Good source for improving dating pictures

[Jannes]

So I found this website where people rank each others dating, business and social pictures and give advice. Its honestly pretty eye opening because I had all kind of ideas of what could make a good impression and what doesnt and this is like a direct encounter with reality. But its a bit blackpilling. You can earn your votes by rating other pictures and by doing that you develop your intelligence of what makes a good dating picture.

https://www.photofeeler.com/

Edited Monday at 10:07 PM by Jannes

[Raze]

It’s not, you’re better off just asking women in person or on the app to pick their favorite among a few photos 

[something_else]

I would say the site is a good test to make sure that photos are not bad, but it's not always the best tool for finding great photos. For example I've had a few photos rated 9.6 in attractiveness on that site which did terribly on dating apps.

I think part of the issue is that photos are rated on photofeeler in isolation but on dating apps they're viewed alongside other photos and the context of your bio.

And also, the women voting on photofeeler aren't necessarily the same women swiping on you on dating apps. On photofeeler they're from all over the world and likely also represent a subset of women who are struggling on dating apps too.

As a general rule if you want to use this site, I'd say that you want:

• photos that are rated above 8.5 in attractiveness
• photos that aren't rated too low in trustworthy/smart
• at least a few 'very' votes in the attractiveness category
• some comments saying "I'd date them" or something like that

I've found the comments to be the biggest predictor of dating app success tbh.

Edited Tuesday at 10:42 AM by something_else

[Jannes]

19 hours ago, Raze said:

It’s not, you’re better off just asking women in person or on the app to pick their favorite among a few photos 

That would also be an option. They dont represent averages though.

[Jannes]

8 hours ago, something_else said:

I would say the site is a good test to make sure that photos are not bad,

but it's not always the best tool for finding great photos. For example I've had a few photos rated 9.6 in attractiveness on that site which did terribly on dating apps.

I think part of the issue is that photos are rated on photofeeler in isolation but on dating apps they're viewed alongside other photos and the context of your bio.

And also, the women voting on photofeeler aren't necessarily the same women swiping on you on dating apps. On photofeeler they're from all over the world and likely also represent a subset of women who are struggling on dating apps too.

As a general rule if you want to use this site, I'd say that you want:

• photos that are rated above 8.5 in attractiveness
• photos that aren't rated too low in trustworthy/smart
• at least a few 'very' votes in the attractiveness category
• some comments saying "I'd date them" or something like that

I've found the comments to be the biggest predictor of dating app success tbh.

Thats very insightful, thank you!

I have two photos where I put a lot of effort into with photographer and editing and all that and I got an 8 and a 6. Interestingly on bumble the picture which got a 6 in attraction is more polular then the picture which got an 8. The selfies I did myself are 5 or below. I am not talented at making selfies at all though and when I feel bad emotions which I do most of the time its hard for me to hide it, I manage to make a neutral expression but not a non creepy smile. I critique other pitures for the same reason though.

Edited Tuesday at 07:38 PM by Jannes

[Jannes]

@something_else Do you only let women rank your pictures or both?

[something_else]

4 hours ago, Jannes said:

@something_else Do you only let women rank your pictures or both?

Depends if I can be bothered waiting. If I just want a quick check to see if the photo sucks or not I’ll let dudes rate it too because it works so much quicker. But obv it’s not as accurate of a rating

[Raze]

4 hours ago, Jannes said:

That would also be an option. They dont represent averages though.

If you do enough and pick women in the demographic you’re interested in it’s a better average 

[Jannes]

14 hours ago, Raze said:

If you do enough and pick women in the demographic you’re interested in it’s a better average 

Makes sense.

[Jannes]

I cracked the code for making good selfies: Its not about pretending to be happy, confident, etc. all of that photos look cringe, you can never pretend good enough so that it actually looks authentic, its about ACTUALLY being in a state of happiness, confidence, love, ... this is where the magic happens: You have to bring yourself to that place.

Maybe this is obvious stuff.

[something_else]

13 minutes ago, Jannes said:

I cracked the code for making good selfies: Its not about pretending to be happy, confident, etc. all of that photos look cringe, you can never pretend good enough so that it actually looks authentic, its about ACTUALLY being in a state of happiness, confidence, love, ... this is where the magic happens: You have to bring yourself to that place.

Maybe this is obvious stuff.

Yea. This is why when you hire a photographer to take dating photos it can look a bit weird. I've seen guys with profiles like that (and a lot of photos like that on photofeeler if I rate dude's photos) and it looks very fake. Like business portraits rather than dating ones. Having one professionally taken profile shot in a cool place that makes you look hot is not a bad idea, but don't fill your profile with them.

You can take staged photos but they still need to be in a circumstance where taking a photo makes sense because you want to remember the moment.

[Schizophonia]

16 minutes ago, Jannes said:

pretending to be happy

lol

 

Edited Wednesday at 02:36 PM by Schizophonia

[Jannes]

9 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

 

This is like 50% of the photos I rate.

[Jannes]

25 minutes ago, something_else said:

Yea. This is why when you hire a photographer to take dating photos it can look a bit weird. I've seen guys with profiles like that (and a lot of photos like that on photofeeler if I rate dude's photos) and it looks very fake. Like business portraits rather than dating ones. Having one professionally taken profile shot in a cool place that makes you look hot is not a bad idea, but don't fill your profile with them.

You can take staged photos but they still need to be in a circumstance where taking a photo makes sense because you want to remember the moment.

That makes sense. And everybody knows anyway that photo shoot photos make you look a few points more attractive then regular ones.

Have you ever put a selfie in a bad setting onto a different background though?

[Jannes]

Nevermind, peopke rank the pictures still at a 5. Well I reached 8 with the other picture, so I guess its doable.