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SELFIES SUCK! - Take a normal picture for your profile  

Jchris2018 44M/38F  
67 posts
8/9/2019 7:42 pm
SELFIES SUCK! - Take a normal picture for your profile

Lifestyle BLOG posting from Couple with a psychology degree in human behavioral studies and a former professional dating coach.


We see almost every profile including couples profiles with SELFIES posted as main pics.

This trend is TERRIBLE.....and its NOT doing you any good!

You should always have some one else take your picture for profile, it will have far better quality and show more appealing than you might think.

Also , since couples by definition are 2 PEOPLE , you have no excuse not having another person available to shoot a good pic.

Why do we tell you this?

Phone cameras don’t work like mirrors.

Instead, they distort the image at short distances (like where selfies are usually taken from), with the facial features looking bigger than they actually are.

According to CNN, the nose in particular can look up to 30% bigger than it actually is.

The solution is to have someone else take your picture like a normal fucking person, or use a selfie stick to create some space between you and the camera.

Using a little creativity , back round , design , thought and maybe even having a little fun while shooting may help you post some more exciting photos, get more views and potentially more connections here!

Its not that hard to do and can help you look better to reach the audience you want to meet , so its worth the extra time and thought behind it.

SELFIES SUCK!

Mdonson57 63M
504 posts
8/24/2020 10:09 am

 As the previous gent said, timer is a friend. I’ve also been fortunate to have play partners agree to take pics of each other. It helps getting someone else’s perspective.
MDonson
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CarriedBack 56M  
144 posts
7/29/2020 12:22 am

 One other suggestion for taking photos of yourself from distances beyond arm's length: Use the timer on your smartphone's camera app. Find and create a place to steady your phone, set the phone time to 10 seconds, click the button, then step back into position--perhaps 4-8 feet from the phone, depending on what your trying to achieve.

Also, learn how to use your phone's editing features: for cropping; changing tint, hue and saturation, etc., etc. Once you get the hang of these tools, you'll be able to take some otherwise "meh" photos and turn them into strong representatives of your real self.


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