AI photos guide

How I make AI dating photos that look real

In the video I showed you my AI dating photos. Here they are, next to the real photos I uploaded.

And then the exact steps: what to upload, what I check on every photo before it goes on a profile, and the six photos I would pick. Tap any photo to see it in full size.

Before and after

What I uploaded

A business portrait, a selfie on the street and one random beach photo. Just photos I already had, nothing shot for this.

Real business portrait of Alexander in a blue suit against a grey background — Real. Business portrait. That's me, just too stiff for dating.

Real selfie of Alexander on a grey street with bikes, taken from slightly below — Real. Street selfie, cloudy day.

Real photo of Alexander sitting at a beach bar with strangers in the background — Real. Beach bar, strangers behind me.

What I got back

Every photo below is AI. I zoomed in on every single one and honestly, I can't tell anymore.

AI photo: Alexander with a coffee on a balcony with a mountain view — Balcony, morning coffee

AI photo: Alexander laughing at a garden café table — Garden café

AI photo: Alexander sitting barefoot on a yacht deck — Yacht

AI photo: Alexander sitting on a villa balustrade above the sea — Villa by the sea

AI photo: Alexander walking barefoot on a beach at sunset — Beach at sunset

AI photo: Alexander reading a book outside a café — Reading outside a café

AI photo: Alexander walking a golden retriever in a park — Walk in the park

AI photo: Alexander smiling at a street café table with a coffee — Street café

AI photo: Alexander on a terrace above a lake with mountains — Lake and mountains

AI photo: Alexander leaning on a blue sports car with a coffee — Coffee and a car

AI photo: Alexander walking through a gallery with marble statues — Museum

AI photo: Alexander sitting on a restaurant terrace in the evening — Evening terrace

AI photo: Alexander at night by a stone balustrade in front of a lit palace — City at night

AI photo: Alexander at dinner with the Eiffel Tower in the background — Dinner in Paris

AI photo: Alexander mixing cocktails at a rooftop bar — Behind the bar

AI photo: Alexander on the street after Muay Thai training — After training

AI photo: Alexander DJing in front of a crowd with fireworks — DJ set

AI photo: Alexander smiling at a seaside café with palm trees — Seaside café

The tool I used and what to upload

I made all of these with TinderProfile.ai. Full disclosure: I built it, so of course I use it for my own profile. Here is what I like about it:

You start with photos you already have. Everyday photos or selfies, no photoshoot.
You're not stuck with preset scenes. You can describe your own scene, like a hike, a sunset dinner or playing with a pet, and get a photo of you in it.
Your uploads stay private. They're encrypted, only used to make your photos, never shared with third parties or used for ads, and you can delete them anytime in your account settings.

What to upload

This is what the TinderProfile.ai FAQ and homepage recommend:

2 to 5 photos. Everyday photos or selfies are fine.
Your face, clearly visible, with different expressions.
Mostly clear close-ups.
Your side profile in at least one of them, for variety.

That's it. My uploads were the three photos from step 1.

Check every photo before it goes on your profile

If you generate a lot of photos, a few of them won't be perfect. That's normal, you just don't use those. Before a photo goes on my profile, I zoom in and check these six things:

Hands

Count the fingers. Then look at how the hands hold things: the cup, the phone, the glass. This used to be the classic AI mistake.

Close-up of a playing card, a king of hearts, in the card trick photo

Text and signs

Read every sign, menu, logo and T-shirt print in the photo. Even a playing card: the K and the hearts have to be right. If a word doesn't make sense, somebody will notice. Don't use it.

Close-up of the watch on the wrist in the DJ photo

Jewelry

Watch, rings, chains. Keep only what you actually wear, and look closely: a watch should look like a watch, with a clean strap and no parts melting into your skin.

Close-up of the smile in the seaside café photo

Teeth and ears

Zoom in on your smile. Your teeth should look like your teeth. Same with your ears.

People in the background

Look at everyone behind you: faces, hands, legs, the bike. One weird stranger in the back ruins the whole photo.

Close-up of the upper body and arms in the park photo

Your body

Same height, same build, same hair. If a photo gives you arms you don't have, delete it. More on that right below.

If one of these is off, pick another photo.

It still has to be you

Same face, same hair, same body. That's the rule. The photos should show you on a really good day, and the guy she meets on the first date should be the guy from the photos. Otherwise you haven't won anything.

Real business portrait of Alexander — Real My business portrait

AI photo of Alexander at a seaside café — AI Same guy, better photo

Hinge says the same thing. In its AI principles, Hinge writes that if you include generative AI images in your profile,

“it should not be used to misrepresent yourself or your intentions”
Hinge, AI Principles

So pick scenes that fit your life, and keep the photos looking like you.

A profile out of six photos

Mostly everyday photos, plus one status moment. And not every photo is you smiling into the camera. Mix it up: some looking at the camera, some looking away, some laughing.

First photo: face clear, smiling into the camera.

Everyday: coffee on the street.

Outside, laughing, not posing.

Something you do: reading.

Social, without a group photo.

The status moment. One is enough.

Every AI photo on this page: Made with tinderprofile.ai

Don't have good photos to start with?

That's exactly why I built TinderProfile.ai. You upload your own photos and get realistic dating photos that still look like you. Because in the end you still have to show up to the date as yourself.

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