How not to take an Online Dating picture.

It's true that if you submit a picture on an online dating site, then you get many more messages. However, a poorly chosen picture may send out the wrong message. Here are some illustrative examples.

Modelling for us are a couple of budget fashion dolls/action figures that I got in a post christmas sale. They're much cheaper than real models :-)

It goes without saying that submitting a picture of an action doll on your profile won't put forward a favorable impression..

Lack of focus
	Perhaps you'll find a myopic partner this way, or perhaps you'll just make everyone believe that you're trying to hide your ugliness. Just because you were an innocent bystander on a crimewatch cctv clip, doesn't mean you are famous, or that you should use the image on a dating site.
Dark man.
	Afraid of the light? Or afraid of revealing yourself? If the light from a flash bulb burns your skin, and you don't like garlic, you're probably a vampire.
The missing partner
	You might be trying to say "Look, I can get a girl/boyfriend" but it's more likely to come across as "I can't get over my ex." or "I hang around with the shadow of death all the time..."
The Busker
	Posing with an instrument can show your artistic side. However, You should pose with the right instrument.. Try a guitar, or a piano.
Black and White
	I once heard a story about a man who met a lady online. She sent him a picture of a beautiful young woman. They fell in love. He went to visit her and found that the picture had been taken in the 1950's and that the woman in question was keeping her landlord in the freezer so that she didn't have to pay rent. Nuff said.
Distancing yourself
	Come on. don't be shy. Come a little closer. You can't be that ugly. come on.. Step towards the camera.. thats it, take little steps...
Too close!
	Woah! that's too close. Cameras don't work very well at this distance. You'll end up looking like the Mekon. If you are the Mekon, you'll end up looking like William Hague.
A man of conviction
	Don't Just find any picture of yourself, that's just lazy. go out and get a picture taken by a friend, or a relative, not a police officer.
Fleshing things out
	The internet is enough of a meat market already. Put something on. You'll catch your death of cold.
Which one are you?
	Chances are, you're the ugly one in the picture. There's safety in numbers and you're safe from getting a date with this kind of picture.
Half a face
	Only shallow people would worry if you had a horrible boil on the unseen side of your face, but in your attempts to seem mysterious, you might miss out on a really nice (but shallow) person.