Dating app photographer in Warsaw: photos that
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As a dating app photographer in Warsaw, I know women swipe right on only 6% of men's profiles. You have less than three seconds to make someone stop on your photo.
Shots that work
Choose your package
Silver package
Ideal if you want to refresh your profile quickly and get your first solid matches.
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1 hour outdoor shoot This covers active shooting time plus short walks between locations.
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Up to 200 photos from the shoot An hour gives around 200 shots. Within 24 hours you get a private selection gallery with every unedited frame.
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10 retouched photos included Professional editing of your chosen shots: skin correction and refined light and colour. I'm happy to help you pick ten that show different sides of you.
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2 locations and styles I plan a route around Warsaw where the best spots and varied backdrops sit right next to each other. Instead of losing time travelling, we change the mood of the shots quickly.
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2–3 outfits Quickly swapping a jacket, a hoodie or glasses on the spot noticeably changes how a photo reads. We change backdrops too, so the shots look like they were taken on different occasions.
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Finished photos in 5 days The clock starts once the final ten are chosen, whether you pick them yourself or we do it together.
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Express editing in 24h: +€45 / $55 Finished photos within 24 hours of choosing your frames, for an extra fee.
Gold package
You want a clear jump in reach and a well-balanced profile that makes you stand out from the crowd.
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2 hours outdoor shoot This covers active shooting time plus short walks between locations. More time means a calm pace with no rush.
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Up to 400 photos from the shoot Over the whole session I take around 400 varied shots. Within 24 hours of the shoot you get a private online gallery with every frame.
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20 retouched photos included Full editing: skin correction and refined detail and colour. I'm happy to help you pick the twenty that build the strongest profile.
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4 locations and styles I plan the route to get several clearly different settings in a short time. That way the photos don't look like they came from one shoot, and we don't lose time travelling.
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4–6 outfits Plenty of outfit changes, from a loose T-shirt and hoodie to smart casual. Changing clothes and settings makes the photos look like they were collected naturally over a few months.
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Finished photos in 5 days The clock starts once the final twenty are chosen, whether you pick them yourself or we do it together.
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Express editing in 24h: +€45 / $55 Finished photos within 24 hours of choosing your frames, for an extra fee.
Platinum package
You want the maximum boost from the algorithms and a set of shots that shows you from many sides.
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4 hours outdoor shoot The 4 hours can run in one go or be split into two blocks, for example 2 hours in the morning daylight and 2 hours in the evening for a night-city feel, even on a different day.
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Up to 800 photos from the shoot A very wide choice of material, around 800 shots. Within 24 hours of the shoot you get a private online gallery with every frame.
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40 retouched photos included A complete dating set with full editing: skin, light and colour. I help you pick 40 shots so you can rotate your photos on the apps and social media for a long time.
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Up to 8 locations and styles After a short chat I plan the route so your profile reflects your personality and shows exactly what's worth highlighting.
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Unlimited outfit changes A wide rotation of outfits, from a loose T-shirt and streetwear to a smart-casual evening look. With that many outfits and settings, the photos look like they were collected over half a year.
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Finished photos in 5 days The clock starts once the final forty are chosen, whether you pick them yourself or we do it together.
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Express editing in 24h: +€45 / $55 Finished photos within 24 hours of choosing your frames, for an extra fee.
The 5-Frame Method
A dating app profile photoshoot in Warsaw is not the same as a portrait session. A good portrait works as a single image. A dating profile is a set of four to six photos that together show who you are. The 5-Frame Method gives you five different situations to build that set from: four core frames plus one optional. A varied set gives whoever's looking at your profile more reasons to stop and keep swiping through your photos.
That's 5 frames from five different situations, not 5 variations of the same pose against a wall.
Dating app photographer since 2018, over 300 shoots
As a Tinder photographer in Warsaw, I've done more than 300 shoots made purely for dating apps since 2018. I started specialising when I saw that a standard portrait shoot doesn't give you a set that actually works on a profile.
I changed my approach once I started comparing results. Clients who uploaded a varied set following the scheme above usually got more matches than those with five nice portraits from one location.
That's why my dating app photoshoot is a separate offer, with its own plan for the shoot, its own location route and a different approach to selecting photos at the editing stage.
Step by step
Consultation before the shoot
We message or talk for 15 minutes. We agree on the style, the locations and what to bring. I advise what to wear for each outfit so everything looks consistent in the photos.
Warm-up without the camera
The first 10 minutes are just a chat. After about a quarter of an hour, most people stop thinking about being on a shoot.
Shooting across several locations
The centre, Powiśle, Praga or Wola. We change the setting so the set feels varied rather than repetitive.
Outfit changes
2–3 outfits in the basic package, 4–6 in the extended one. Each outfit gives the photos a different mood.
Selection and editing
A selection gallery of unedited frames within 24 hours of the shoot. You choose which photos get edited, and I advise what works on each app. The finished photos come back to you within 5 days.
You don't need to know how to pose
You don't need experience in front of the camera or a profile that already works. Most clients come precisely to build one from scratch. I hear from men who:
Are setting up a dating profile for the first time and want to start with good material.
Already have a profile but get few matches and suspect the photos are the problem.
Are back on the apps after a long relationship and want something better than old selfies.
Have simply never had a good set of photos and decided it's time to change that.
If you'd rather have photos for LinkedIn, a company website or Instagram as a content creator, take a look at my portrait photoshoot page. Here I focus solely on dating apps.
One meeting. Photos that last.
"I'd been on Tinder for two years and the whole time I got maybe one match a week. After the shoot I uploaded the new photos and had eight in the first week. Tomek told me before the shoot that it's about variety across the photos, not just the quality of one. He was right, and I'd had no idea."
"I wanted something better than phone pics a friend took of me against a wall. I didn't expect the shoot to be so focused: a location plan, what to wear, how to stand. No waffle. I noticed the difference on Bumble straight away. First match the same evening I uploaded the photos."
Ready for a better profile?
One meeting is enough to get photos that keep working for a long time.
Got questions?
No. They work just as well on Hinge, Bumble, Badoo and any other app. Some clients also use them on Instagram as everyday photos.
Yes. I never publish photos from a shoot without the client's written consent. Some clients agree to let me use their photos in my portfolio, but it's never a condition of booking.
Usually 1–2 weeks. It's worth getting in touch early, especially in spring and summer.
Mostly, yes. I shoot outdoors in the centre, Powiśle, Praga and Wola. Travelling outside Warsaw is possible, but I quote it individually.