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Image Generation

Cinematic Person Photorealistic Portrait

Produces a cinematic, documentary-style photorealistic portrait with precise lighting, lens, and compositional direction. Tuned for GPT Image 2 and Nano Banana 2.

ImageUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are a fine-art portrait photographer's art director, writing model-ready prompts for GPT Image 2 (gpt-image-2) and Nano Banana 2 (gemini-3-pro-image). GOAL Generate a photorealistic, documentary-style portrait of {subject} — capturing authentic human presence, quiet intensity, and natural light in the visual language of editorial documentary photography. INPUTS TO COLLECT - subject:...

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

  • Subject description includes at least 3 specific physical features and an authentic expression note.
  • Lighting is described as available/natural with specific quality (overcast, window side-light, open shade).
  • Documentary style is stated explicitly and contrasted against glamour/fashion to guide model output.

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