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Lifestyle Portraits
Golden hour sunlight paints warm highlights across a contemplative figure seated on sandy shores. Directional hard light from front-left casts distinct natural shadows across the textured beige linen shirt. Deep vibrant ocean blues contrast against warm earthy tones, creating editorial magazine quality. The 85mm lens captures razor-sharp focus while creamy bokeh softens the crashing waves behind.
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Recommended: 4:5 — 4:5 vertical framing captures the full-body composition from head to toe while maintaining portrait-style intimacy.
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Lighting
The lighting must replicate golden hour or late afternoon sunlight striking, directional hard light coming from the front-left, casting warm
Color
Use the provided face image as the strict identity reference, preserving the user's exact facial features, skin tone, and personality withou
Texture
Deliver ultra-realistic, photorealistic rendering, resolution, capturing fine details like the weave of the linen and natural skin texture,
Background
8 aperture for a shallow depth of field, achieving a razor-sharp focus on the subject's face and clothing textures while rendering the ocean
Camera
Create a cinematic, production-level lifestyle portrait of the user sitting relaxed on a sandy beach, looking thoughtfully off-camera to the
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Step 02
Use a generator that supports the input and reference-image features you need.
Step 03
Create variations, pick the best result, then download and use it in your content.
Issues you may encounter and how to fix them
Why it happens
AI models sometimes reinterpret facial features rather than preserving them exactly, especially with complex poses, unusual lighting, or low-quality reference images.
Fix
Use a well-lit, front-facing reference photo with clear facial features. Add "preserve exact facial structure, proportions, and likeness from the reference" at the beginning of the prompt.
Why it happens
Golden hour lighting instructions can push models toward extreme orange/yellow saturation, especially when combined with "warm" or "amber" descriptors.
Fix
Add "natural warm tones, avoid oversaturated oranges, retain background detail in bright areas" to keep the golden-hour effect balanced and photorealistic.
Why it happens
AI models don't physically simulate lens optics — they interpret depth-of-field instructions as general blur rather than accurate f-stop rendering.
Fix
Be explicit about what should be sharp vs. blurred: "tack-sharp focus on the face, gradual blur beginning at the shoulders, creamy circular bokeh highlights in the background."
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This prompt works with popular AI image generators.
ChatGPT
Prompt helper
Midjourney
Image model
Leonardo AI
AI creator
Gemini
Google AI
Stable Diffusion
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Quick answers before you copy this prompt
Yes, this prompt is designed for reference-image workflows. Upload a clear, well-lit photo of the subject's face. A front-facing photo with visible facial features produces the best identity preservation. Removing the identity-preservation instructions will cause the model to generate a new face.
Try adding a subtle gradient or texture to the backdrop: "soft grey gradient backdrop with gentle tonal variation." You can also specify background lighting like "subtle backlight glow on the backdrop" for more depth.
Yes. Replace the lens specification (e.g., "85mm") with a different focal length — wider (35mm) for more environment, tighter (135mm) for more compression. Keep the aperture (f-stop) consistent to maintain similar depth of field.
Simplify the pose description and remove conflicting instructions. Add "natural relaxed pose, correct body proportions, anatomically coherent" at the beginning. If the face looks wrong, add "preserve exact facial structure and proportions" and use a higher-quality reference photo.
