Online Dating 101: Photos

I would like to say i hope this will be an enjoyable experience. I havn't dated in a long time. Hope to find someone out there that is interested in the same things i am. Thankyou eharmoney for giving me this chance,bonnielee

Things not to post as your profile picture. I've seen a lot of profiles in the last couple of months, and certain trends have been noticeable. 1. Images altered with a Nintendo DS or similar device. I have seen these three times now, two posted by women, 1 by a man. Of the former, one had elongated and twisted her neck (about 360 degrees) in a shot which showed her side-on from the waist up in a relaxed sitting position. The second was a headshot, over which she had superimposed a Papa Smurf type beard, moustache and cap (in three different pastel colours,no less). The male had enlarged the smile in a head and shoulders shot. One would suspect that they were not serious. Or a little odd. 2. A tattoo, presumably the poster's own tattoo, and that's all. Nothing else. I've seen this once. 3. A collection of body shots, in none of which was the poster's face visible. This really makes one wonder. Sure, it is intriguing, and will certainly attract the type of viewer who is primarily interested in sex, but the rest will find themselves without a sense of who you are. I have seen one profile like this. 4. Shots showing someone sitting on a motorcycle, presumably the poster themselves, but how could one possibly know, because the rider is wearing a full face helmet. I have seen quite a few of these. 5. Though dealt with elsewhere on this page, sunglasses, especially where of all the photographs posted (or the single photograph), show the poster wearing dark glasses. 6. Un-captioned group shots in which it is not evident who you are. 7. This is probably a personal preference but any photograph which depicts the poster holding liquor bottles, or glass-ware which might be presumed to contain alcoholic beverages. Obvious intoxication especially provides a less favourable impression, and is discernible, because the muscle tone of the face is altered, in addition to the usual signs like a flushed appearance to the skin. 8. Also dealt with elsewhere, but I agree, half of the shot in which the poster is with someone who most will presume to have been in a relationship with the poster. I suppose it would be possible to caption the the photograph, with an explanation of the disembodied arm/hand around the shoulder or waist of the poster, but.... and 9. A cat, dog, or other animal (I've seen a ferret, several horses, a snake and a boxer (the human type not the canine type posted as the only photograph in the profile of a woman). I think it would be ideal that there is at least one photograph of a human, which could be the poster. Where there are multiple pictures, a picture of a pet, someone else's pet or clip art the poster has downloaded are perfectly reasonable, provided there is that one photograph. I've seen dozens of these, however. Or maybe there are a lot of people out there who look exactly like kittens, and I simply failed to notice.