Some of Ronin's photo shoots are still at MetArt. But it's probably been 6 years or more since he's had any new work posted at MetArt.
I'm not aware of any shoots that are in his artsy style that were posted at MetArt in the last few years.
I think that in the early days of MetArt, they were more accepting of different styles of eroticism. At least in some of their offerings.
But since then, they have mainly focused on more mainstream, less artistic photography.
Let me rephrase that. The far-out artistic style were always, at most, a very minor part of the MetArt offerings. And now they are even less on view.
Even the fuzzy (not a very appropriate term) of Grigori Galitsin photo shoots, which I thought were somewhat artsy, are not in evidence at MetArt today. But Galitsin was a different case, where he was accused of using under-age models. So all of his photo shoots were removed from MetArt, I believe.
But I thought Galitsin's shoots had a certain artistic quality, sort of in the Peter Hamilton style, with a fuzzy (I'm not using the proper term to describe it) effect to the photos.
Met-Art is probably the biggest site for softcore teen photography, based on content.
And the site just keeps getting bigger. They add up to 6 photosets and videos per day. I don't know of any softcore teen photo site that comes close to that in terms of updates.
But over the years, they also tinker with the site to make it user friendly. They have a massive amount of content, but I feel the site is very easy to use.
One example of how they to make the contents more accessible/user friendly:
Years ago, the naming system for zip downloads of photosets used a combination of letters and numbers. Then they switched to a different system, where the filenames were much longer, but that tried to describe the file contents more clearly. The system they use now is much improved:
It gives the site name, the date the photoset was posted at Met-Art, the name of the photoset, the model(s) featured in the photoset, the photographer, and the definition of the photoset (low, medium, or high).
Would be a photoset posted on 2011-05-08, with the title, "Presenting Felicia", featuring the model Felicia B, by the photographer Dolce, and the definition is high.
Personally, I would rather that the name of the model comes before the name of the photoset. And I would prefer the date of the set comes before the name of the photoset. For example:
Felicia B-2011.05.08-Presenting Felicia
That would make more sense, and make it easier to categorize, as far as I can see.
Because when you are looking over your photosets, you want to know who the model is, when the photoset was posted, and then the name of the photoset.
I pay less attention to who the photographer is. And I try to keep all the Met-Art sets in a common group for Met-Art.
But it's nice that Met-Art tries, on a constant basis, to make the site more user-friendly.
I visit Met-Art more often than I go to any museum. For one, it's easier to visit. For another, the contents are more interesting. For another, Met-Art is like a museum, that is cultural, uplifting, and stimulates the mind.
There are very few porn sites that fit that description.
With inside scenes, you have better control of lighting and sound.
Outside scenes, unless you have a good photographer/cinematographer/whatever-you-call-it, you can get shadows, poor lighting, random noises (cars going by, planes overhead, etc.).
And most porn places very little value on location, costumes, plot/story, etc. It's just humping, sucking, down-and-dirty sex.
Which is why X-Art and the other similar sites are a nice change of pace. You can see erotic porn instead of gonzo porn.
But for softcore teen photography, you can't beat Met-Art, which has indoor, outdoor, all over the place locations in their shoots.
If you join one site, you automatically get 9 more sites included.
Then, if your membership goes into a second month, you get 1 additional site.
If your membership goes into a third month, you get 1 more additional site.
If your membership goes beyond 3 months, you get 2 more sites.
But: almost all of the site are small. And most stopped updating years ago.
So there are much better ways to spend your money, than on a membership to this network. You will find much more content, better quality content, easier site navigation, and more frequent updates at other sites and networks.
Maybe years ago this site/network might have justified a membership, while they were still updating, and they might have improved the quality as time went on.
But this is just one of many sites/networks that has little value compared to what other sites offer today.
But some Captcha forms are worse than others.
There are some, where the letters/numbers are so twisted, that you have to guess what the letters/words are, and I get some of those wrong again and again, that I just give up. This isn't for any porn sites that I know of, but for some other content.
There are also Captchas where the letters/numbers move across the screen, and go off the screen and come back on. That's the case with this site. So you have to watch the Captcha a few times, to get all the letters/numbers.
No big deal. Just a bit of irritation. Especially compared to sites that just require the username and password, and are very easy to log in.
I guess they use Captcha for security. But if you are really a computer expert/hacker, there are probably automatic programs that will handle the Captcha.
So the extra security just makes life a bit more difficult for the rest of us.
Current Member for over 1 month (at the time of review).
Pros:
-The photosets and videos are dated by when they were posted to the site.
-The zip file for each photoset has the name of the model in the filename.
-There is a small bio for each model. Gives her name, age and hair color.
Also gives some background on the model, which is probably fiction.
-No DRM.
-No download limits.
-Good download speed. I got 1.0 to 1.4 MB/sec at this site (which is my maximum download speed).
-DownThemAll download manager works at this site.
-Because the videos are so short (3 to 4 minutes runtime), the file size is very small: 50 MB or less.
Cons:
-On login, have to enter a captcha, which is a moving string of 5 numbers. You have to watch the captcha for a minute or two, to try to read all the numbers, since the string is moving on and off the screen. Just a minor annoyance, but it indicates poor site design, along with a bunch of other site design problems. Logging into Met-art or Erotic Beauties, major porn sites, is so easy and effortless. Why can't other sites make it easy to log in?
-Archive site. Stopped updating in 2009.
-Although photosets download with the name of the model and a unique number, videos download with the default filename of "full.wmv" or "full.avi" (depending on whether you chose the wmv or avi file format).
So you have to rename each video you download, to know what model is in the video. And there's no description on the site of what the video is about.
-Navigation is very basic.
-No search function.
-Site only has 3 models. Very limited selection of models.
Bottom Line:
This is a very softcore teen site.
Their model listing consists of 3 models:
Diana, brown hair
Liza, black hair
Nika, blonde hair
I thought at first I was mistaken. Where are all the different models? But those three models are used for all the photosets and videos. So if you
like those three models, you will find plenty of photos and videos with them.
There is very little eroticism. Very little touching themselves. No masturbation. Little or no spreading of the legs. This is really very
softcore. Met-art is the biggest teen softcore site there is, for photographs. But the Met-art photos, if you can imagine, are harder edged than what this site offers.
In a way, that's good. It almost makes you feel like a "clean" pervert looking at these innocent photos of naked teens.
No boys at this site interacting with the girls. This is a girl-only site.
In some of the photosets and videos, there are two girls. But the only touching between the two girls is girly innocence. I mean, these girls
hardly ever kiss the other girl softly on the lips. They are playing around, maybe touching one another's arm or leg. But really innocent. This
is the very softest of softcore.
Site statistics:
Photosets
Number of photosets: 167
Number of photos per set: around 70+
Each photo has 3 sizes: Low Res., Medium Res., Original size. The original size is between the low res and the medium res.
Original res dimensions: 800 x 1200 pixels, or 1500 x 1000 pixels
Each photoset has a zip file option. You can download a zip file in your choice of low res, medium res, or original size.
Number of videos: 88
Video runtime: 3 to 4 minutes.
Frame width x height: 720 x 480
Total bitrate: 6096 kbps
You can download the videos as WMV or AVI files.
There is no choice of definition for the videos. Videos download in one definition only.
The videos are really short. A lot of the videos have a runtime of 3 or 4
minutes. The video file size is small, 50 MB or less.
The videos have more tease to them than the photosets. There is stripping in the videos. But it's done in a girlish way, very innocent, not even midcore, just young teens taking off their clothes and playing in an innocent manner to an unseen audience. No sex, no masturbation, very
little touching of their own body, no spread legs, no close-ups of the groin or ass.
The videos are poor to just OK. The girls go in and out of focus, which is annoying. This is not an artistic effect, but the camera operator just
can't keep the model in focus, even though she is barely moving from one spot to another. The camera operator is definitely not a professional.
There is no story line to the videos, it's just a girl or 2 girls getting naked, moving around, flashing parts of their bodies. They are interacting with the camera, being teasing, but innocent.
The lighting is OK, the colors are OK. These are scenes shot indoors, so the lighting is easily controlled, and there is little or no annoying
random noises in the soundtrack. The soundtrack is canned music, which I wouldn't mind hearing eliminated. But I've heard worse canned music.
The site design and navigation is basic but acceptable. There is no search function. But you have pages listing the photosets, and other pages
listing the videos. The listing shows what model (or sometimes 2 models) is in the photoset or video. But there is no description of what the
photoset or video is about. But then again, it's basically a girl getting undressed, and flashing her body at the camera. That's it. No script, or
story.
I am giving this site a score of 70. But I think, unless you know that this is a very softcore site, with just 3 teen models, and that it hasn't updated in over 3 years, and that the photos and videos are poor or just OK in technical quality, you will be disappointed you spent your money on this site.
I just noticed that both 18 Only Girls and Young Legal Porn are now $29.97/month. The last time I checked, at least one of those sites was $19.99/month, with a PU/TBP discount, as far as I can remember.
A lot of sites are offering specials, where they reduce the membership price. But the Diesel sites are trying to keep their prices up, or even increasing them.
The only way to currently get access to all the Diesel offerings would be the 5 months for $99 that gives access all 13 Diesel sites (that excludes Wow Girls, which is marketed separately from the Diesel sites).
But a lot of PU members don't want to sign up for the $99 for 5 months membership.
They would prefer a one-month membership plan, instead.
In the TBP site, it says: "Could not locate exclusive content information."
Most of the site contents is exclusive, I believe. But don't expect 100% exclusive content.
Two main reasons for non-exclusive content:
1. They post videos and photo sets from other sites, as a cross-selling feature. Those videos and photo sets are clearly marked as coming from other sites, along with a link to those sites with a discount for joining.
2. They post videos and photo sets from a supplier who sells to other sites/networks. I've seen some videos that were posted at the Teen Mega World network, and later posted at 18 Only Girls. However, when the videos are posted at 18 Only Girls (or at Young Legal Porn, another site in the Diesel network), the videos offer a higher definition option, and usually have better lighting, better colors, and a higher quality to the video. So I think that's a good thing, where you can get a better quality version of a video, even if you saw it at another network.
and it brings up the list of individual sites, my thought was, that is the Diesel network. Because those are the sites that are included in the 5-month membership offer. And those are all the sites that Diesel offers (except for Wow Girls, which is treated as a completely separate offering).
When I use the words, Diesel Network, that is my construction, to refer to the sites that Diesel offers. "Diesel Network" is probably not the exact terminology used by the company itself.
Go to TBP site;
Go to any of the sites in the Diesel network;
Under the heading "Company Info", click on either the "Diesel Media Online, Inc" link, or the "Diesel Action" link;
That will bring up a new page, listing the different sites that are part of the Diesel network.
Wow Girls is not included in the 5-month membership to Diesel network.
The sites that are included are:
1. 18 Only Girls
2. Young Legal Porn
3. Skinny Super Girl
4. The Sperm Lover
5. Policeman
6. Sasha Fucks Dasha
7. Sasha Blonde
8. Ivana Fukalot
9. Vika Nymph
10. Alice Wonder Bang
11. Beata Porn
12. Lay The Kat
13. Natasha Shy
Some of the sites are archive sites (they don't update).
A lot of models have tried to cross over into acting. But very few models make it big as actors.
Marky Mark made the transition, and he has had an extremely successful career as an actor. His acting name is Mark Wahlberg.
I think of him as a model before he became an actor, because of the commercials he did for men's underwear.
But he was more famous as a singer than a model, before he became an actor: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.
Jessica Lange was a model before becoming an actress. Today, she is considered one of the best professional actors of her generation, having won Academy awards, Golden Globes, Emmys, and just about everything else an actor can win.
But for her first acting job, in King Kong, I remember reading that a lot of critics said she had no talent as an actress.
Rene Russo (she was in the Lethal Weapon franchise with Mel Gibson) has had a very successful acting career after starting out as a model.
But like you said, most models that try to get into acting find that it's a matter of luck as well as skill and looks that help to determine your success.
Anyway, there are a lot of factors in making a good video. More so than making a good photograph.
I agree with your points about models and the difference between a photoset and a video.
But you would think, unless the people that run Metart are completely blind, that they would realize how boring their videos are.
And that they would stop wasting so much of their time and money and site-space on hosting these boring videos on their site.
Either that, or get people who know how to shoot an interesting video.
But at the same time, I think that Femjoy videos are also boring. Femjoy videos are slightly better than Metart videos, but not by much.
On the other hand, maybe it's partly a softcore thing.
PU/TBP is based in the U.S., and that is why the prices they show are the U.S. prices these sites charge. (I believe that's why they are showing the U.S. prices.) Even though in some cases there can be regional pricing, but PU/TBP doesn't normally list the prices that might be charged for non-U.S. customers. That would require a lot of extra work, and they have a lot of work involved trying to list the current U.S. prices for the sites, along with any discounts that might apply.
Anyway, I was trying to show, in my reply, the prices a U.S. customer might see, or pay.
Because those are the prices I see when I click on the join pages for these sites. Since I live in the United States.
The PU/TBP sites list the membership price as $19.95 (U.S.).
But when you click on the link to the Club Seventeen site, and you then click on the join page link, when you get to the monthly price, you see, 19.95 euros (approximately $25.88 (U.S.). That is what you will see, if you live in the United States.
I live in California, part of the United States.
So this is a case where PU/TBP needs to update the price it shows (for U.S. members). Or maybe it can get the discount back into effect that it had before.
I agree that regional pricing is unfair, and should be abolished. But this instance is not a case of regional pricing, but apparently a case where the PU/TBP listed price no longer agrees with the price the site is charging.
This is not a news flash. They've always been boring.
I get more fun watching some commercials than I get out of watching most Metart videos. How do they make videos of beautiful, lovely models getting undressed so boring?
Many of their photosets are alluring, lovely, outstanding, really gorgeous to look at.
But my main question is: why can the Metart photosets be so alluring? And at the same time, their videos so boring?
Separately, when the downloaded Metart videos play back, there is sometimes a mosaic effect where the colors are sometimes pixellated, and that is just another distracting effect. What causes this? I don't get this effect watching videos I download from Diesel network or Teen Mega World or other sites I download from.
I don't have a gaming computer, that is set up for fast visual effects. But my laptop, and my desktop, are both fairly new, within the last year, so I should be able to play back even the 1080p videos with no problems, I would think.
I look at the reviewer's details and opinions. And the site score he/she gave. But details and opinions on the site are more important than the exact score given.
Having said that, some site themes are much more to my taste than other themes. I've never joined a gay porn site, though I have joined some trannie sites that were part of a network, and that I found interesting.
Actually, I have joined some gay porn sites, that were offered as part of a larger network. But I gave the gay porn sites very little attention, except possibly as a short site review. I think Teen Mega World has a gay porn site, that is very small (very little content, no updates, poor quality content).
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