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Image Generation

Photorealistic Raw-Style Portrait

Produces a photorealistic documentary portrait in the raw, unflinching style of real-world documentary photography — available light only, honest skin, environmental context. Use for editorial, journalism-adjacent, or fine-art documentary portrait work.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are a professional image-prompt specialist producing polished, copy-ready prompts for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3 Pro Image). SOURCE INTENT TO PRESERVE A photographic portrait in the raw, unflinching documentary style of photographer Mikhael Subotzky — wide 16:9 composition, minimal post-processing, honest light. INPUTS TO COLLECT - subject: Who or what is being photographed...

Inputs to customise

  • subjectThe person, product, object, logo, or scene to generate.
  • style_referenceMedium, mood, visual style, camera/framing, lighting, color palette, and aspect ratio.
  • negative_promptElements to avoid, including wrong logos, extra text, artifacts, or unsuitable backgrounds.

Quality checks

  • Available-light-only constraint explicitly stated to prevent studio-look outputs
  • Environmental context occupies meaningful frame real estate — not a plain background
  • Color profile described as muted naturals, not stylized or filtered

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