Welcome back for recap two of my whirlwind trip to Toronto for the 7th Annual Feminist Porn Awards! When we left off on Recap 1, we were just getting into Friday, the day of the awards gala. I won’t bore you with the details of my day, which just involved hanging around and getting ready for the evening really.
A few weeks back, the folks who put the awards on asked me if I was interested in getting my hair and makeup done for the show, since I was presenting an award. If you know me at all, you know how excited I was by the prospect of actually looking put together. So, I started off the evening doing that before getting down and dirty into the VIP pre-awards party and the ceremony.
Not bad, if I do say so myself.
Anyway, the pre-awards party was a time where stars and porno folks in town for the FPAs could meet with the press and photographers to chat about their work. Being the high-tech photog that I am, I took my fancy camera (cough, cough, iPhone) and got a few snaps of some of the awesome people getting ready for the awards.
First up was Tristan Taormino and Buck Angel, who both had movies up for awards this year.
Also up for awards was Lily Cade, who was more than happy to give me both front and back access for photos.
Why, hello nice ass in a well tailored suit. It’s so nice to meet you. I did get a photo of Lily’s beautiful date, performer Ela Darling, but my phone took such washed out pictures with the flash on, that I can’t put those pictures up here in good conscience.
I was happy really that this photo I got of director Erika Lust came out alright, because she is seriously adorable, along with being the sweetest.
I also really love this next picture because it illustrates just how vibrant and fun Erika Lust is, and I’m sure you know how hard it is to capture that in picture form. Iphone did me well here.
Alright, a few more before we get into the actual awards. This is going to be a long post, so I hope you packed some lube, and maybe a snack.
Next up James Darling and Tina Horn posed for my camera and James let me go on about how much I enjoy and appreciate his work.
I also got a chance to grab a picture of Arabelle Raphael and Courtney Trouble before we started toward our seats for the awards to begin.
As the theater began filling up, the main screen above the stage projected the #FPA2012 Twitter feed going on. It was really fun to watch all of the folks that were there, and the folks watching the livefeed of the awards, all talking about what was going on there.
I tweeted a couple of times just to see my tweets up on the screen. What, you know everyone else was doing the exact same thing.
And finally, I grabbed Alison Lee (who used to put the awards together) and Dylan Ryan for a quick picture, just as the awards we about to get underway.
Ok! And now for the awards!!! In Recap 3!
xoxo
-JD
