Let’s start with your story. How did you first start making porn?
Our first video was very spontaneous, that was over 3 years ago. We were celebrating something; I don't remember what, because we celebrate a lot!
We always had the desire to make our own porn videos and we did it that night. After that, we uploaded it on Redtube and went to sleep. On next day when we saw how many views and nice comments we had, we were very excited. People begged us for more and more so we get carried away. Ours videos weren’t regular vanilla porn - we are both deepthroat and rough stuff enthusiasts! 3 years ago there was a deficit on that kind of content. Because on Redtube people could download videos, we switched to Pornhub, and after that we saw that we can earn money for views. That was very important for us because we could evolve. We never thought that so many people would follow us and be our big big fans and friends.
Has your opinion about porn changed since you started making it?
Kate : Well, when we started there were less amateurs than now, and everyone did it definitely only for fun, with pleasure and because they loved it. Now we meet more and more people who treat it only as a business. Of course not everyone – there are many great and fantastic amateurs here who really enjoy it and still do it with passion. We always try be the same people as we were in the beginning. One more thing which changed in amateur porn is the quality of videos – it’s much much better than 3 years ago.
What’s your favorite scene that you have ever filmed?
Kate: Actually hard to say! We love every threesome and foursome video because we have amazing memories from that meetings, there was a lot of fun, laugh and great moments. On our truutruu account we are proud from videos on request, prepare for scenes, scenarios, camera views and lighting, next editing and color grading ... Everything was always very exciting and last of course - priceless happy our friend who order video. But there is always a moment when you think, "Hey, I must do something new, something crazy and totally different..." and I did! I made my new solo channel katetruu, that was 4 months ago. Already I knew that there I'll never upload something pro, the plan is to upload only spontaneous videos like IKEA or any other outdoor location. Generally videos without preparing, no lights, no pro cameras, only two phones and a Xiaomi yi 4k+ which I can have in my pocket. The truth is I always look back with pleasure to my not-so-perfect old extreme hardcore videos. Why? Because I love it!
How has your video quality changed since you first started filming?
Axel: When we started, we used only old smartphones, without any tripods, without any lighting - we just put the camera on the table or floor or many books, and started the scene!
People love that amateur look, but lot of them gave us advice how we can upgrade our videos.
With the first money we earned from Pornhub, we bought a cheap Sony handycam. Then we bought a halogen lamp from Castorama - it gives a lot of light, but was extremly hot.
We still want be better and better so we earn money and spend for new equipment. We’re also still learning how edit videos. I have to tell you that we started with Windows movie maker.
I think after the first year, some of our fans did fundraising for us and we bought our first really good camera; a Canon Legria GH40. It was big step for us.
Next we bought good lighting and lots of other stuff.
Now we have really good cameras and gear. In fact we can make full pro videos, but we still want to have a bit of an amateur look.
What factors contributed to the change in quality?
Axel: It is a simple answer: we want be better and better. When we started making videos it was only fun. Now we love it. But not only porn; we love photography and we love making movies for our regular customers.
Somebody once said, "Pick a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life."
Thanks to Pornhub, we’ll never work a day again.
What equipment do you use? (Camera, microphone, video software, etc)
Axel: We’ve come a long way with our equipment. As I said, we started with old phones. In the past three years, we spent a lot of money we earned from Pornhub on new gear. In fact, thanks to Pornhub, we are now professional photographers with a lot of mainstream customers.
It is very expensive stuff but worth it.
Now we use a Sony A7S camera with an external Atomos Ninja Inferno monitor. When Sony announces the new a7s mark3, we will buy it ASAP. Secondary camera is Sony RX10MK2. Also for spontaneous or outdoor scenes, we often use Xiaomi Yi 4+ and a Huawei P20pro phone.
For photography, we use a Canon 5dmk3. Also for videos we use Canon or Sigma lenses, like Sigma art 35mm f1.4, Canon macro 100mm f2.8, Canon 85mm f 1.8, Samyang 14mm F2.8, Canon 28mm f2.8, Canon L 70-200 f2,8.
For aerial shots we have DJI Phantom 4 Pro but very soon we will change it for DJI Mavic 2 Pro
To perfect sound, we use a Rode VideoMic Pro, and now we bought a Zoom h4n recorder.
We also have a Zhyiun Crane 2 stabilizer, but we’ve only used it maybe 2 times in porn.
The software we use is Vegas Pro 15 with Magic Bullet. For photography we use Photoshop and Lightroom and a very fast Dell computer with an Eizo Cg247X external graphic monitor.
I must say that lot of this stuff we have thanks to Pornhub! When we started making videos we didn’t know anything about photography and video making, and now we are professionals and we do what we love!
How do you do your lighting for videos?
Axel: This isn’t a unique opinion, but lighting is the most important factor for your video quality!
If you don’t have good lighting, use natural light - it is the reason why outdoor videos look the best! Also videos near windows looks better. But of course, we have really good lighting. We use a panel LED light called the Yongnuo YN-600. The light is a bit harsh, but it travels well, and with a softbox the light is much softer. We also have a ring lamp called the Yongnuo YN308.
You’ve learned a lot about editing videos and photos. Where did you learn that?
Axel: When we started, we had no idea how to edit videos and photos. First we used Windows Movie Maker, which is super easy to learn.
But when we bought new cameras we needed to use much better software. We tried the most popular softwares like Adobe, Davinci and Vegas, and we eventually chose Vegas Pro. It was not easy in the beginning, but we met fantastic people on Pornhub who helped us out. Our great fan and friend, Sid from NY, is a famous photographer and Director of Photography. He taught us a lot about color grading, editing, how make professional photos in Photoshop and most importantly how set lights, cameras and how to make a scene look good without any distortion. He is great guy - if any models live near NYC, he can make for you pro photo session or make videos. Just message us to get in touch.
We’re not done learning, though! These days we mostly learn from tutorials and books.
What advice do you have for new models?
Kate: The most important thing is making content which you feel comfortable with. For example, if you hate anal but you make videos with anal, people will see that you are fake. Do only things which you really love and do only things that you're good at - people will appreciate it.
Second of all also very important, do it only for your and your fans’ pleasure... Never for money. The money will come anyway.
Third: Fuck haters.
You recently filmed with RaeLilBlack. What was that like?
Kate : Yes, that was great time for all of us. Raelilblack is a very sexy and nice girl with big courage; we made 7 videos together (soon we will upload the next one. I think it’s the best). But we never forget all the amazing people from Pornhub that we made videos with, and spent great time partying with! We visited the most beautiful cities in Europe and I'm sure that new meetings will come soon.
Would you ever shoot with a professional studio?
Kate : Finally the most asked question. I have many offers from different studios but I will never shoot for a professional studio. Maybe because we, me and Axel, try do everything together and be independent... But hey! If facialabuse.com invite me someday, I won’t hesitate for even one second!
Do you have any upcoming projects you want to tell us about?
Kate : Yes of course! We’ve had an extremely busy time this summer, but now we can chill a little bit and take care of our channels.
So about plans with our truutruu channel – we’re looking for new friends who will join us, who would be starting out in porn or just would be in our videos. We'll help with everything to start, and teach about everything you need to start. But my plans with the katetruu channel are even more exciting! I plan to travel all throughout Europe and make videos everywhere when I can, especially outdoors... And of course in all IKEA shops (I hope Ikea security guards don't read this interview !)
I'm so happy that people loved my new account and I have 5 millions views in 4 months so... I can't stop!
To end this interview, I wanna say thank you to all my friends and fans for supporting us, and for your kind words. I still love making new exciting content thanks to you. Love you forever!
And thank you to Pornhub - thanks to you my life changed for the better and I found what I really love to do.
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