Travel Poll

[dalekboy]

So, today for the second time this year, I told someone in all seriousness that they needed to get away from the job they hate and cross the Nullarbor with me.

"I'm going next week, come with me!"

In both cases I figured the person would actually benefit from it. Away from home for about a week, out of contact for good chunks of it, seeing the size and scope of what's out there... Being reminded that there are different, more rewarding, and often more interesting ways to live. You don't have to want to do them, but knowing they exist changes your perspective. To have the freedom to think about what's going on in your life without all the niggling reminders, distractions and doubts that try to convince you that you really can't leave that job and/or life you hate.

Everyone one should do a long slow trip to somewhere in Australia. It opens your mind in interesting new directions if you let it. Though not everybody should do it with me. Some wouldn't cope with me, some I would kill before we got halfway across.

So now, because it's much in my mind (Three days! Eeep!) I present the "Do the Nullabor with Danny" pole!

No-one can see who answered, and comments are screened unless they have a "yes" at the end... For no other reason than force of habit :)

[Poll #1045769]

Comments

[purrdence.livejournal.com]

Re: photos

I'd might be ok, but I'd have to see them before getting released into the wide world.

(but then again, a mark of a good photographer is one that can take flattering photos of me. Those photographers are few and far between.)

(hai!)

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

I'd never release naked photos of someone else without checking with them first. In fact I've had to ask one or two people in the last week or so if I could use their photos for a project. And someone else if I could use their photo when I put up the 'nudes' wallpaper shots.

Only exception to asking is if I was taking photos specifically for a project of some description, in which case the person would have signed a release form anyway. And they would at least get a copy of the photos or project so they would know how they were represented.

There are tricks to flattering photos. Some are things the photographer can do, some are things the model can do. I know one girl who looks fabulous in every photo taken of her, but at the same time she does the same pose for every damned photo and won't risk another.

I take a lot of photo and hope that one or two capture what it is I was trying to catch.