Russian Dating Tips

How to choose effective photos

Choosing photos is one single most important step in creating a good profile.According to our statistics, people who present good quality photos have asubstantially higher chance of meeting someone special online. Please alsonote that only profiles with photos will be displayed in the search results.

Please consider these guidelines and advice in choosing effective photographs:

1. Provide all three photographs

You can provide up to three photographs. We recommend providing as manyphotographs as possible. Photographs are pivotal in forming a woman'sdecision as to whether she likes you and whether she is willing to get in contact with you.

2. Portrait photograph is most important

The first photograph should be a portrait – a close up that will clearlydepict your face even if reduced to a smaller size. This first portraitphotograph is very important because it is displayed on the search resultspage when women search or browse Loversplanet.com database.

3. Highest quality

Please provide photographs of the highest possible quality. Among otherthings that means that the object on the photographs should be you, notthe scenery, trees, mountains or friends. The photographs have to becolorful and of a good contrast. Bad quality photos will not be accepted.

4. Minimum resolution

Please make sure that your photos are approx. 400 pixels wide and approx. 500 pixels high.

5. File Size and upload speed

Please do not submit large files. Each photo should be approx. 300Kb.Depending on the speed of your Internet connection and the size of thephotographs you are trying to submit, the upload process may take some time.Be patient and do not press the submit button again as this will re-startthe process from the beginning. If you have a problem uploading your photosyou can send them to us by email,indicating your Loversplanet.com Username.

6. How to create a portrait

If you do not have a portrait photograph (a close-up) you can create it formany other photograph where your face is clearly visible. All you have to dois to scan the portrait part of the photograph at a higher resolution so thatit is suited to the requirements outlined above.