Café Portrait Prompt Description
{ "subject": { "description": "A young, attractive blonde woman with sleeked-back hair styled into a loose side braid, resting her right ch…
Prompt
{
"subject": {
"description": "A young, attractive blonde woman with sleeked-back hair styled into a loose side braid, resting her right cheek on her hand and looking directly at the camera with a calm, natural, slightly pensive expression. Her facial features are balanced and aesthetically pleasing, with clear and smooth skin.",
"position": "Seated at a wooden table in a cafe, facing the camera.",
"pose": "Head resting gently on right hand, elbow on table; left arm relaxed on the table surface.",
"expression": "Calm, natural, slightly pensive, soft gaze.",
"clothing": {
"top": "Black spaghetti strap tank top with a minimal, fitted look."
},
"accessories": "Multiple small gold hoop earrings, thin rings on fingers, minimal jewelry, a small script tattoo on the inner left forearm (text: 'no pain').",
"hair": "Blonde hair, neatly slicked back and styled into a loose braid falling over the left shoulder with slight natural flyaways.",
"skin_details": "Clear, smooth, healthy-looking skin with subtle natural texture, minimal blemishes, no heavy retouching"
},
"scene": {
"description": "Interior of a modern cafe/bar during daytime. The bar counter and shelves are clearly visible, filled with liquor bottles and glassware, but the space feels clean and not overcrowded.",
"location": "A modern cafe in Istanbul, Turkey.",
"setting": "Indoor cafe with daylight.",
"background_elements": "Bar shelves with bottles, glassware, wooden textures, large windows with daylight entering, very few or no visible people; if present, only soft blurred silhouettes without distinguishable features.",
"lighting": "Soft natural daylight coming from windows combined with gentle indoor ambient light.",
"atmosphere": "Relaxed, calm, modern urban setting, not overly busy."
},
"technical_details": {
"shot_type": "Medium close-up.",
"perspective": "Eye-level, natural handheld perspective as if taken by another person sitting at the table.",
"focal_length": "Smartphone wide lens (~26mm equivalent).",
"depth_of_field": "Shallow depth of field, subject sharply in focus, background softly blurred with natural bokeh.",
"composition": "Subject slightly off-center, balanced composition with vertical lines from shelves and soft background structure.",
"colors": "Neutral and natural tones, warm wood browns, soft gold from jewelry, realistic color balance.",
"camera_type": "iPhone 13 rear camera",
"camera_behavior": "Natural smartphone processing, slight edge sharpening, realistic HDR, no artificial filters",
"resolution": "Standard mobile photo quality, not ultra sharp, slightly softened details",
"image_characteristics": {
"grain": "Very subtle fine digital grain",
"dynamic_range": "Balanced HDR with controlled highlights and shadows",
"sharpness": "Moderate, not overly crisp",
"compression": "Minimal compression artifacts, close to original capture"
}
},
"constraints": {
"background_people": "Avoid clearly visible or detailed people; allow only indistinct blurred shapes",
"focus_priority": "Face must be the sharpest element",
"avoid": "Artificial faces in background, over-processed skin, Instagram-style filters, excessive sharpness, cinematic DSLR look"
}
}How to use this prompt
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- 2
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- 3
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