Did any of you at CS have any idea about the stats';
Do you agree with them;
Are your thoughts any different?
From my experience the majority add very little. The usual suspects who make or devote time answering blogs make it appear that there are only a handful of people out there. So, give iit your best and be a real part of this excellent free dating site. Give some answers, comments, questions.
Are you playing games on CS or are you for real?
On CS do you agree that people play games with each other?
Is it acceptable to play games and just part of the other person seeing who you really are and perhaps how you handle emotional pressures?
Is this what you expected on CS or do you have similar experiences on other sites, including paid ones?
Did you think that it was going to be straightforward: seeing a picture, imagining it’s for real and working through, learning about the others?
Have your expectations been given a resounding thumping and are you ready to give up?
What do you find the worst game? Is it lack of honesty, deliberately misguiding you, leading you on with emptiness that follows, saying one thing and then doing nothing; none of those mentioned or all of them or something new?
Would you rather drop out of CS than continuously be disappointed?
Does the blog do anything for you or do you regard them as pen pals to each other?
Are you beginning to think that CS is more about blogs, who’s viewed me and when you search, the same faces come up?
Are you not bothered anyway because you are just looking?
Your picture on CS needs to attract people and how you do that is paramount to driving the right people to you.
But there are impediments of which the iPhone (my picture was taken with my iPhone) is one, as it’s not a portrait camera. However, all professional photographers attest to one thing, which is to complete understand what is called “the medium” – the camera & the lens being used. If there are bad pictures it’s mostly because of “difficulty with the medium”. Understand the best your camera can do is vital. Therefore, trying to “create” a striking portrait needs for you or the photographer to use the right equipment.
A portrait is about you, your face and may be what you are all about. Sitting on your bed with your computer, cooking, in your garden, in your workshop, at a gallery, a restaurant, outside the entrance to the cinema or opera or just you in your work clothes doing what you enjoy the most. Whatever you do make sure that whatever is in the picture is connected to you – and by that I mean don’t have things that are distracting or detract from what you are producing.
Note the size of the space CS provides is small and if you divided the area up into nine you need to fill about half (4.5 spaces out of nine) to get a good start. Therefore, it’s no good having you appearing in one space (1/9) is proportionally too small and that (unfortunately) forces you into having the camera much closer.
Your portrait is an opportunity for people to look “into your soul”. After all, you are attempting to sell yourself. It’s not as effective to construct a candid image, blurred image, artistic (arty farty) image as that creates detractions and perhaps reduces your potential impact. Happy snaps are okay if they don’t have something growing out of your head, heavy shadows, reflections off a window, and distortions of your face created by wide-angle lenses, and so on. Don’t be satisfied with an image that you know makes you look bad.
Position of you face in the camera frame so that you have more of a close up. If you for some reason that is not an option then step back and take but make sure you crop the image and that way you still have a close up. Artistic images can include just the outline your profile or include your head and shoulder pose but this is not about art but closeness that shows who you are, therefore, that I’d avoid.
Be yourself and when you pose make sure that you have practiced that and that you feel comfortable with what you see. Through years of practice, celebrities know how pose and have photographers manufacture a look. You need to do that in a mirror.
Males need to learn how to smile and be relaxed, especially in your facial expression. And whatever you do don’t look depressed (although you may be); don’t look like you’ve just been dumped; try to imagine that the camera is the face of your soul mate; think of the things that make you happy – elevate who you’d rather be. And, whatever you do attend to the facial hairs (ears, nose, and eyebrows) – don’t get all the way to a date only to discover that you wished you had fixed them! Show your strength. Women seem to love physical strength, powerful men (money and position) and tenderness. If you can work it, include your hands in some of the images. To compliment this article I’m going to back up with pictures of some of the things I claim you should consider.
Camera angle: Not always but usually the nose is slightly off-centred; lowed than higher. Looking into nostrils is not the best look. The way most people look is from left to the right, and therefore, put the head more to the left than the right. If you know you have an irresistible smile then include it, flog it to death. For the females who know that many viewers look at their physical make up – don’t lower your standards and show all of you. There are people who need to love what they will be looking at for the rest of their life with you – your face. Not your bust and legs etcetera – that’s private – that’s only for viewing when you meet – when it all becomes much more personal.
If you have, like I do, people who have worked as photographers or are talented photographers, have them take pictures of you. I’ve suggested to others that you need a 10x10 (ten poses X ten similar frames). Men are easier as they don’t alter their hair style, however, women who have longer hair they need to realise their hair is an asset. However, consider having your hair off your face and back so that your face looks narrow. Have your hair in different positions and styles; up down, ponytail, swept back and so on – you decide.
Allow viewers to see that you are extremely lovely, you have a warmest inner glow and that you are happy. In my opinion, pictures that dare you to look at the character portrayed are always winners. And please, make eye contact. Even if your eyes are small or narrowed, that is, not almond shaped, it’s only a disadvantage if you don’t use that feature.
We the viewer need to see who you are and there’s no such thing as unattractive people but there are poor photographers and poor preparation. Allow you heart and head to be involved and your chances go up percentages. Even if you don’t instantly find someone, but have taken this trip, you are a winner as you now know you are beautiful.
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