DMSI, will you be the final piece of puzzle?

[Shannon]

i should probably elaborate more on my statement. what i meant was that on a scale of 1-10, being between 5 and 7/8 should be relatively equal as far as the results you obtain from online dating. (i don't have science or data to back this up so don't lynch me, just what i know of the whole concept). obviously you should get nice looking clothes and have a nice hairstyle in the pictures you take. even if you're a 10/10 guy, looking like an ungroomed homeless man will serve you NO purpose.

so there, use the money you would have spent on a professional photographer to go into BarberShop, get a nice hairstyle, then go to a thrift store, get some fashionable clothez, and go on the streets and ask people to take pics of you in the poses that sarge posted above.

then? pick one or two of the best pics and go from there

now at least you'll have clothes you can use for a long time, as opposed to a photographer who will take your money and you'll have 3 useful pics and 300 useless pics to show for it.

You should be aware that a GWC and a professional photographer are two very different things. A GWC (Guy/Gal With Camera) often thinks he/she is "a professional photographer " because they found someone who would pay them to use auto mode on a camera for them.

Professionals spend years mastering a very wide variety of skills and areas of knowledge ranging from how to interact with a variety of subjects they are photographing, to how the physics of light works to the psychology of color and how to create a finished product that triggers specific psychological responses in their clients. Learning to effectively pose ones subjects is an area of study all its own, and a challenging one at that.

So next time you want to criticize professional photographers, don't criticize the failings of a GWC and blame the professionals.