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Internet Dating Photos: How the Dating Websites Know Your Photos Age
Technology of digital cameras actually will tell the internet dating websites where you have your photographs posted how old the profile photo is. So the internet matchmaking sites do know precisely the age of your online dating profile photographs. All of the internet dating sites encourage singles to post only photos which are recent photos of you. However, how recent really is recent and what is the big deal anyway?
Internet Dating Photos From Over 30 Years Ago Are Not the Issue
I’ve already been discussing the issue of using photographs in your dating profile which are from your high school prom or college homecoming dance parties sporting the dress, image, and embarrassing styles of the fashion world of more than 20 years ago and all too likely those of 30 plus years ago. I’m not talking about those photos from a quarter century ago in your life nor even those of your DMV photographs.
I’m opening up the topic of using Recent Photos of you in your dating profiles.
Now the issue is and the reason why you want to be considering this and managing the age of your online dating profile photos is because this is your internet personals ad. When you are seeking a serious romantic relationship via an internet personals ad, then you want to put your best foot forward, but the actual foot you have right now, not your fashion foot from a prior decade.
Internet Dating Photos Age Recency: When It Doesn’t Really Matter For You
For those singles over 40 years old, 50 years old, and 60 years old versus those singles in their 20s and 30 years old or so. When you are 44 years old, how you looked at 42 years old unless you’ve seriously altered the color or style of your hair, using a few photos of yourself from 2 years ago in your online dating profile is probably really perfectly fine.
Internet Dating Photos Age Recency: Who It Does Matter For
However, when you are 20 years old, how you look, style and dress now versus when you are 21 years old and 22 years old really can be a massive difference in how you really look and come across to others. According to the OkCupid study provocative bathing suit clad photos in particular, which I also cite as always a mistake to share online at the internet dating sites, have been shown to typically be quite out-of-date coming from singles.
Internet Dating Photos: Your Image Is Your Self-Advertising Message
I’ll tell you right now, it is already abundantly unwise to share provocatively clad photos online with strangers. Why? Because when what you want and are seeking is a long term serious relationship, then your bathing suit photos are sending and advertising the wrong message for you.
When you’re a single seeking a serious relationship with with a single who is a quality woman or man, then you’ll want to both avoid sharing bathing suit or inadvertently provocative photos of you as well as do include posting recent flattering photographs of yourself, preferably taken by a professional photographer from LookBetterOnline.
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Alex Arshavskiy says
October 30, 2011 at 1:47 PMGreat post April!
Excellent explanation of when your profile Photos Age Recency matters and when does not matter.
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Sonya Lenzo says
October 30, 2011 at 2:03 PMWhat is the really important thing is that you are recognizable…and that your date does not feel deceived.!!!
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Lisa McLellan says
October 30, 2011 at 6:12 PMI have a friend who met her husband online. His online photo was from years earlier when he weighed a good 20-30 lbs less. My friend was upset when she first saw him, but fortunately she gave him a chance and they ended up falling in love and getting married. Their first meeting was for coffee. She said that when she first saw him, she was going to walk the other way and then just never respond to his emails. Now she’s glad she didn’t.
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Reading body language of women in pictures says
October 30, 2011 at 8:09 PMApril, how often should a person change their photo on their profile and do you think that other people should be in the main picture.
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John Moulder says
October 30, 2011 at 8:19 PMThanks for pointing out these points April . News to me that people wouldn’t want a recent photo on the sites . Doesn’t make much sense to me .
Eva Palmer says
October 31, 2011 at 6:32 AMI agree with Sonya!
In some many profile pictures people are unrecognisable! You see them in facebook and then you wonder if it is the same person…
What is your advice about that?
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Dennis Perry says
October 31, 2011 at 9:20 AMI can certainly see the logic behind wanting recent photos but I never really considered how age played a big role. Never really thought about how much one can change from 20 to 22 vs. 40 to 42.
Makes sense!
Dennis
Kevin Bettencourt says
October 31, 2011 at 2:20 PMLying in a dating profile continues to baffle me. What exactly are people trying to accomplish. I couldn’t imagine trying to carry a real conversation with someone in thier 20’s. Just as I’m sure they couldn’t stand the thought of being stuck with me.
Andrew Miner says
October 31, 2011 at 2:35 PMDeception is never a good thing. Unless you’re James Bond I guess…
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October 31, 2011 at 4:13 PMIs there any way to get the age of the photo from the website?
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Cherie Miranda says
October 31, 2011 at 5:31 PMI agree that using photos from a couple of years ago for 40+ people is fine. But definitely nix the bathing suit idea at any age.
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Michael D Walker says
November 1, 2011 at 12:44 AMI’m surprised that people post photos of themselves in a bathing suit because it would seem to be sending the wrong message entirely.
Again, good advice for helping singles avoid mistakes with their online dating efforts.
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Clare Delaney says
November 1, 2011 at 10:06 AMYou’re so right about age differences affecting recency of photo requirements April. Thanks!
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Neil Dhawan says
November 2, 2011 at 7:41 PMHi April,
Not that I’m in my 20’s anymore, but I found it interesting to note that youngsters in their 20’s should be VERY recent with the profile photos. Does this hold more true for women over men or both the same? Also, someone in their mid-40’s to post a picture at say 39 … yea or nay?
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