I think it’s because men are generally very indifferent to taking photos of themselves that they never just do random selfies or take pictures with each other, and thus have something to choose from. Like, women seem to love taking pictures together with their friends, before going out, while out, or after getting home. It’s fun for them. But have you ever seen a group of fellas getting ready to go out, and they are like “Omg guys we look so pretty, let’s get some cute selfies together before we go out! Okay let’s do a serious one, then a bunch of silly ones!” Women seem to take a lot of photos just for the sake of having the photo of themselves. Which is quite nice, really, they are having fun and taking pride in themselves. They also practise a lot, so they end up being pretty good at getting a nice photo with good lighting, angle ect. But fellas only seem to take photos of each other or themselves if they are showing off something they acquired (fish, motorcycle, car, woman).
So when choosing photos, they have a lot slimmer pickings. There’s the fish one, there’s the photo they took with their ex, and there’s the one of them sitting on the motorbike with the helmet on. Then they try to do a selfie but they have no idea how to do a good selfie so they end up under flourescent lights against a white wall looking like a fucking Harkonen and get demoralised, so they use the fish one.
Best hint i ever got regarding photos: focus your eyes at a spot a few centimeters ABOVE the camera, while not facing the camera dead on - rotate yourself a few degrees (which side works better depends - gotta try it out). Makes photos of you a lot better looking for nearly no effort.
Ugh, I hate how some genius decided to put the screen below the camera, so like in video calls or whatever, if I’m looking at the person on the screen, and then I catch a glimpse of the corner where it shows me my own camera, it looks like I’m looking down because the lens is above the screen. So everyone probably thinks I’m ogling their breasts or whatever.
And then I get anxious and start overthinking it and can’t pick one place to look, so then I probably look shifty-eyed and people likely perceive that as suspicious…
When you start visibly aging and getting wrinkles, beauty comes from kindness. I dunno, at least that’s how I’ve always felt. QED you’re gorgeous, dude.
Then they try to do a selfie but they have no idea how to do a good selfie so they end up under flourescent lights against a white wall looking like a fucking Harkonen and get demoralised, so they use the fish one.
Eventually they learn the daylight car selfie from the driver’s seat, which looks decent because the roof cuts off the harshest shadows from direct sunlight but the blue sky all around the windows creates diffuse lighting with great white balance.
But if you go on a dating app, don’t you collect some new pictures? Like you can take a picture, or ask someone else to take a picture of you. People are intentionally deciding to upload the fish pic
(TBF, there are some women who upload the fish pic too. 100% of the time I did not swipe right. Maybe they’re the ones looking for men with fish pics?)
I think it’s because men are generally very indifferent to taking photos of themselves that they never just do random selfies or take pictures with each other, and thus have something to choose from. Like, women seem to love taking pictures together with their friends, before going out, while out, or after getting home. It’s fun for them. But have you ever seen a group of fellas getting ready to go out, and they are like “Omg guys we look so pretty, let’s get some cute selfies together before we go out! Okay let’s do a serious one, then a bunch of silly ones!” Women seem to take a lot of photos just for the sake of having the photo of themselves. Which is quite nice, really, they are having fun and taking pride in themselves. They also practise a lot, so they end up being pretty good at getting a nice photo with good lighting, angle ect. But fellas only seem to take photos of each other or themselves if they are showing off something they acquired (fish, motorcycle, car, woman).
So when choosing photos, they have a lot slimmer pickings. There’s the fish one, there’s the photo they took with their ex, and there’s the one of them sitting on the motorbike with the helmet on. Then they try to do a selfie but they have no idea how to do a good selfie so they end up under flourescent lights against a white wall looking like a fucking Harkonen and get demoralised, so they use the fish one.
I hate taking pic’s of myself can confirm. And I’m not even that ugly.
Best hint i ever got regarding photos: focus your eyes at a spot a few centimeters ABOVE the camera, while not facing the camera dead on - rotate yourself a few degrees (which side works better depends - gotta try it out). Makes photos of you a lot better looking for nearly no effort.
Ugh, I hate how some genius decided to put the screen below the camera, so like in video calls or whatever, if I’m looking at the person on the screen, and then I catch a glimpse of the corner where it shows me my own camera, it looks like I’m looking down because the lens is above the screen. So everyone probably thinks I’m ogling their breasts or whatever.
And then I get anxious and start overthinking it and can’t pick one place to look, so then I probably look shifty-eyed and people likely perceive that as suspicious…
Turn the phone upside down
Then they’ll see my boogers
When you start visibly aging and getting wrinkles, beauty comes from kindness. I dunno, at least that’s how I’ve always felt. QED you’re gorgeous, dude.
Got any with bridges in the background?
No actually
How sad! I don’t have any pictures of bridges, selfie or otherwise, but I did an image search and found this picture, which I like:
I enjoy it
Eventually they learn the daylight car selfie from the driver’s seat, which looks decent because the roof cuts off the harshest shadows from direct sunlight but the blue sky all around the windows creates diffuse lighting with great white balance.
Shit up. That’s a great idea why am I waiting for golden and blue hours
But if you go on a dating app, don’t you collect some new pictures? Like you can take a picture, or ask someone else to take a picture of you. People are intentionally deciding to upload the fish pic
(TBF, there are some women who upload the fish pic too. 100% of the time I did not swipe right. Maybe they’re the ones looking for men with fish pics?)
This is what I’m saying!? The logic is valid until you know it’s an ick giver. Then you take action to get better pics right?