When creating your profile on internet dating sites, you want the best-looking photos.  As shallow as you may consider it to be, looks continue to play a significant part when people search for potential partners. Not attaching a photo to your dating profile is an almost guaranteed way not to get any views. Most dating site members will only browse pages with pictures attached and tacking one on will improve your results almost immediately.

Photos That Get The Date

Of course, if you want to get the best results out of your dating ad, you need to put a good picture in.  Attractive profile photos can dramatically increase the number of responses you get from fellow dating site members.  In a large dating community, this can mean as many as several hundred potential dates in a month!

Want to know what kind of pictures will get you those coveted results?

There are two types of photos you want to focus on when building your profile.  First is your main picture.  This will be the image searchers see first when browsing through various profiles.  Second are the additional photos that people can view should your profile pique their interest.

For the main photo, you need a good-looking headshot.  Let your face, eyes, and expression communicate who you are in the best way possible. If you have access to it, get a professional studio to take your main photo.  With proper lighting, angles and equipment, an experienced cameraman can take your profile shot to truly impressive levels.

Some people choose to use cartoons, pets or celebrities for their main profile pic and it’s quite a put-off.  You’re in a dating site trying to put your best foot forward.  Why showcase anything else apart from yourself?

For additional photos, you can put as many as you like.  However, that’s hardly the point of having them in your dating profile.  You want to add pictures that represent you and show potential dates the kind of person you are. 

Ideally, you want to post photos of yourself with other people in them to paint yourself as a sociable and balanced person.  Uploading pictures of  yourself having fun at a party, skiing with friends and at a professional conference with other attendees will do well. Make sure to mix up who you’re with in the shots as well. 

You want a good variety of images of yourself in different places with different people.  Post one or two of each.  Avoid putting multiple photos of a single variety, such as uploading all 100 pictures of your last trip to Italy.  You’re trying to convey personality, not doing a photo essay.

If you don’t have any pictures available, leave the additional photos empty for now. Then, get a friend or two to take your photos while you’re doing some activities over the next few days.  Fun-looking photos that will serve you well can be as simple as you cooking for a bunch of friends in the background, posing with a few models at an auto show or attending a concert with the crowd behind you.

Good Photos Create Winning Profiles

A good photo can make or break your dating profile.  If you don’t believe that, post the ugliest picture you have available and gather your results.  After a week, replace it with a good one and see the difference.

You’ve made the investment to take out a membership and spend your time finding love on a dating site.  Might as well go the extra mile and take the necessary steps to make your profile photo the best it can possibly be.