If you're a photo-nerd like myself (I'll have to form a new word that combines Photographer + Model + Goofball + Photo-Editor... PhoMofbator (yeah yeah.. you sickos are already thinking of other words that end in bator) ?)then you probably are feeling claustrophobic at the mere thought of being constrained to only 10 photos! I mean... when you've got so many goofy pictures -- both staged, and spontaneous... Studio and Adventure... how can you pick a mere 10? Then there's the entertainment value. I don't care if a photo gets me more hits to my profile (and a good photo will... don't fool yourself with those shitty cell-phone pics... they're generic, grainy, and often poorly lit, and unflattering... even for you hotties! Try adding more light, or go make some friends with some photographers!) - I just want to make sure that my personality jumps off the page where the text didn't quite explain. I like to have fun. I like to make people laugh. I like shock value (though, it is over used, and often annoying) to some degree, and I'm an artist. I think a good photo should demonstrate who you are... not just show what you look like. But hey... I'm biased... I'm a PhoMofbator! But.. I will tell you that the profiles I respond best to are ones that show the person being themselves... smiling big, scuba diving, licking a puppy, eating an ice cream, skateboarding... whatever... showing the person being themselves doing their favorite activities in their usual clothing. That's life!

Whoops! Almost ended it there! I totally forgot-- the point I was (initially) making was that 10 photos is pretty weak, if you have an arsenal. So... If you know how to use photo manipulation / layout software (photoshop, or TheGimp (gimp.org -- it's free), or PaintShopPro, or Ulead stuff -- there's a ton of them), you can lay your images out in a panel (think comic strip, or even magazine page). Your main picture would have one image because okCupid has you "crop" to select the area that's displayed as your icon... but if they go to your pictures, they can see the other 3, 4, 5 ,6... 9 (how many are you trying to put? sheesh... even I get bored of doing this after a while) pictures that are on that ONE UPLOADED PHOTO. Technically, you can have 6 pictures fit pretty easily, and still be large enough to see... making a total of 60 photos on your profile. Sneaky, eh? The maximum resolution seems to be 400 (width) by 600 (height). I'm talking in pixels here folks. 400x600pixels.

Hope that helps anyone who's been pondering the photo issue.