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SHOCKDANCE. Chapter 15.
On the way home William was laughing.
"Everyone we get to help us out, seems to have us nude before we know what's happening!
Vincent! We'll set up a studio area for you at home, and tomorrow I want you to ask Damien what cameras you should have, to do this work properly!"
Vincent looked stunned.
"William! That will cost too much! Those are special large film format cameras that he uses!"
"Damien says you've got the talent as long as you work at it, and I'll make sure of that, so you need good equipment! The money is nothing and besides, I think we might get it all back anyway!"
Damien's eyes opened the next day when Jake walked in with Vincent and Trevor, and as soon as they were introduced he had him stripped and was checking out his muscles.
"Well Jake! You look magnificent! Vincent! We'll get some special shots this afternoon! You seem to have an endless supply of great models! Is the other one who's coming tomorrow special as well?"
"You'll see Damien! I think you'll find him interesting!"
Jake had been told what would happen, but he still looked stunned when Damien had him aroused to a full boner soon after they started. At lunchtime the courier arrived with the previous day's photos and the process of discussion and elimination went ahead. Trevor collected all the discarded photos for William and then it was back to work again. Damien spent a couple of hours taking his own shots and explaining them to Vincent, then he set Vincent going.
"Use your digital camera to check your photos on the monitor, but when you're happy with them we'll use the film cameras as well! I want about twenty photos and I'm not going to help in any way at all! They're to be your own ideas and execution!"
Vincent look both nervous and excited.
"Trevor! I've got an idea I want to try and you'll have to help me! Would you do our special dance please?"
Everyone was surprised by this, and Damien was looking quite puzzled. Trevor did some warmup exercises first, because it was such a change from the static posing, then went through the whole routine. When he finished he could see Damien staring at him, but Vincent went quickly on.
"The first bit I want is when you're sad at the start and you put your head down! It's these steps!"
He demonstrated and Trevor knew the exact moment he meant.
"Dance a few steps before and then freeze in that position! Keep projecting the sadness feeling for me so I can get the lighting right, and then we'll do it again for real!"
Four more moments followed, and then it was Jake's turn with five sections from his special gymnastic dance. Vincent finished up because he'd run out of time and Damien took over again.
"I thought you said you were strip dancers! That dance of yours was wonderful Trevor, and Jake's looked like it was made specially to suit him!"
"We are! But Arthur is our dance teacher!"
"I see! Of course! Well Vincent! I must say you surprised me with this approach and I'm eager to see how the photos turnout! Now what I want you do tonight is take the external hard drive and sort through all your digital images! Print out the best of them and show me tomorrow!"
"Oh! I'll have to do it tomorrow night Damien! We've got a show on tonight and I won't have enough time to do it properly!"
"A show? I might come and have a look then!"
This got grins all-round.
"Not to night Damien! It's hen's night! Come with us on Friday instead, and we'll get you in for free!"
The next day was Eric's turn and he started a whole new discussion between Vincent and Damien because of his fair skin and blond hair and how this would need different lighting. Just before lunch Eric made a comment that he was getting horny from having a boner so much and Damien heard him.
"Eric come here! I have a little experiment I want to try! Good! Now close your eyes and tell me to stop when the pain starts!"
"Ah! Will it hurt much it?"
"That's what we'll find out isn't it? Keep your eyes closed!"
Damien held Eric's balls gently with one hand and teased his cock with the other. He kept this going till Eric gasped and shot his juice everywhere.
"There you are! How was that?"
Eric looked rather puzzled.
"What did pain have to do with that?"
"Nothing! But you won't have to worry about feeling horny for a while will you?"
When the courier arrived from the photolab Damien got quite excited with Vincent's photos.
"Vincent these are better than I expected! I can see what you were trying to do now and it's mostly worked!"
He went into deeper discussion with Vincent, and Trevor could see a thoughtful look on his face.
"Vincent! How would you like to do a shared exhibition with me?"
Trevor watched the surprise and pleasure showing on Vincent's face as he quickly agreed.
"All your friends will have to agree to be models and we'll need to work all next week on it, but you've got a great theme for a base and I'd like to introduce you to the real world!"
There was no question about going ahead because as soon as he heard, William was one hundred percent behind the idea, and Damien was told that everyone would be available on the weekend as well as the weekdays if he wanted them. Damien pushed everyone hard and Vincent was almost as bad. Trevor noticed how Damien stopped telling Vincent what to do and only answered specific questions from him.
"When the showings over Trevor, I'll start directing him again, this way his work will all be his own, which is very important, especially for his first time!"
The modelling all finished on the next Thursday. Vincent worked with Damien to learn more about mounting and presentation and the exhibition date was set for six-weeks later at a gallery which Damien used regularly. College started again and the normal busy routine went ahead. One Thursday night after tea Trevor watched William and Eric.
"Sit on the couch Eric! That's it! Now! Spread your knees for me!"
William gave Eric a hardon and sucked him till he was close to shooting.
"How's that feel?"
Eric gasped.
"You know what it feels like William! Are you going to finish me please?"
"In a while! Tell me how your studies are going?"
Trevor thought this was a bit strange because Eric was the hardest studier of them all.
"Really well William! I've got top marks in all my assignments and I'd been working ahead in some sections! Trevor's given me that special work as well which is much harder than ordinary lectures!"
"What about your computer subjects?"
William kept playing with Eric so that he kept giving little gasps every now and again.
"They're really interesting and I'm pleased with the way they're all going! Oh!"
"Have you learned about web sites yet?"
"Not on my courses but I already know quite a lot!"
"Are they hard to make?"
"I could make one for you to night, but it....oooh! would be fairly basic!"
"Really! You've impressed me Eric!"
"Oh! God! Please!"
"Could you spare some time to make a good one? As long as it doesn't interfere with your studies!"
"A good one? I'll have to study up on it, but I could manage an hour a day if you're really keen!"
"How long would it take?"
"That depends on what you want, but I think about three or four weeks at the most! I can put in a big effort on Saturdays if I need .... oh! Yes! William!"
Eric's noises of pleasure increased while William finished the blowjob he'd started. William stood up and pulled Eric to his feet.
"Come on you ballsy wonder! I'll show you exactly what I want, and then we'll do something else!"
Trevor looked at the others but they shook their heads or shrugged their shoulders. No one knew what William had in mind. On Friday William seemed to be in a strange mood and during teatime he kept smiling at Vincent. Vincent started to get nervous and everyone got quieter as time went on the. Trevor couldn't stand it.
"William! Has something happened?"
"No! What makes you think that?"
"Well! You keep looking at Vincent and smiling!"
"Vincent! Do I? Well come here and talk to me Vincent!"
Vincent looked even more nervous as he stood next to William's seat.
"So Vincent! Have you been following all our rules? Keeping nice and fit? Working hard at your courses?"
Vincent was looking quite scared and Trevor felt a tinge of fear for him.
"I think so William! I've tried to! I'm sorry if I made a mistake or something!"
"Well you'll see what I think about that! There's some packages in the linen press that I want you to bring in here, and if I can't get a good enough explanation for them I'm not going to be very happy! Go on! Go and get them quickly!"
As soon as Vincent left, William's face turned to a big smile.
"I've got him really worried haven't I? You watch when he gets back!"
The huge knot in Trevor's stomach dissolved as he realised William was only playing one of his games. Vincent came back and nervously placed two heavily packaged cartons on the floor. William's smile had vanished and he demanded strongly for Vincent to explain where they'd come from.
"Honest! William! I don't know anything about them!"
"I think you do! Open them and we'll see what you've got to say then!"
Vincent was so scared he could hardly get the wrapping off but when he opened the carton he looked like he was in shock. Trevor watched the emotions chasing across his features, puzzlement, disbelief, astonishment, relief, excitement and then a radiant smile.
"YES! He let out a great yell and attacked William. Looking like a hurricane had hit him, William ended up on the floor with Vincent sitting on him.
"You bugger, William! You frightened the life out of me! It's fantastic!"
"Well are you going to sit here all night using me for a mattress, or are you going to open the other one?"
Vincent's fingers had no trouble this time and the packaging went flying. There was a gasp and Vincent was quiet for a moment.
"William! I don't believe this! Neither of these is what we talked about!"
"I spoke to Damien myself Vincent, and asked him what the best was! He seemed to think that both of these would be good enough for the rest of your life!"
The packages were opened and Vincent eagerly explained the virtues of the two new cameras.
"This one's a professional digital camera and it's more than twice as good as the one I already have! This other one is what is called a medium format camera and it's good enough for a studio or anywhere outside! It's also just about the most famous make of camera in the world! It must have cost a fortune William!"
"It did Vincent, but Damien thinks you're worth it! At any rate I think it will pay itself off before too long!"
Trevor had a sudden thought that William wasn't quite finished with his surprises for the night and he watched him choose his moment.
"Okay everyone! It's time for you to find out about our new project! It's going to involve all of us but Vincent's the one who will be flat out! He'll have so much work that he might have to drop half of his college courses! Don't panic Vincent! Damien says you'll end up knowing more than most of your lecturers anyway! You're going to have your own web site!"
"Web site? William! I hardly ever use the net!"
"You will from now on! It's going to be your gallery and you'll sell your photos all round the world! You'll start with five models, that's us of course, and each one will have a portfolio of 20 pictures! When someone buys a photo it will be removed from the gallery so they know they're getting a one-off original! There will be a new portfolio added each month and of course you'll have to have a new photos to replace any that have been sold! The second section of the web site will be a private gallery that's entered by subscription only! It won't be porn but it will be what Damien describes as erotic male! They can download these as much as they like! Eric's designing the web site for us and working out all sorts of problems and he's going to run it as well! So! What do you think about it so far?"
No one knew what to say for a while, but then the questions started.
"We'll all be on the net, nude?"
"Yes! But artistic nude!"
"Will it take much time doing the packing and posting? It sounds like it could be a lot of work!"
"The pictures are all going to be mounted or framed, and the company that does it will do all postage for us as part of their fee! Damien's going to sort that out!"
"Where will we get other models from?"
"Don't worry about that Vincent! That's my job and I'll find good ones for you! There's jon and his friends for a start!"
"William! I'll need a studio to do all this work! Have you made a deal with Damien to use his?"
"No! Much better! We've got one here! You're going to have the garage! It's double size and made of brick so it's perfect! Well get a carport built for the cars! Jake and Trevor can help you set it up this weekend and I'll be your first model on Sunday!"
"How long will it be till the web site is working?"
"A week after Damien and Vincent's exhibition is finished! That will give us a better idea of the prices we can charge!"
There were more questions, then Vincent went out to the garage for a close look.
"William's right Trevor! This is perfect for a studio! I think I'll ring Damien and see if he'll come over and give me some ideas of the best way to set it up!"
They had to leave for their evening show then, but when they were in bed later, all Vincent's worries started to flood out.
"It's very exciting Trevor, but what if I'm not good enough and no one wants my photos?"
Trevor eased himself on to Vincent's cock and hugged him close.
"Don't worry about it spaghetti kid! William is running it all so I know it will work, and Damien seems to be behind it as well and he knows what he's talking about! Even if it doesn't work, it will still be good experience for you won't it? But I know it will work anyway! You might have a skinny little cock, but you've got lots of other talent!"
The skinny little cock pushed hard into Trevor and Vincent forgot his worries for a time. The next weeks were chaos! William insisted that the normal routines continued, so Vincent was using everyone's spare time to get photo sessions in his new studio. Every afternoon after college he'd organise someone for a couple of hours, except for Jake who had too many sports activities, and on Saturdays and Sundays he had longer sessions. On top of this he was working with Damien to prepare for their exhibition. Eric spent every spare moment glued to his computer screen because what William wanted was more than he expected and William was flat out organising things with the photo lab, the framing company, and a gay owned Internet provider. The joint exhibition went well and everyone got a shock when Damien presented a cheque for $15,000.
"It's a great debut Vincent! $7,000 of that is for your own photos which all sold! One of your shots of Trevor brought $900, and none got less than $400! You've proved to the world that you're a photographer!"
William was ecstatic.
"This is great for you Vincent and it's great for the web site too! We'll put a blurb about the exhibition so they know they're getting really good value!"
Trevor was proud and Vincent could hardly believe it all. The web site was up in test mode now and Vincent had to get all his images ready for Eric to upload to the server. The actual opening time was midday on the Monday just over a week after the exhibition, and everyone rushed home from college to see if there was any response. Eric booted the main computer then started the browser and all eyes watched as it automatically went to Vincent's web site.
"My God William! Look at the site counter! It says there's over 10,000 visits already!"
Trevor thought William had been very clever by using the two largest adult verification systems to get access to the private section of the site. It meant the site would show up under new listings every time it was updated and here was proof.
"Check the galleries Eric! Go through them in order to see if any pictures have been sold!"
The galleries were listed in alphabetical order, so Eric's was first.
"Hell Vincent! Nine of them have the sold stamp on them! Do Jake's!"
Eric jumped to Jake's gallery and there was silence for a moment before a great cheer broke out.
"There's none left! Look at that! Every single one of them is sold! Quick look at the others!"
They stared as the tally mounted. Trevor nine, Vincent 12, and William nine! That's 59! You've made nearly $6,000 already Vincent!"
William grabbed a shiny eyed Vincent in a big hug and then he was hoisted onto Jake's shoulders and carried round the room in triumph.
"Hang on! Look at this!"
Eric had accessed the webmaster information section.
"The database shows that 96 people have signed up for the private section, so that's, um! Nearly another $4000! That's strange! It says that 59 pictures are sold but only 31 transactions have happened! I hope I haven't messed something up! No! It's all right! Wow! One person bought all of Jake's photos, and some others have bought two or three each!"
Trevor caught William's eye then pointed at Eric. William understood, and it was Eric's turn to be carried round in triumph. Vincent and Eric grabbed William next and it was his turn for the same treatment.
"It wouldn't have happened without him pushing us!"
Trevor loved the embarrassed but happy look on William's face. An hour later another four photos were sold and the number of subscriptions had risen to 116.
"Come on! We're going to celebrate! We'll see it again tonight! Vincent! Ring Damien and tell him we're picking him up! Tell him I said he's got no choice!"
It was a great meal with everyone so excited, and then when they got home it was a rush for the computer again.
"Wow! 71 photos but the subscriptions have gone berserk! They've reached 263! Vincent! Do you realise that in one night your cameras have been paid for? It's all profit from now on!
"William! What am I going to do? I can fill the galleries one more time with my backups but then I'll be just about run out!"
"We'll fill the galleries tomorrow Vincent, but we'll have a notice explaining that it will be at least two weeks before anymore are available! We agreed that you would only post photos if they were a good enough quality, and we'll stick to it! It's your reputation and you want it as high as possible!"
"William! You'd better have a look at some of these e-mails that have come in to the web site!"
"What? Is something wrong Eric?"
"No! It looks good to me! This one's from the guy who bought all of Jake's pictures! He wants to know if he can commission another complete set of Jake to his own size specifications and unmounted, for resale from his own gallery!"
"You can do that can't you Vincent? We'll charge him 50% extra and if he doesn't like it, it's no deal! Now! What about the rest of the e-mails?"
"Well! There's lots of congratulations, which Vincent should see, but there's also stacks of them asking if photos from the private section are available!"
"This is amazing! What can we do Vincent?"
"We have to leave the pictures in the galleries William! So they can't have one-offs! We could sell them for half price though,and make it clear that other people could have the same print though!"
"Yes! That's brilliant! And it means no extra demands on you as well! Can you build that into the site Eric?"
"No worries! It will take me a week though, because it's fairly complicated!"
After the first month everything steadied down and Vincent started a pattern of posting one new portfolio in the open section, one new gallery in the subscription section and replacing between 30 and 40 photos that had been sold. The subscription section was by far the biggest moneyspinner. In the first four weeks over 3000 people joined up and then it settled down to about 100 more each week. The money disappeared into the housing scheme and William bought six more houses with it, one of them are very expensive one. Each month for the next six months he bought another three houses as well. Vincent dropped two of his subjects at college and gained an extra day to try and keep up with all the work. Eric had to spend half an hour each morning, sending response e-mails, organising any new orders for Vincent and working with the web site. Damien was invited to have a special gallery of his own on the site once every three months and was delighted to be named as a sponsor of the site. The only problem looming was where to get new models.
The end of chapter 15.