CheapShooter.com has a new article documenting the seven deadly sins of Myspace photos, which gives details and examples of the offensive photo technique and explains what’s wrong with it.

I know why you do it. From that extreme of angle, people can’t tell from your Myspace profile picture that your nose is that big or your acne is that bad. But taking your profile picture from that angle just alerts us that something is wrong. Even if we can’t see it, we know there is something that you are trying to hide. Taking a Myspace profile picture like that isn’t fooling us - it’s just making us suspicious.

I saw a joke going around by email that had a similar theme, but it was just for humor’s sake. I like this one, because it’s actually written by a photographer for a photography blog.