The photos, finally as good as the person

Dating profiles are decided in about half a second of thumb hover, and most people are pitching that half-second with a dim bar photo, a car selfie, and a group shot where they must be described by position. The raw material is fine — you have good photos of a real life. They're just underexposed, cluttered, or slightly blurred.

Photomaker remakes them into their best selves. Brighten the hiking photo that was shot into the sun. Clear the parked cars and bin bags out of the street shot. Sharpen the candid laugh your friend took a half-step too late to focus. Lift yourself out of the group photo so your first slot is unambiguous.

The standard to hold: every remake should still look like you on a genuinely good day, because the person swiping eventually shows up to dinner. Fix the photography — light, clutter, blur, framing — and let your actual face do its own work. A lineup of five clean, varied, well-lit photos out-performs one over-engineered glamour shot every time.