If you are on dating apps, you know the excitement of scrolling through and finding a potential match of your dreams. However, try as you might to connect with them, they don’t seem particularly excited about your potential. And then begins the hopeless cycle: spark of hope, attempt to engage, and—the sinking feeling of rejection over and over again.
Anyone who’s spent time on dating apps can tell you the experience can be demoralizing, especially if you have a lot to offer: a good job, a home, a car, a loveable pet. When you just aren’t getting the matches you want, you start to wonder if there’s something wrong with the app, or worse, if there’s something wrong with you.
Fear not! The Match Artist is your lifeline to help you realize your online dating potential so you can power through the tumultuous waters of dating apps with ease. They realize that your profile photos may be the hurdle preventing you from getting more matches. Your rough pictures (you know the ones: the blurry group shot, or the 7 selfies taken in your job shirt on the car ride home) are possibly costing you potential matches and prolonging your loneliness.
The Match Artist is a group of skilled and experienced photographers who specialize in photos for online dating profiles. As it turns out, a lot of guys struggle with looking interesting and attractive in front of the camera, so you’re in good company! And after a session with The Match Artist, you’ll be in even better company on dates when they help you improve your match rates with better profile pictures.
The Methods
The Match Artist helps those who feel hopelessly unphotogenic by guiding them through facial expression coaching. They instruct clients on subtle facial movements of the eyelids, mouth, or eyebrows to help guys seem more friendly and intriguing. According to Nick Friesen and Shane White, founders of The Match Artist, people tend to freeze or grimace in panic when a camera comes out. The deer-in-the-headlights look or the forced, uncomfortable smile are never inviting for potential matches. In the fast paced, repetitive environment of online dating, your facial expressions and photos need to stand out from the rest in order to get the matches you hope for.
Sure, you are probably wondering what good facial expression coaching can do when photoshoots are so awkward to begin with, especially in a studio or unfamiliar environment. . It’s difficult to “fix your face” when you hardly know what to do with the rest of your body. How does anyone actually look good? You might be thinking, if only someone could take pictures of me in my natural environment where I feel comfortable and confident… then I could truly shine.
Nick Friesen and Shane White have the answers for your concerns. They don’t shoot in a studio. They know the best way to get authentic shots that accurately capture your personality is by taking photos in a relaxed environment where you can be yourself, like your home. . “Photoshoots don’t have to be miserable,” says Nick Friesen. “Our shoots are fun and lead to intriguing, expressive, and natural photos, which is often what your potential matches are looking for. They want a glimpse of who you really are, whether they are aware of it or not.”
The Match Artist goes beyond just showing up at your house and snapping away. They get to know each of their clients on a personal level so the shoot feels like you’re just hanging out with a friend. When hiring photographers, The Match Artist gets a lot of applicants. However, they specifically seek out those who are personable and who will make their clients feel relaxed over the 4- to 5-hour session. With the custom tailored process, many clients even feel inclined to dive deeper into conversations beyond just photos. Working with The Match Artist, you can get great pictures, better matches, and even possibly a new friend. Nick describes, “Many of my current close friends actually started out as clients. Our friendship grew due to the depth of conversation during the photo session.”
With every shoot, The Match Artist aims to capture guys in multiple environments with 10-15 outfit changes so the photos look as if they were taken over a period of time instead of one day. After capturing you in your home environment doing what you love, you’ll head out to your go-to bar or cafe, the lake where you kayak, the park where you take your dog, or even your favorite bookstore or museum. The goal is to show off who you are and how you spend your time so potential matches see that you’re more interesting than that car selfie makes you out to be.
While describing the session flow, Nick compares it to a typical Saturday morning routine. “To start, you’re making some coffee in one outfit, and then you’re sitting out on the patio or balcony in a different shirt, enjoying the weather or reading a book. Then you switch shirts again and maybe play some guitar. Then, we might head out to the lake and go kayaking. It’s kind of like that morning routine on a Saturday,” says Nick. The Match Artist understands that ordinary routines can reveal a lot about a person to potential dates. They help their clients look natural, confident, and desirable in a genuine way..
The Outcomes
By photographing who you really are, The Match Artist gets you better dates. Capturing you in your element, whether at home or around town, makes you seem interesting and like a real person with cool hobbies, which will attract more real people who also have hobbies, perhaps even ones similar to yours!
If you’ve been believing that you’re just hopelessly unphotogenic, prepare for a confidence boost. The Match Artist photographers truly become your hype men, encouraging you to be bold and helping you to see how great you really are. With that confidence, the fantastic photos, and your multiplied matches, you will walk into each date with your head held high, fully ready to be the one and only, self assured, “best catch on the app” guy.
After a session with The Match Artist, clients come away with hundreds of quality pictures, a new confidence in how to present themselves both on and off camera, and a new level of comfortability in their own skin, which makes the experience exponentially more valuable. Gone are the days of believing that your photos don’t matter or that you aren’t worthy of quality matches. The Match Artist will show you how important good photos are and how a little bit of confidence can bring out the inner stud you didn’t even know was there.
Nick Friesen and Shane White have helped over 600 guys feel more attractive, confident, and ready to take the dating world by storm. If you aren’t getting the matches you feel you deserve and you feel like you have a lot to offer, your pictures may be at fault. No more worrying that you are doomed to be less than handsome, or that photoshoots are just too awkward to be worth it. Reach out to The Match Artist today, and they will help you find your most charming and photogenic self.