. Ricky, Matthew and Arpad are some of my favorite people in the industry. They all have been so kind and generous with us. Arpad was the first major porn star we ever shot. We launched our first 3D movie starring him and Blu Kennedy. I was SO nervous before he arrived. What was he going to be like? Will it be obvious that we are a young company and just feeling our way through this? He was so gracious and just more than anyone could ask for in terms of professionalism and delivering an amazing scene. There is a reason he has had the longevity in his career. He deserves it. I can’t wait to work with him again. I feel the same way about Matthew Rush and Ricky Sinz. Both are top-notch gentlemen with great business senses and a real compassion for companies like mine that are just starting out. Oh, and they are fucking hot.
As far as non-porn actors… that’s a great question. I guess there are the obvious ones: Ashton Kutcher, Brad Pitt, etc… But perhaps less obvious ones might include Christian Campbell and Matthew Fox (a little “Party of 5” reunion!), oh and that guy from Smallville who is in Supernatural now—Jensen Ackles. I’d love see him and Tom Welling go at it! As far as why? Well, I used to masturbate after watching those shows, so it would provide some much needed closure for me I suppose!
4. What would you recommend to someone looking to get their start in the porn industry (Good opening moves, things to avoid, veteran advice)?
I assume you mean as an actor? The most important thing I can say is this: DON’T BE A DIVA. At the end of the day, there are a million guys out there. We have worked with the newest amateurs as well as the most seasoned porn stars. I expected the seasoned porn stars to have attitudes because they have been around a lot longer than I have and know a lot more about the industry than I do. But, NONE of the famous porn stars I’ve worked with have had an attitude. And I believe that is why they are still around today: people WANT to work with them.
Surprisingly, the most attitude I have gotten is from newcomers who think they are the shit. There is one guy on our site, who shall remain nameless, who offended us in EVERY way possible. We swore we would never work with him again. He’s really hot and caused us to get a lot of subscriptions and traffic because of it, too. Normally we would do whatever we could to work with a guy like that again, but because of his attitude it just isn’t worth the aggravation to us. Plus, this guy has worked now for 7 or 8 other studios. And guess what? Almost all the studios talk to each other, and I know that ALL of those studios feel exactly the same way about this guy as we did. So while we’re seeing a lot of him right now, I can pretty much guarantee that his star will burn out very quickly, as no one wants to work with him again!
5. What’s the craziest sex act you’d ever ask a model to do on camera?
I’ll tell you the bain of my existence. All I want to film is a pile-driver, a daisy chain (in a 3-some) and a double penetration. These will all be firsts when we film them in 3D. But our first 3-Way (a 3D-Way, as I call it), didn’t go exactly as planned, and we weren’t able to do the daisy chain or the DP. And evidently the pile-driver isn’t as easy to do as I thought, as hardly anyone has been able to do it successfully. I do it in my personal life and don’t get what the big deal is, but evidently it comes harder for other people. One time I had a bottom who really wanted to it to, but the top’s cock was curved in such a way that it hurt him too much. So, that has remained an elusive position for me to film.
The funniest/hottest thing was our daddy/son scene with Andrew James and Adam Burr. Andrew is SO much bigger than Adam. I asked him if he could pick up Adam (while he was standing), spin him upside down and feed his cock into Adam’s mouth while holding him up by his feet. Well, he could and it is some of the hottest footage I think we shot. Poor Adam had to take a few breaks because all the blood was rushing to his head and he had a huge cock in his mouth. I thought he was going to pass out a few times 🙂
We also spend a LOT of time on our 3D cum-shots. There are two amazing ones we have shot so far: Brandon Monroe’s solo and Drake Jaden’s solo. In 3D, these cumshots literally hit you in the face. We just came out with our first 2 DVDs, and these are the featured solos on the DVDs. At trade shows, these are the only clips anyone ever wants to see!
We keep challenging ourselves to do new and creative things in 3D, and we keep investing in more equipment that lets us do things normal cameras simply won’t allow. So, stay tuned! We are not one to rest on our laurels! Otherwise, we’d get bored.
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