Ginger Hill

Former Wizard World nerd-magnet Ginger Hill.

At comic conventions there is usually at least one type of adult film or up-and-coming temptress that has her own booth, selling extra glossy 8x10s and "artsy" DVDs of themselves. Not all boobs are created equal though, as some of these women have melted faces with their horrifying Medusa looks. While others that may be hot are made of pure ice, capable of making a sweaty fanboy cry with the slightest glance. In our convention travels we have met and photographed all types of these adult stars, except for the extra scary ones. Some of our photos even required the use of precise Solid Snake tactics because of their unwillingness to get their photo taken without ponying-up some cash. Very few were extra nice and approachable, like Ginger Hill.

Ginger Hill had a huge presence back in the innocent days of comic conventions, when Wizard World Chicago was still called Comi-con. Ms. Hill was always very friendly to anyone that approached her booth and was more than willing to pose for photos for anyone that had a camera. She was easy to talk to and her former website detailed her convention goings and events.

Throughout the years of our annual romps at Comi-con-turned-Wizard World, we made her booth one of our must-stops; not just once while we were there, but every day we were in attendance because of her different and sometimes exceedingly bright, outfits and yes, also because of her huge boobs. One year, I don’t remember which, we were searching for her booth on the convention floor and couldn’t find it anywhere, nor was it listed in the program. We thought it was odd that she would miss out on what was an annual thing for her. Sometime later her website was taken down completely and we never saw her at Wizard World again.

Just recently, many years after her con absences, we received an email from photographer John Wardlaw informing us that Ginger Hill actually retired from her films and photo stuff sometime back. After chatting a little with the man, he offered us some photos to post on Digital Monkey Box, which we gladly accepted. We were fans of Ms. Hill and who doesn’t like girly pictures? John did a photo shoot of Ginger Hill back in 1996 and was kind enough to share with us the shoot and some photos from it so that we may share them with you:

“In the fall of 1996, when the internet was still young fresh and very small as far as the number of people actually using it, I was looking for potential models or actress' that may wish to play a part in a film I was considering doing at the time. It was low budget action comedy (not adult). I found the GingerHill.com website where she was listed as Actress, Dancer, and Model. There was very little mention at the time of any adult films, though she was working on them at that time.

"When I realized the film may take a while to pull off I asked Ginger if she was interested in doing a photo shoot in Santa Barbara, CA (she lived in the Midwest at the time). We worked out the details and she flew out. Right away I could see she was a fun, honest and open person to work with. Her confidence about her appearance made her very easy to photograph. She was a lot of fun.

"The shoot was for two days with a day off in the middle so she could go shopping in Hollywood. We first worked in a photo cove to shoot a shot I wanted to make a poster out of. It was to be for a fastener company and the grey post and block were to be replaced in Photoshop with a nut and bolt. We also shot a photo for the fastener and tool shop using a rather large wrench.

"The second day of shooting was mostly outdoors. Ginger had never done an outdoor shoot before so this was a lot of fun. Starting at the beach I just had her walk into the water where I took a quick candid. We shot a variety of beach shots which went very well; I think she had fun with it. Then she changed outfits into something she purchased in Hollywood for some shots we called barbed wire, not unlike the movie. Later in the afternoon we went on a short hike to the streams and waterfalls of Santa Barbara where we did some bikini shots and a few nudes. We finished the shoot off with some water and lighting effects at night in a hot tub.

"Overall it was a great shoot. Some of my best past work was with Ginger and it was a shame I never got to work with her again, though we did stay in touch for a while. One of the interesting comments she made to myself and my assistant was in regard to people all ways telling her she had a nice butt / ass. She said something like, "what is it about guys that they are all so fascinated about women’s butts?" and I think we responded with something like "I don't know, but yours is really nice."

We would like to say thank you to John Wardlaw for sharing with us, and you, his early photo shoot with Ginger Hill. To check out more of his stuff go to topographicproductions.com. Hit the direct link for a mini gallery of some photos that John sent us.

- Shawn - 05/17/07