How to Take Your Boxing Picture?
Today’s blog post is all about explaining the Boxing Picture in Your Dating Profile. Now of course, it doesn’t have to be an actual boxing picture. It can be you playing football, baseball, basketball. It can you be golfing, running, hiking
This picture is all about doing an activity you love, or like to do, and looking good while doing it. Most of the blog post below is an actual excerpt from my upcoming book: Enjoying Your Dating Life: How Match with, Date, and be with Your True Ten.
Of course, it is adjusted slightly as this a blog post and not a chapter but go ahead and enjoy. I also highly encourage you to read the step-by-step article I wrote on how to take the boxing picture which I will link to below.
A Boxing Picture Adds Variety.
If you have been following the path to creating a fun, awesome, dating profile for yourself, then so far, you have pictured a rooftop bar, being out with your friends, a nice vacation, and then an upscale restaurant, so what’s next?
Next is a little more variety. It’s time to workout, and do something physical. Something that says you do more than eat, drink, hangout with friends, and pose for the camera. This picture says you care about your health, stay active, and look good doing it.
There are plenty of activities you can pick from, working out, to hiking, to running. You can play organized/recreational sports like baseball, softball, or football.
Your boxing picture is similar to the other pictures you’ve already taken. It’s about you doing something you love, and looking good doing it. And while you might not love boxing, I do want you to find the joy in being yourself while doing it.
The Story behind the Picture
When I took this picture, it had been about ten years since I had worn a pair of boxing gloves, or boxing pads, back in the days of me working as a personal trainer. It didn’t matter to me though. What did matter most to me was having fun, and taking a great dating profile picture, which is exactly what I want for you.
Good Dating Advice is all about being comfortable being yourself
Good dating advice, relationship advice, or any advice in self-help and personal growth is embodying owning what you want to achieve. I knew I wasn’t a boxer, or just going there for a boxing workout,
I was doing it for a dating profile. I even told the trainer who explained “I paid someone a whole lot of money to make me a great dating profile, and he said to take this picture.”
The trainer laughed with me, not at me. Not only did he laugh, he really tried his best to help with the picture, not just the workout. At one point in the workout he went over to get a better pair of boxing gloves, explaining they were more professional, and enough it even matched the shirt.
He wanted to make the picture better because I was real with him, not some weirdo who said it was for a photoshoot (which is what our coach had always urged us to say).
Own it! You’re doing it for a dating profile!
When you own something, you get to act consistently with how you think and feel. By being upfront with the trainer with what this picture was about, it allowed me to act more natural, which made for a better picture. I
t’s an important part of taking great dating profile pictures, owning that you are indeed taking a dating profile picture! It’s your ability to own one aspect of your life (like taking a dating profile picture) that allows you to own the other aspects of your dating life, including your romantic interest in a girl.
If you can own something, then you can express it. Owning it allows you to act more natural, which enhances the likelihood of a better outcome for you, whether it’s in a profile picture, or a date.
There was one instance where a girl had totally called me out (on a dating app) and said ‘Do you really box, or is this just for the app?’ I laughed and said, “of course it’s for the app.”
We had a good laugh and that was it; nothing bad happened. She laughed because I wasn’t weird about it, and didn’t try to hide that it was for a dating profile. This is what can happen when you own the elements of your dating life.
What if you really don’t want to take a boxing picture?
This picture is about variety, in not just your profile, but other dating profiles as well. The girl sees this profile is a little bit different from the other dating profiles. The ones with the typical eating, drinking, and selfies.
Once you decide on which activity you are ready to do, there is one more important question to ask yourself. How will you look good doing it? The answer is in the clothes. Your outfit is important. It’s important because it is your way of saying you look good, while doing the activity.
To illustrate how important outfit is in this picture, I want you to ask yourself this. What is going to make for a better dating profile picture? You boxing in a regular t-shirt and shorts, or you boxing in a well-coordinated color matched outfit?
The answer is of course the latter. A well coordinated outfit can be the difference in score that puts you above a six or below a six (using photofeeler.com).
A good Dating Profile Picture means a good outfit
Your outfit is not just important for a boxing picture, but for any activity you choose for this picture. You want the girl to see you playing a sport, or doing an activity wearing a uniform or outfit, not just a t- shirt and shorts, or hoody and sweatpants.
If you are playing organized sports, be sure to wear the uniform of your team. If you are doing another activity, be sure to wear a well coordinated outfit. No matter which dating profile picture you are taking, clothes are important!
If you are taking a boxing picture, copy my exact outfit (if you’d like). It has matching beige gloves, a beige shirt, dark shorts, and white sneakers (remember white on a picture works well).
You can copy this exact outfit or wear something that is more you. It’s also encouraged to test out two or three different outfits, and see which ones get the best scores on photofeeler.com
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What a girl sees?
When a girl looks at your dating profile, and this picture, she’ll see you doing the activity. Then she’s going to be noticing the outfit.
The outfit is more likely to be noticed first because the picture is an action shot, not a direct pose. For the brief two to three seconds she does look at it, she’ll notice the activity, outfit and that it is you.
What makes this picture different from the other pictures is how the picture is taken. For this picture you won’t be posing to the camera. Instead you are going to have pictures taken of you, as you do the activity. Think of it as being caught in the moment, not and not stopping for the picture.
If you’d like some additional ideas, you can visit unsplash.com. They have some awesome magazine-like pictures you can copy and take inspiration from people working out.
You’ll see pictures of people working out and doing the activity you want to do. You can copy the posts, the outfits, and the way they take their picture. It’s just another resource for you to have for ideas, and even inspiration.
Where to take this picture?
The last detail to consider is the location, where the picture is taken.
For example, if you are going to take a boxing picture, you’re going to want to take it in a boxing ring. Why?
Because that is where boxing takes place! You pictured in a boxing ring is going to look much better than you just punching a hanging heavy bag.
What if you aren’t boxing?
You might be on the baseball field, or the softball field (not the (bench or dugout). If you’re playing football or running track, then you’ll be on the field or the track, not a regular park or street.
If you’re playing golf, you’re on the golf course, not the driving range. If you’re doing MMA, or ju-jitsu, you want to be in the cage, or ring, not just on a mat.
Whichever activity you choose, you want to make sure you capture yourself doing the activity and look good doing it (use your outfit).
As stated in the paragraph above, be sure the picture takes place where the sport or activity is played (the track, the ring, the field).
You can read exactly how to take this picture for yourself by clicking here. Joseph Gherman Your Boxing Picture — Dating and Relationship Services
If you’d like to work with me in to help you enjoy your dating life, your relationship, or your marriage you can click the link below to contact me.
