12 Top Tips to Make a Great Profile Picture

No matter how people loathe admitting it, we humans are always attracted to something beautiful. So making your online dating profile picture great is a good place to start to attract the attention of your future partner. Besides, in a world of divergent attention and quick clicks, once the photo is not eye-catching, you sure are missing the shot to make a great first impression.

1. Begin with quality photo. This is indeed obvious but most people still tend to use dark, blurry, or low-resolution images profile picture. Once the original photo seemed inadequate, no amount of digital magic or postproduction can enhance it.

2. Keep the Camera at an eye level. This is to show who you really are than showing an idealized selfie version of yourself. Refrain from using creative angles or make too much editing just to get your own face at the best possible angle.

3. Say Cheese. A recent poll conducted shows that 96% of people loves to see a huge, happy grin in profile pictures than sexy pout.

4. Display Pride. If a broad smile attracts men, a photo displaying men’s pride like expanded chest, head that is tilted up, and arms that are raised above head attract women the most. This is because pride is likely associated with masculinity that in turn highlights the man’s ability to care and provide for his family.

5. Capture the left side. A Wake Forest University based study shows that photos that feature the face’s left side are seen as more pleasant because more emotion on this side of your face is presented.

6. Be conscious of dimensions and formats. The photos that receive interest are typically those in landscape as well as 3x4 of portrait size. Medium shot gets most action, thus is the best option.

7. Choose a full-body shot. This gives your audience a better snapshot of how you look. You should represent the whole you in your profile picture, meaning a full-body picture. Thus, better avoid using photos captured from the neck up. Countless people do care about the body type of their potential date.

8. Add pictures of yourself in a casual situation. Through which you will look closer to how you look like on day-to-day basis. It also lets your personality really shine through.

9. Choose the action shots. Did you know that profile pictures demonstrating the person playing a guitar or downhill skiing, though the face is not showing, obtain more messages? Oh! Just avoid posing something that may risk your life.

10. Choose a photo where you are the focus. Refrain from using photos where you’re not the focal point. Therefore, group photos will be a no-no.

11. Use recent photos. Do not use photos more than one year old. Majority of the common complaints regarding online dating profile pictures is that the person they meet does not really look like the picture. Sure, they may have appeared like that before. But they care about the present and not the past.

12. Choose Summertime Photos. A recent research conducted shows that people in the summery pictures were perceived as more attractive in comparison to their winter pictures. Hence, go back through your holiday album and find recent, gorgeous summertime pic.

Hope this tips help you.

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