Pictures not to post for online dating.

The Internet is a fast paced medium, so you want to make the best impression as quick as possible to increase your chances of being chosen as someone that is compatible in an intimate relationship. Follow these tips to make a great first impression that can lead to another good look at you.  

Don’t post pictures with kids

• If you have kids but choose you don’t want more means you are not willing to take on others who have kids or you may feel burdened with your own.
• If they’re not your kids, the mother may be upset to find out you used her kids as a mating decoy.
• The mother of your children may not want her kids’ photos published.
• You’re trying to seek approval of how you’re a dedicated family person. Be confident you are, not prove it to a stranger. 
• Women tend not to post pictures of their kids to watch out for pedophiles.

Don’t post pictures with another girl or guy

• Is it an ex you can’t let go of?
• Maybe you’re a couple looking for a three some. 
• Pictures of your mom make us think you live with her. 
• Respect your friends’ privacy.
• Don’t post pictures of strangers in the background.  They didn’t agree to have their image used for your benefit either.

Don’t post pictures in the bathroom

• These create an optical illusion of backwards text on your shirt.
• Unflattering lighting.
• Are you so lonely you don’t have a  good friend to take one for you?
• You aren’t tech savvy to know how to crop the photo.
• Revealing private dirty areas in the bathroom.
• We will wonder what your other hand is really doing.

                       

Don’t post pictures from your webcam

• The lighting is terrible.
• It makes you look isolated, cold, and desperately lonely.
• Depending on the angle it makes you have a double chin or a big forehead.
• Too close to see too many flaws all at once at first glance.

Don’t post pictures of your hobbies or too far away

• A picture too far away is hard to tell exactly how you look.
• Being a hunter says: You may be gone for hours or days.
  Have you seen the movie:  “Brokeback Mountain” ?
• A hunt can say: “Me, Tarzan. You, Jane” and how dirty you can be.
• A flashy car tells us where your money is going. And the old assumption of a sports car and middle age come to mind:  What are they trying to overcompensate for?
• Leave your hobbies to a listed feature in fine print. 

Post flattering pictures of you alone

• Sell yourself like a car ad.
• You want a flattering photo first and all the possible flaws in fine print.
• Study ads for poses and camera angles.  
• Double look at pictures with objects behind you to be sure nothing looks like its coming out of body parts.
• Crop a group photo. Don’t include someone else’s arm you can tell the sex of. Refer back to the point:  “Don’t post pictures with another girl or guy”

We smile naturally when we are doing things we enjoy with people we enjoy.  If you are out on the town with friends in a group shot, crop it down to just you. Your expression will show you are having a good time and people find you fun to be with.  Dating is about being social. Being able to have close relationships of any kind and potentially an intimate one.