While I worked quite some time ago escorting, I didn't get full swing into it until after I started my adult film career. While I'm certainly biased toward porn (I'm a 2016 TEA Nominated Performer and a 2017 AVN Nominated Performer) because I'm already in the industry in multiple capacities, I'd say it's reasonable for other reasons. First, while other girls need to spend time and money investing in all of these websites and tools to drive traffic to it, because my name is scattered across the internet, I don't need a website to establish that legitimacy as a performer or a provider, so it save me cash there.
Second, photos from shoots are free promotional material for ads. While I run a mix of selfies and professional photos in ads (I've found a mix of selfies and pro photos are prime), my professional photos are free, which is even more money saved in the long run.
Next, depending only the style you bring to film, it probably won't detract from what clients perceive or expect from you. You could ask half the boys here who have seen my film, and seen me in person, and they'd plainly tell you that the persona I present on film is what they get in real life. That for good reason as I've made a conscious effort to be myself on camera, which is the same thing they get in person.
Further, I have not noticed any negative reaction from guys here in the slightest. In fact it's been quite the obvious. If you stroll into certain lists that are available on TER, you may notice I'm the second TS provider in history to make it look n a certain national list.
I guess bottom line, porn isn't going to hurt your reputation, and if anything it's going to significantly elevate that.
Now finally, if you have reservation about environment while shooting if you decided to go that route, come shoot for me. I just so happen to be a producer for Grooby Productions (the worlds largest perveyor of TS content. As another trans provider and performer, I'm intimately aware of what it's like to be in front of the camera, which makes working behind the camera a significant advantage for performers I shoot. I coach where necessary and have yet to have a girl walk off my set and not be pleased with the content/product we created. As a note though, all porn companies will start you off with "solo" scenes, and not hardcore (partnered) ones to test suitability. So if your interested, I wouldn't focus on doing a scene with some guy yet, you need to get a solo out of the way first.
If your interested, let me know via DM.