Online Dating Profile Pic DOs and DON’Ts
The profile pictures you use on your online dating profile are absolutely the most important thing there. They’re the thing that will most affect whether or not someone wants to meet up with you, whether or not they message you, and whether or not they reply to your messages to them – so it’s important that you get it right! If you’re wondering which picture to use, consider a few of these hints and tips.
DO:
Stick To Photographs You Like
Try to choose an image of yourself that you genuinely like. It will help you feel more confident about it, and you’ll attract people who fancy you as you most enjoy being perceived – which can only work in your favour.
Go For Images Of You Doing Something You Love
Following on from that, it’s a great idea to pick photographs of you in situations you love being in or doing something you enjoy – it helps people feel like they know a little more about you, and shows you in your best contexts.
Post More Than One Picture
Give people a better idea of what you actually look like by offering more than one photo for them to peruse. This lets them build up a more solid mental image of you, which in turn helps them decide whether or not they want to meet up with you in real life.
DON'T:
Use An Overtly Sexualised Photograph
There’s nothing classy about bared sexual organs, and they’re not particularly likely to help you forge a lasting relationship with somebody new. Save all that sort of thing for later, and stick to images that are pretty safe for work in the initial stages.
Pick A Photo With Other People In It
People don’t want to have to figure out which one of the people in a photograph is you, and you don’t want to put yourself in a position where someone fancies your mate more than they fancy you and are disappointed when they realise which one you are.
Crop Anyone Out Of The Photo You Choose
It’s a bad idea to try and get around that by cropping someone out of a photo, too – it just makes the resulting shot look weird and awkward, and everyone will assume the person you’ve cropped out is an ex which can be slightly offputting.