Since 2013, single people from around the country have sought out photographer German Marin’s help in taking natural-looking profile pictures they don’t hate. Randa Sakallah spoke with him about what make a good pic
Animation: ERIK CARTER Since 2013, single people from around the country — some referred by matchmakers or dating coaches, others referred by a high SEO ranking on Google — have sought out photographer German Marin’s help in taking natural-looking profile pictures they don’t hate. “Most of my clients don’t know how to take photos,” he says. “I love working with them because they’re a bit timid.
A lot of my clients would struggle before their photo shoot — they’d come to me saying, “I’m so nervous getting in front of the camera.” Other people would break out into rashes or they’d feel sick. So I recently started working with a mind-set coach who happens to be my husband. He’ll work with my clients on how to not feel so nervous.
on the cover — Photo-Illustration: Pablo Rochat for New York Magazine. Photograph by Marcus McDonald ➼ My Tinder Decade➼ We Shared a Brunch BoyIf it’s a virtual shoot, I FaceTime them and coach them on how to position their phone, where to look, then I take the photos from my end. That’s $300 to $400 an hour. My basic in-person package is $650 for one hour. You get a 30-minute coaching session and around 50 photos with three wardrobe changes and a few backgrounds.
Some people really don’t want the photos to look professional, so I offer to do half of the photo shoot with my cell phone, the other half with my camera. A few times, clients have asked, “Can you just take photos with your phone? I’ll pay you the same price.”It comes in waves. In February and March, I was working with a lot of doctors. There was a doctor who came from Connecticut and then I photographed some other doctors in March. Then I started working with a lot of people in IT.
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