Picture perfect profiles made simple with Dateable.
Dateable was founded in 2020 in Vancouver, British Columbia. We are a customizable photography service exclusively for online dating profiles.
Our service is tailored to each individual, and it is our desire, ultimately, to give you the confidence to meet-your-cute online. Along the way we will share our tips and tricks and hope this inspires you to try it yourself. We’re here to help make your first impression a lasting one.
Aneta Michniak is a photographer based in Squamish British Columbia.
Effortless in their dreamy, soft aesthetic, Aneta’s photographs reveal the delicate complexities and nuances of each moment. She is fascinated by narrative, but also finds inspiration in authentic moments.
I was quite young when I first discovered photography. My parents owned both a film and digital camera, which I picked up from time and time again documenting our trips and sights/objects that really resonated with me. It wasn’t until during my studies I bought a second hand camera and started pursuing photography as a career. After graduating in 2016 with a Bachelor of Kinesiology, I embarked on an extended tour of Southeast Asia. Influenced and inspired by these surroundings, it was here where my passion for photography really sparked. Most of my work is intrinsically influenced by the kind of powerful storytelling born from extensive travel. Sometimes the photographic journey can be far more meaningful than the destination itself.
It’s important for photographs, particularly portraits, to go deeper than just capturing the here and now. Behind each face is a unique story and there are a lot of aspects that come together to tell an individual’s story in a series of portraits. There needs to be intention and investment in the process. We know that at one end of the spectrum, photographs are quick, cheap and disposable. They are meaningless. So this is where Dateable comes in, a service offering photographs that have quality, value and intention. As soon as a photograph is captured with the intent of communicating something, we get it – we’re able to quickly unravel what it stands for. And this translates well into the world of online dating where the first pass-or-fail depends on those initial three seconds. It’s up to both the invested individual and photographer to put how they want viewers to respond to their photographs, in the same way a musician plays music that makes you want to dance. We’re here to help tell your story, in the hopes of finding your soulmate.
When it comes to selecting photographs for your online dating profile, my advice is to let other people choose for you. According to a study published in the journal Cognitive Research, “We make inferences about an individual’s character and personality within a split second of exposure to a photograph of their face.” It’s actually a lot more beneficial to have someone decide for us, which is one of the fundamental ideas behind Dateable.
