diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index d190dfc1b..caf229ae1 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
   def to_twitter(format=:json)
   end
 
+  def has_photos?
+    self.posts.where(:type => "Photo").exists?
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def clean_url
diff --git a/app/views/photos/_new_profile_photo.haml b/app/views/photos/_new_profile_photo.haml
index 5795d965f..4846b8da8 100644
--- a/app/views/photos/_new_profile_photo.haml
+++ b/app/views/photos/_new_profile_photo.haml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   %p
     #fileInfo
 
-  -if !aspect.nil? && aspect != :getting_started 
+  -if !aspect.nil? && aspect != :getting_started && current_user.person.has_photos?
     %br
     %br
     %p
diff --git a/spec/models/person_spec.rb b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
index 913093690..6a8646884 100644
--- a/spec/models/person_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/person_spec.rb
@@ -374,4 +374,15 @@ describe Person do
       end
     end
   end
+  describe '#has_photos?' do
+    it 'returns false if the user has no photos' do
+      alice.person.has_photos?.should be_false
+    end
+
+    it 'returns true if the user has photos' do
+      alice.post(:photo, :user_file => uploaded_photo, :to => alice.aspects.first.id)
+
+      alice.person.has_photos?.should be_true
+    end
+  end
 end