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What I mean by "How To Photograph Your Interests" is how one should display themselves to the online gay community. It's about time to start some new trends in online dating photography and maybe once you get these new photographs on your MySpace profile or dating profile you should start getting some new attention from a whole new set of people. Maybe even brand new attention from that one gorgeous guy you've been hoping to get noticed from for the past few weeks... months... year.

Displayed just below in great detail are four new ways to photograph your interests. These new images of yourself should gather an online crowd, get them asking you some questions about your photographs and get conversations started with people you've always wanted some online attention from.

The 3 Objects Photo -

Let's set up your camera on a timer mode or get a friend to help you out with this one. What you'll need is a desk or table with nothing on the surface. You will need to be sitting at the other end wearing your best dress shirt, T-shirt that doesn't have a slogan or saying of any kind, fix up your hair, wash your face and make sure your lips aren't chapped.

Next place 3 objects in front of you. Don't clump them up in a pile in front of you. Keep each seperate from the other, line them up and display them facing towards the camera. These 3 objects are items that should best represent you without saying a word.

These 3 objects need to be great visuals of who you are as a person in this world. If you forever married to literature place a book with no cover or jacket on the table. If you are someone who's about saving the planet place an eco friendly item on the table. Let's say your life is about fitness, place a dumbell on the table. You get the idea.

You can make the objects sitting in front of you as complex or as simple as you want them to be. Let's take a look at this photograph where I'll place 3 items in front of him [via terrible photoshop].

It's up to you, the viewer/visitor to this featured photograph below, to figure this person out based on the 3 items presented on the table or you could approach the person through email and simply ask them what each represents.

These types of photos are conversation starters. Who knows, asking the guy about himself could lead to more internet chats toward a very happy February month.

The Fitness Photo -

A good portion of people on the gay dating profile websites are in decent shape while a select few are able to showcase their gorgeous physique to the world. My point being, for those with a body they are comfortable showing off, is that you need a new photograph to best present your interests in fitness.

Are you a runner? Take of photo of you in running shorts, wearing a pair of running shoes while 2 other pairs are to the side of you. Take the photo after you've come in from a run, show yourself sweaty and in need of a shower. In doing this you'll showcase your determination as well as the time you've put into running. Your running photo should give visitors an impression that you are capable of longevity and that you are focused on maintaining a healthy lifestyle through outdoor activities.

Perhaps you're a weight lifter. Stand next to your weight bench in your garage or bedroom shirtless or in your sweaty workout. Take the photograph right after a workout session. Show them how hard you've worked, how much you sweated at the same time featuring a new vulnerable, less beauitful side of yourself. There's no need to show you lifting a dumbbell with a close up of your bicep flexed. Let's leave that image a mystery until you and your interested party meet up for coffee, a movie and afternoon sex.

Remember that with The Fitness Photo you are giving visitors a glimpse at your physical fitness lifestyle. Any interested parties should be well aware that you are about fitness and that you almost expect fitness in the people approaching you.

How about yoga? Well there are endless positions you can get someone to photograph yourself doing. This type of photograph should showcase your flexibility as well as your patience for all things in and out of the bedroom. Naked yoga is not always a good thing, let's put some clothes on for this photo op. As for the yoga background setting, keep it in a realistic place, not some field out in the middle of nowhere.

Maybe you're a gymrat. Take your camera and have some cute muscled guy [you've had your eye on for some time] take your photograph of you standing in front of your favorite machine. Always do it before you are about to work out on it so that if the cute camera man has any questions as to what you are doing you can hang around your favorite machine while you talk to your new favorite camera man about your quest about bringing in new people into your life.

And always get a follow up photo of you wiping down the machine. Showcase your sense of respect for others. Very important for gymrats wanting fellow respectable gymrats.

Let's focus on swimmers next because this is an easy one. Put on your swimsuit, no need to go out and buy a flashy number, just wear your regular average swimsuit you've been using and snap a photo of yourself near your pool of choice. The best type of shot should feature you with a wet body and with wet hair.

The best position to photograph your "swimmer" self is of you sitting at the edge of a pool, your feet just in the water but the majority of your body out of the water [still dripping wet]. You want to showcase your "swimmers body" to the world as well as your continued interest in all things wet.

If you're a diver feature yourself sitting at the end of the diving board. The straddled position at the end of a diving board should drive sexually intrigued visitor's minds racing. My point for these 2 positions is that swimmers tend to have impressive thighs [I know from experience] and these positions are 2 ways of showing off your muscular thighs.

I'm sure I've left out other genres of fitness but you now have an idea of what kind of photograph should be taken in terms of your workout lifestyle. Always smile in your fitness photograph. No need to be goofy or an idiot when representing your fitness interests but of course it is up to you, just my opinion.

Stayed tune this week for Part 2 of How To Photograph Your Interests. There I will focus on The New Nude Photo as well as The Photo Within A Photo.