Choosing the Right Pictures For Your Online Dating Profile

Make Yourself Appear Perfect. First impressions are everything. Nowhere does this old adage ring more true than in the world of online dating. Your picture is your first impression...and your second, third, fourth, and last impression as well. You will be giving impressions all day long as people view your profile. How many do you want to impress? How many can you impress? Remember that your impression is you, for you, and up to you!

Your profile has to be so tight that you attract exactly who you want the minute she checks you out. When creating your profile, you have to make yourself look as attractive as possible on many levels without coming off as arrogant or boastful. You always want to show your best attributes and lifestyle choices to women, since they, too, have to decide on you.

Keep in mind that you are never going to be perfect for everyone, no matter how hard you try. You just want to be everything to your perfect matches. Women love a confident man, but hate an arrogant man. A general problem with men is that we don't know where that fine line between arrogance and confidence is, and we typically cross it most of the time. This line is even finer from a woman's perspective. Your profile is BAIT, so don't lose sight of that for a second.

The first step is your pictures. Human beings are visual creatures, and I don't care how often women say they are not interested in looks, they are. Just look around at movies, television, and magazines. You don't see fat guys on the cover of GQ. And for some strange reason, in the movie "Ocean's 11," Brad Pitt got all the press and not 45-year-old bug-eyed Bernie Mac...go figure. Yes, women like looks because women love a hot piece of ass as much as we do. The good news is that women want so much more than looks.

You should be engaging and active in the ways you want to be perceived. Show yourself enjoying things you want your targets to respect you for doing. They don't necessarily have to want to do the same things as you, but at least they respect what kind of man you are for doing them. If you like fishing, that is great; show yourself reeling in that huge yellow tail off the coast of Mexico, but don't expect that picture alone to attract only women who like to fish. Do expect it to attract women who respect a man for being a man and who want to meet a man who is in control and knows how to enjoy life.

Just a few of the Do's and don'ts when choosing your pictures

Do's:
Choose pictures that show how you want to be perceived. Show real actions or traits that you possess to maximize your targets.
Post clear pictures.
Diversify with at least five pictures.
Focus on your best attributes.

Don'ts:
No cell-phone or web-cam pics.
Don't ever show your car.
Don't show pictures that no longer look like you.
Don't show fake pictures.

Take careful consideration in choosing each picture you post online. If you have an attractive smile, then you should show it off.

If you are into racing cars or any type of motorized sports, show yourself in action, but don't show yourself sitting on the hood of your ride or waxing your rims.
If you are a party guy, definitely show yourself out with friends, having a great time. DO NOT ever show yourself drunk, with drunken friends, drunken girls, or any symbols of booze or drugs.

Quality social pictures are a great way to attract women. Most women love to be around a fun guy who they know they will have a great time with. I hope you are getting my point about what to show and what not to show.

I've heard horror stories of so many guys who don't look at all like their pictures. You don't want to be one of those idiots. Remember, you will have to show up to the date eventually, and if you are going on a date with a girl who impresses you, the last "first impression" you want her to have is that you are a liar!

Once you have chosen the pictures you would like to put on your profile then you have to chose the most important one of all, the one that represents you in all your glory, the one, the only, the "default" picture. This is the most important first impression you will make so you better make it a good one.

Some of the elements your default picture should have:

Head shot or half body shot
Clear
Up to date
Just you
Very simple clothing (ie: white shirt, black shirt, colors that compliment you, no patterns)