I'm really looking to step my game up online and with the meteoric rise of Tinder's popularity, pictures are even more important than ever. When good looking girls are Tindering, they usually get into a groove of continuously swiping "no" on every guy that they see. Something really needs to catch their eye in order to get them to consider accepting you.

Tinder is the example, but it's obviously also important on other dating sites. It seems simple enough. Women are awesome at making themselves look amazing in their pictures. Fat girls especially. They avoid posting full body shots and take pictures at the best angles to slim them down. Girls with bad teeth purposely don't show them. And fatties with hot friends will throw up a bunch of group photos hoping to con someone into mistaking her for one of her bang-able buddies.

There's so much that us men want to portray to women in our pictures. We want to seem attractive, fun, outgoing, confident... all of that. But what is the optimal way to do this?

Currently on Tinder I use a picture of me from a wedding with a friend of mine who is shorter than me. I like the pic because I'm dressed nicely and also because of my short friend it makes me seem taller. (I'm 5 foot 9 so many girls might be turned off by my shortness). But I've also received feedback that the girls might not be able to differentiate which guy is which initially, and just swipe "no" out of default.

I know I need to play to my strengths. I'm not the tallest guy, and pretty thin as well. So beach pictures would be out of the question. It seems like my first picture should be one of just me that puts all of my best features forward. I should also include some sort of picture with friends to show that I'm not a social outcast. I have some nice pictures of me with babies (I work at a daycare part time) but women might incorrectly assume it means I'm a father and dismiss me. I have pictures of me with beautiful women, but it seems that this might make me come across as a try hard. Same thing with a professionally done picture. I have some great pictures of me with pets, but I want to avoid seeming like a lonely guy who only has animals that want to be around him.

I plan on revamping my pictures and going balls to the wall with Tinder, Okcupid, PoF, Match.com, etc. Any tips on what will work best and increase my chance of bagging one of the rare hotties?

For sure!

Have the pics tell a story:

PIc #1: You doing something fun and exciting; think intensity
Pic #2/3: 1 is just you, another with a group (You should be center of group and people should be having fun)
Pic #4- Animal (furry and small, not big and ugly)
Pic #5- the wildcard photo, something to document another fun/interesting part of your identity (a suit pic/GQ pic if you don't have one of those yet)
Pic #6- decide whether you need attraction or comfort; if attraction, preselection (you with girls... Hint: don't smile with just girls); if comfort, a family pic is great

Backgrounds in different locations preferred to show you travel (attractive)
No selfies
Images taken from above and accentuate your jaw line by rotating your jaw 10 degrees from center and jutting it out 1 inch forward. Puff out chest. Always stand with weight back and equally distributed.

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Cdharders makes some good suggestions here.

I would just like to add that the profile photo is by far the most important, so dont ruin it by having someone else in it and confusing the girl. It needs to be just you, from head to waist or knees (maximum). Use instagram to optimize the look. Smile!! And have the photo say something interesting about you.

Before I got into the habit of taking cool photos, I staged an ad hoc photo shoot where I stood in front of a white wall wearing my best suite and looking my sharpest. I got a friend to take 50 photos lol, then I picked the best one. I instagramed it, and voila! A handsome photo that says I know how to rock a stylish suite. This got a lot of success.

Also, don’t ruin your profile by writing a dumb bio. Check out my free blog for all the dos and don’t.

Happy Tindering

White Panda

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