So now, you've decided it's time to show your face to the online dating world! But What pictures should you post? how many? The more, the better? Here are the pros and cons of three different posting styles. Pick one that fits you the most.

Approach 1: Posting one or two photos

Pros: This approach works well with the time-crunched and the short-attention-spanned online daters.

Cons: A majority of online daters pass up a profile, thinking the poster is concealing something if the profile has only one or two photos, particularly when your face is hidden among others’ or under sunglasses.

Suggestion: If you're most comfortable with only posting one or two photos, then make sure they're accurate representations of yourself. Show a nice face shot and a 3/4-length shot. Whatever size you are in the photo, you should still be that size when you meet your date. Otherwise, you've entered the realm of deceivers.

Approach 2: Posting three to five photos

Pros: This approach is mostly welcomed in online dating. A couple more photos can really amp up your profile. And if the photos support what you wrote about yourself, it can make you even more interesting to potential dates.

Cons: Upping your photo count with less-than-stellar pictures may actually lower your probability of getting a response.

Suggestion: Avoid redundant pictures. Make each photo tell something different about you. A clear, well-framed, flattering face shot as the primary photo and a full-body shot as the second. Then add a third, fourth and/or fifth photo which reveal something about your life. A picture of you, being with friends in a social setting, or working in the office. Bottom line, show different sides of you. Your potential dates will be assured that there’s truth in advertising here."

Approach 3: Posting more than five photos

Pros: Posting a plethora of photos show that you're confident about yourself. It also signals the authenticity of the profile and eliminates the perception of “something in hiding” or “dater deception”, which can be caused by posting only one or two pictures.

Cons: To some people, a profile with too many similar photos overkills. They consider the profile owner to be egoistic and doesn’t know how to prioritize.

Suggestion: In addition to the pictures we suggested for Approach 2, you can select pictures that don’t have you in them, for example, a photo of your favorite artwork, a sculpture you created, or a prize you won in a competition. They still show who you are but in a much more subtle way.