Hard2Focus' tinder-profile; 06.26.22 What am I missing? Better photos but lackluster results

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Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:46 pm

Looking good g

Keep working,
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Sat Jan 01, 2022 3:19 pm

Hard2Focus wrote:
Sat Jan 01, 2022 12:55 pm
Any of these pics usable? All are edited in faceapp and I'd like to use one as it shows off my small tattoo + that I'm into i.e going for a swim in the winter/cold showers.
If you use them, I would cut them off around the waist. The angle/pose is a bit awkward, but from the waist up you look good.
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Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:25 pm

@Pancakemouse Thanks a lot for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
@MakingAComeback Thanks man!
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Wed Feb 02, 2022 9:00 pm

Allright boys, here's a small selection of usable pics out of the 400 or so that my buddy got of me.
Atm I feel like I'm going to go for the one I'm using for my profile pic, only in higher resolution and smoother editing tho..

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
My progress log
Aka: I quit my dream job of 10 years and moved to the big city

Main goal: sleep with 10 women within the end of the year 7/10.


Previous main goal: Move to a bigger city
Jobs applied for in total: 5
09/20/22: Job landed
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Wed Feb 02, 2022 9:13 pm

These images are very good!

You' look good - masculine, chiselled.

Have you read Radical's style guide? Many of us LOVE it, and some of the most successful men here swear by it.

MAC
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Wed Feb 02, 2022 9:50 pm

Hard2Focus wrote:
Wed Feb 02, 2022 9:00 pm
Allright boys, here's a small selection of usable pics out of the 400 or so that my buddy got of me.
Atm I feel like I'm going to go for the one I'm using for my profile pic, only in higher resolution and smoother editing tho..

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
The fifth one where you're holding the camera (with your mouth closed) is great!

You're a very good looking guy and you can have whatever type of dating life you want if you are willing to jump on the opportunities life gives you. That being said, these guys are right in that you can greatly increase the number of opportunities life throws at you by being around more women (in a bigger city) and improving your online dating pictures.
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Thu Feb 03, 2022 6:55 am

Manly Cockfellow wrote:
Wed Feb 02, 2022 9:50 pm
You're a very good looking guy and you can have whatever type of dating life you want if you are willing to jump on the opportunities life gives you. That being said, these guys are right in that you can greatly increase the number of opportunities life throws at you by being around more women (in a bigger city) and improving your online dating pictures.
Thank you. That's some of the nicest words I've had thrown in my direction on this journey this far.
In December I recently moved to a bigger (35k) town for work, so currently one of my main goals is to improve my pictures
Also thanks for the feedback, I'll take it into consideration.
MakingAComeback wrote:
Wed Feb 02, 2022 9:13 pm
These images are very good!

You' look good - masculine, chiselled.

Have you read Radical's style guide? Many of us LOVE it, and some of the most successful men here swear by it.

MAC
Thanks Mac, I appreciate the kind words.
Yes, bought the long version even.
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Aka: I quit my dream job of 10 years and moved to the big city

Main goal: sleep with 10 women within the end of the year 7/10.


Previous main goal: Move to a bigger city
Jobs applied for in total: 5
09/20/22: Job landed
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Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:07 am

Just thought of one more thing that you might consider: there's a great book called Date-onomics that talks about how important gender ratios are to a population's dating culture. In a nutshell, when there are less men and more women, attitudes about sex are more relaxed and sex mostly happens in one night stands and hookups; when there are more men and less women, attitudes about sex are more restricted and sex mostly happens in long term relationships. So a college town (most are 60% women, 40% men) can be a great place to get laid, but a town where men significantly outnumber women (like a military base or mining/oil center) would be the opposite!

Any idea what your city's ratios might be? Either way keep trying to show the world your best self (online and off), but if you improve and don't see the results you'd like, the above phenomenon may be a factor.

PS - I'm at least half Norwegian heritage-wise

(Link below is to the book I mentioned)

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Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:25 am

Someone mentioned posing. I found this YouTube channel in the forum and after watching these videos and practising like, twice, I went from being a total zero posing to landing a few modelling gigs. I'm not an expert nor influencer, but it can improve your posing game a lot:
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This one is for women but I think it's worth watching:
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It's funny because in my old pictures I look like the "Before" in every single video 🤣
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Thu Feb 03, 2022 1:17 pm

Laurelius wrote:
Thu Feb 03, 2022 11:25 am
Someone mentioned posing.
Thanx for this! My photo-buddy didn't really seem to be much into posing and kind of rushed most of the photos so I had to wing it to the best of of my ability.
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Main goal: sleep with 10 women within the end of the year 7/10.


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09/20/22: Job landed
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Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:48 pm

yea your new profile pic is the best one out of the set. try to recreate the camera pic next time in a different jacket and with you actually pretending to take the photo instead of looking at your friend
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Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:00 pm

Final set of edited photos I'm choosing between.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

Would love some quick feedback on:

- Do they look overly edited?
Tried going soft but at the same time kind of in love with a bit of grain and lens-effects.

-Do I come off as intimidating in a bad way in pic 1?

-On a scale from 1-wrecked, how tired do I look?

-In the camera-photo I'm using the same outfit as the other ones, yay or not THAT noticeable?


I obviously need photos of me actually doing some cool shit or hanging out with people, but that's for future shoots.
My progress log
Aka: I quit my dream job of 10 years and moved to the big city

Main goal: sleep with 10 women within the end of the year 7/10.


Previous main goal: Move to a bigger city
Jobs applied for in total: 5
09/20/22: Job landed
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Sun Feb 06, 2022 3:58 am

Hey man, I'm no expert but here's what I think.

For this set of pics.
1.png : seems the highest quality one to me, but not necessarily the one where you look the best. Maybe it has to do with distortion or lighting, I'm not sure.
2.png : looks like pic 3, but slightly inferior I think
3.png : is the one you look the best out of these 4, but the light background color kinda fades with your light skin color. There's no contrast. You don't "pop".
4.png : Useless pic. The camera hides your face.

Btw I like the pic in your last set of pics in nature where you hold the camera at belly-level (DSC01503.ARW). You look hot in this one.
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Sun Feb 06, 2022 5:11 am

Aku wrote:
Sun Feb 06, 2022 3:58 am
Hey man, I'm no expert but here's what I think.

For this set of pics.
1.png : seems the highest quality one to me, but not necessarily the one where you look the best. Maybe it has to do with distortion or lighting, I'm not sure.
2.png : looks like pic 3, but slightly inferior I think
3.png : is the one you look the best out of these 4, but the light background color kinda fades with your light skin color. There's no contrast. You don't "pop".
4.png : Useless pic. The camera hides your face.

Btw I like the pic in your last set of pics in nature where you hold the camera at belly-level (DSC01503.ARW). You look hot in this one.
I agree. 3rd one from this set is the best one, but my favorite overall is the second one of you holding the camera at waist level (from your previous set of pics).
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Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:16 am

@Aku @Manly Cockfellow Thanx for the feedback guys! I haven't considered the camera at waist level pic because I don't like my expression in it. Gonna have a go at editing it and tuning it up in up in faceapp to see how it turns out.
My progress log
Aka: I quit my dream job of 10 years and moved to the big city

Main goal: sleep with 10 women within the end of the year 7/10.


Previous main goal: Move to a bigger city
Jobs applied for in total: 5
09/20/22: Job landed
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