How do you take a good photo of yourself when you're not

Yeah, effort is lame

>>17601854
Difference is portrait look gayish

>>17601861
I just don't want it to look like I obviously paid for somebody to do a professional portrait of me. Because it will probably just come off as insecure and unattractive. But on the other hand, I think I look pretty ugly in most photos because I'm just not at all photogenic. And I know I can look better, because I was once with a friend who's a skilled photographer and he took some candid shots of me just hanging out where I look about 100x better than any other photo taken of me.

>>17601871
So get that friend to take more photos of you.
What do you plan on doing with this photo? Because in most situations, a professionally done photo is perfectly fine.

>>17601887
I want to photos on my online dating profile(s) where I don't look ugly. As for the photographer friend, I don't see him anymore because I moved away and the photos I'm talking about are kind of too old to use because they're like 5+ years old now.

>>17601891
Are on speaking terms with him? I'm sure he'd be able to give you some tips better than we could.