Online Dating Profile Photos - Your Input?

[gregory]

Very early this morning, I added this latest Short Article ...

Which Photos to Pick for Your Online Dating Profile?

I know a number of you do the online dating thing. Is there any additional advice you can lend our readers? If so - consider adding your input to the very bottom of that page using the ADD COMMENT feature.

Of course, you can also state your input here ...

[kjmudd]

I am struggling with finding photos to put up. I have one good photo of me but it is not a real close up. All the other good ones are with my ex! I am thinking of simply using one of those and making a black silhouette of the ex with the the words VACANT typed in!

I took a picture of myself in my room with the delay on my camera but it looks a little to much like a pose. I have to find some lady friend to take my pic.

[SWM 41]

Try to get a picture taken at a social event, where your personality comes through, like a sincere laugh or something. Have a friend take lots of pics so you can get a good one.

Use software to crop just your face as your main pic, then be sure to include a full body pic as a secondary photo.

I gave up on dating sites, but swear by myspace and facebook.

[kjmudd]

How do you use myspace and facebook for dating? I have a facebook account. Do I need to make it open to the public?

[SWM 41]

Yes, make them public.

Since they are just social websites, it's more like going to a party and meeting friends of your friends. The whole "dating site" pretense isn't there, and usually your friend in common can vouch for ya.

But don't be afraid to talk to complete strangers, just like you would at a party. Use the "browse people" feature in myspace, find someone you're interested in, study their profile, then talk to them about some common interest, just like you would at a party.

Make you profile complete as possible, with lots of pics. I've had gals like me a ton just by reading my profile, they really feel like they know me.

[kjmudd]

Thanks for the info....fyi I will be updating my facebook and getting myspace going!

[Luce]

Just be honest about what you look like. I know of a couple who dated for months; the guy is in Finland the woman is in Arizona. She started off with a fake photo of an actress, and kept posting photos of this actress as her own.

She had a whole fake life, but she was so good at it that she fooled many people for a long time. The man was totally smitten by her. They even planned a wedding in Scotland.

He made reservations for them to spend a week on the coast of Scotland. He flew from Finland to London, where he was to meet her. She never intended on meeting him, as she never came clean about what she really looked like. He waited like a fool for her at the airport. She pretended to chicken out, pretended she went to the Greek Isles; all the while she was sitting at home in Arizona.

Keep it honest, keep it real.

[Helen]

I HATE smiling with teeth. I don't have bad teeth at all, I just think I look like a doofus. I don't even think smiles with teeth on other people look good, photo-wise.

[SWM 41]

The #1 trait you are trying to display is confidence. Showing off your pearly whites exudes confidence. Be confident with who you are and let it show!