Getting the right photograph is the speciality of New York-based Mindy Stricke, who set up her Web site www.singleshots.com last month after being laid off from her job as a producer with the NBC news network.
Stricke, 30, charges US$70 for a 30-minute photo shoot, after which the subject will end up with two digital portraits, ready for uploading to a singles site.
Despite the increasing popularity of online dating, Stricke says she often has to counsel people who are worried about the "loser" stigma that still sticks to the idea.
"Some people are like, `OK, I'm going to a photographer. Am I weird for doing that?' And I say, look, it's totally cool, everyone deserves a good photograph," she said.
"The picture should look like a friend took it -- only a friend who happens to be a really good photographer," she added.
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