Earl Grey (drinksearlgrey) wrote, @ 2008-08-06 04:30:00

I posted my first Craigslist ad.
I finally posted an ad on Craigslist for one of my personal desires – as might be guessed from the fantasy story I posted last time.

It took me a while to decide whether to post it in "strictly platonic" (because of the no-touching aspect) or "casual encounters" (because I'd like to do more-racy pictures, and that's likely a more-receptive audience). I eventually decided on "strictly platonic" because the ad volume is not such a flood, and the I wouldn't have to repost the ad so much to keep it visible.

One thing that came out wrong in the ad was the age. It's supposed to say "40s", not "40". But I doubt anyone will care too much.

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I photograph you. You keep all copies. No touching. - m4w - 40 (Redmond)

Category: strictly platonic

I am an experienced hobby photographer, so I know how to avoid problems like red-eye, unflattering shadows, bad focus, background clutter, and so forth. I have decent equipment. I don't have a lot of experience specifically with portraits, but I want practice.

I'd like to photograph women -- anything from fully-clothed portraits to as racy as you like.

I understand that most people don't want pictures of themselves floating around in the wild. To reassure you that it's safe, I can use your own camera (though it might limit the quality of the pictures) or I can let you erase the data chip after making copies of the pictures for yourself, then copy a bunch of junk data onto the so there's nothing left to "undelete" -- or even give you the data chip.

What's in it for you? You get good quality pictures of yourself. Maybe great pictures if we're lucky. You can print them for friends, e-mail them when answering Craigslist ads, use them in your own ads, thrill your partner, or just enjoy seeing yourself looking good. You get the fun of feeling of being a model.

What's in it for me? I improve my photography skills. If you want racy pictures, I get to see you posing for racy pictures.

This is my first Craigslist ad. I've been told that ads generate floods of spam. To cut through the spam, start your message subject with "Real Human". I'll ignore anything that looks like an invitation to join a pay site.

I had no idea whether I'll get zero real-human replies or a flood of them. If I get a flood, I'll cancel the ad and answer all the real-human replies, even if can't say more than "sorry, I'm overwhelmed". If I get just a few, I'll answer all, and try to work out when to do it. If I get none at all, I suppose I'll rewrite the ad and try again.

What would I like best?
- If you're beautiful, it will be more fun for me. If you're ordinary, I'll probably still enjoy it. If you're an artistic challenge, maybe I'll learn something. Describe yourself or send a picture if you think I'll like that.
- If you want pictures on the racy end of the scale, it will be more fun for me.
- If you want to fool around with me, I'll have to decline; I am in an exclusive relationship.

Again: You keep all copies. No touching.

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