Gather Pictures

Most good dating sites allow you to upload photos to your profile (do this immediately f you want a quick response). Without fail most browsers ignore profiles without photos. That being said, even if you have to steal a buddy’s digital camera for a few hours, get some decent photos and be prepared for the whole world to see them.

What type of self taken shot do you want to put online?

Take at least one good and clear photo of your face. Even the cheapest cameras today have timer functions, which allow you to take a photo of yourself from afar. Use this function and take one of yourself that encompasses your whole face (enough where a 100×100 thumbnail will be clear).

If you upload another, do one of your body, but discreetly. Smart users will post pictures of themselves on a trip or something similar- especially if it’s full body. This allows you two things: it shows you actually leave your house (even if you don’t), and it shows your body.

Avoid Myspace shots, editing, or similar photographic heresy. Your job is not to be an “artist”, it is to show yourself. No photoshopping, no editing, no myspace shots, nothing. Keep your shots clear in their original version and crop if necessary, but avoid making it look like you are trying to hide something- even new internet users can detect it nowadays.

Upload at least two shots if you can, but always less than 5. Posting too many tends to be overkill and redundant. Most judge you by the first one or two shots. Posting five is just a bit overdone, unless they are all clearly different and interesting.