| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/1/2006 10:36:01 PM | Hello Aged Woinder and all the rest of the good people that commented on my photos.Thank you all so very much. And now I better clear up a couple of things. First of all 'yes' the one where I am wearing a suit & tie was taken about 2 years ago. All of the rest of the pictures were taken on the same day with the same throw-away camera. (July, 2006). Now, I have noticed in some other pics that I have at home, that depending on the light, my hair appears gray sometimes and brown the next or a combination of both. As far as I am concerned I really have brown hair and very little gray. But direct lighting or sunlight does have an effect on the color. I have been asked many times if I color my hair and for me that is a big no-no. No way. What you see is what you get LOL. I even had one lady tell me that if I got rid of my 'store bought' hair I would be more handsome. Thanks again for all your kind and thorough comments - very much appreciated.
PS: The lady that was bombed - it was a simple matter of going into her driveway, and as I opened the car door for her she literally fell into her house and that was that. And AW thank you so much for the nice compliments. | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/2/2006 5:40:50 AM | Well, let's see how this works. You post a photo of your face from 20 years ago, tell us you have an average build (HWP), that you are looking for something real and genuine. You think beauty is only skin deep, and people should love you for what's inside.
Well, first of all, everyone is real. Are we ghosts? Imaginary beings? No, we are flesh and blood, so we are REAL.
Secondly, we are all GENUINE. We are all unique. Noone is like anyone else. We are all genuine.
Lastly, you want us to see the "inner beauty". Well, if that was the case, you wouldn't want us to see you are a liar. You wouldn't want a meeting and possible relationship based on deception.
This gets me. You say to love you for who you are, then you show us a pic of who you WERE.
You were beautiful (or not) but now, you are just a liar. Pull your heads out of your a-ses and pay attention to how hypocritical you are. Being a liar is uglier than your weight and wrinkles. | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/2/2006 7:05:31 AM | superone not all people post pix that are 20 years old!! There are also a few of us who look younger than our years, LOL
Personally, I think everyone should post a close up pix too, some are taken so far away you can't see their faces  | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/2/2006 7:06:43 AM | seekone
Thanks for clearing that up. I know lighting, etc can make a difference on how a pix comes out and not everyone is a detective like me. 
You're welcome for the compliments  | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/2/2006 7:43:20 AM | I always thought in an ideal world everyone should have at least one close up and one full length photo.
SeekingOne, Your hair does look very brown in some of your photos and very grey in others. You could get yourself a good photo editing program (some are pretty cheap) and make it look like it does in real life.
I work with that stuff all the time. I haven't changed how I look in any of my photo's but in the two that are full length there was a gal standing along side of me in each and I totally removed them from the photo including even their shadows. | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/2/2006 10:17:00 AM | | turboguy, NOW it comes out, I see someone looking over your shoulder in those pix!! | |
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Posted: 9/2/2006 12:37:00 PM | ab jeanie,
There is certainly nothing wrong with the way you look in any of your pictures!
If you think these pics look bad because of the conditions you describe, I would love to see you when you are ready to go out for the evening.
Ron | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/5/2006 4:09:46 PM | | The picture of me showing my legs was taken Saturday, September 2nd. My legs are my best feature, and if I want to show them I will. | |
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Posted: 9/5/2006 4:47:28 PM | | The next photo of an older person will be one of Bobby & I at a POF event which I'll put on my profile | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/5/2006 8:50:37 PM | Well, Ron, thank you so much for that .. Actually, I accept how I look just fine, so much so that, though I wouldn't post a REALLY bad pic, I do try for the real deal, as I am in or after a typical day... although I sure wish I wasn't caught wearing red so often!! LOL
btw you look like a really nice gentleman yourself!
Jeanie | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/6/2006 2:19:59 PM | vinsim, way back on message number 1:
I find that an odd request from a man with no picture at all. Tsk. Tsk. | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/7/2006 9:47:49 AM | | Ive seen profiles where the main photo is 4 or 5 yrs older than the other photos which are more recent. Obviously when you see a 40-ish woman looking 30ish, you tend to be impressed especially if its a sexy photo. People in general would rather use their best looking photo whether its recent or from a few yrs ago. That's natural but when that photo looks significantly younger than your present person, it can be a little shocking and a bit deceitful. It doesnt take much to have a decent pic taken since just about everybody is carrying little cameras on their phones and webcams. Everybody wnts a natural photo instead of somethng prepared or staged but who's to know but you and whoever held the camera? | |
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Posted: 9/9/2006 4:14:41 PM | | well vinsim guys do the same thing too the post photos that not recent either. but you are right in that no one does themselves a favor by posting an outdated photo. when I signed up at POF I posted a photo of myself that was taken a year ago on my 59th birthday as it was the most recent one I had. however I have now posted some new photos that were taken in the past week. another real bummer is all the people that don't post any photo. | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/9/2006 4:23:55 PM | Hi FoxyLadyRks.. I have to agree with you too. It is a real bummer when people don't post photo's. I hate it... I think you should play fair. Posting a photo should be a required field for all dating sites.
Deanne | |
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Posted: 9/9/2006 4:28:43 PM | I just posted some new photos as well, My neice and I had some fun with the digital camera
last night ( shes also on POF) and I have been asked so many times if my pictures are recent. What would the point be of posting old photos any way, you have to meet sooner or later right?
...maeflowers | |
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Posted: 9/9/2006 4:54:34 PM | I've seen the dishonesty by men about their pictures as well. Some guys worry about the effect of aging,, just as some women do, I guess.
Hey now, I may be blonde,,,, but if your photos show a full head of hair and when I meet you for coffee, a bald man is sitting across the table,,, seriously,,, I WILL notice the difference. Will I care? Oh, yes,,, I will! Believe me, it's not cause I dislike bald, but because I don't appreciate dishonesty,,, imagine that!
I have photos of myself on my profile, the oldest were taken about 18 months ago, the newest a month or so back. In some I'm wearing make-up, ready to go out, others are first thing in the morning, still in my gown, drinking coffee on the porch. I also say I'm round and short,,, what's the point in being anything but honest,,, unless you're only here for cyber relationships.... Eventually the truth will come out.
fkf | |
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Posted: 9/18/2006 2:13:12 AM | since when did 45 become old? SOMEHOW I DIDNT GET THAT MEMO.....................
NOT THAT IT WORKS FOR ME , BUT IM ALWAYS TRUTHFULL ONLINE AS WELL AS OFFLINE...................I HAVE MET PLENTY OF MEN WHO DONT REPRESENT THEIR PICTUERS THAT ARE POSTED EITHER SO DONT JUST BLAME WOMEN..................ALL WE ALL WANT IS SOMEONE TO ADORE WHO WE REALLY ARE NOT WHAT WE LOOK LIKE.......BE REAL | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/18/2006 12:07:12 PM | ..i believe that photo retouching must be used just commercial intentions, magazines, models, real estate....or just for fun. javascript:smilie(' ')
I am a photo retoucher , and if I know that the person is going to use the photos for a lie I do not make the workjavascript:smilie(' '). But also I believe that there are photos that do not show such to us as we are, and those can be 'improved'. If we are going to have a datejavascript:smilie(' '), then we will try to look the best!.. for that reason I believe that there are photos that can improve because at moment that were taken didnt show us as good as we'll look in that day of the date....I consider those photos can be retouched....but never for a lie.
You can see all those photos samples at:
http://www.LookingSoGood.com
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/18/2006 8:15:39 PM | You cannot know who you are talking to by looking at a photograph, KoiBoi.
It is just an image on a screen, just so many pixels.
I look at the words the person has chosen to show who they are and what they think, feel and believe, not their picture. There are many beautiful people out there
that I feel certain you would consider a "schnauzer."
So be it.
I do not have a photo posted, and my mailbox is definitely not empty.
I have connected with men who would be considered by most to be unattractive, and men who would be considered by most to be Hollywood gorgeous.
And none of these connections were based on a photograph,they were based on the words.
What "attractive" means to me is what is in a person's head and heart and soul, not what "everyone" thinks is beautiful.
I readily share photos with people, but I want to know, first, that they like what is in my head and heart and soul. | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/18/2006 8:58:35 PM | First, I'd like to say that you can't base anything on typed words or even words via telephone. People can be who they want and it's so much easier to say whatever they want when they don't have to be face to face with anyone. The online players look over profiles and they can pretty much figure out what a person is looking for in that search for that *one*. Lo and Behold...they somehow automatically become that person by saying anything and everything your heart desires to hear.
You can't judge a person by photographs either because you are only looking at the outside packaging. You can get a gift wrapped all nice and pretty but the pretty wrapping doesn't always mean you're getting a great gift. I use to be shallow and I was more into the looks of a person but I've matured alot and I look to what's inside the person now more than anything else.
My opinion and as I always state this is solely my opinion which we are all entitled to. I just feel that if you are truly looking to meet someone...you would want to post a recent picture and have a truthful profile. Geez...if had men send me pictures of their sons *rolls eyes* Ohhhhhh but the best one was of this guy wearing plaid polyester *however the heck it's spelled*lol...from the 60's with his hairy chest and a chain and he claimed it was a recent picture
I've had some call me a liar and say my picture isn't recent because that's not a picture of someone that is 45. I'm insulted that I would be accused of being deceitful but, I guess I should also take it as a compliment. Don't always assume that everyone is using a picture that isn't recent if the picture doesn't look like someones age as they have stated. | |
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Posted: 9/18/2006 9:57:53 PM | ChaoticDreamer,you are so caught up in the whole propaganda trip of
"not looking your age,"
and making sure to tell us all that you are called a liar
because your photo doesn't look like that of someone who is 45.
The subtext of your post is, "Look at me. I am 45 but I look like I am ???"
So what?
What does 45 look like? According to whom?
You are judging yourself and others by the Barbie doll standards that our culture has inflicted upon us.
True, you cannot entirely trust the words in a profile, but I believe that they are more
reliable than a picture.
And really, how shallow are you if most of your response to a person is based on an image? | |
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| Photos and the older person!
Posted: 9/18/2006 10:24:51 PM | I'm not caught up in anything nor am I shallow. Please don't make assumption about me unless you know me !!!
I was making a point of how people may not look their age in the picture they posted so people shouldn't always assume the picture isn't recent. Get your facts together and read things correctly before making comments. | |
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