Online Dating Photo - How to Get One for Your Profile

By Jason Sun

You may think obtaining a photo to use in your dating profile is easy, but not everyone is as techie as you and I have seen many people are clueless on this. They often say things like I don't have a digital camera or I don't have a scanner.

Actually, there are many easy ways to get yourself a digital photo. Here is a list of possible ways I can think of.

1. Ask your friends or relatives to take picture(s) for you and email it to you.

After receive the photo, save it to a folder on your computer and then upload it to the dating sites or whatever sites you need a photo for.

2. If you have party pictures that someone sent to you, you can use it.

Make sure you have sought permissions to use from the people who also appear in the photo with you. If you don't want to show other people on that picture, you can use Microsoft Paint to easily edit it so that only you are in the photo. Microsoft Paint is available to all Windows systems, including 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista.

3. Use your webcam.

Do you have a webcam sitting beside your PC? Do you know you can use it to take pictures?

Yes, you can use a webcam to take pictures. The picture quality may not be as good as those taken by a decent digital camera, but it's still acceptable for web use.

4. Use your mobile phone to take pictures.

Normally your mobile phone has a USB port that can be used to transfer pictures or videos to your computer. Note that not all USB connectors on mobile phones are the same. So make sure that you use a cable with connectors that will fit into the ports on both your mobile phone and your computer.

If you're not sure what kind of connector to use, you can take your mobile phone to the store or company where you bought it and consult them.

You will probably also need software from the phone manufacturer to transfer photos via USB cable to your computer. This software may probably already come with the phone when you bought. Check your photo package to find out, or you may search the manufacturer's website to download it.

5. Scan a photo and use it.

If you have photos which were developed from films, take them to your local photo store and ask them to scan for you. They can either email the scanned photos to you or save onto your floppy disk or thumb drive.

That's it. At the digital age, it has never been easier to get your photos online.

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