Evening Café Portrait

Use the uploaded user photo as the **ONLY source of the subject’s identity** and preserve that person’s exact recognizable facial identity without alteration. Do not copy the identity, facial features, or appearance of the reference subject. Preserve the user’s natural face shape, facial proportions, forehead, eyebrows, eyes, nose, lips, cheeks, jawline, chin, skin tone, natural skin texture, hairline, and all distinctive characteristics. Do not beautify, reshape, slim, age, de-age, masculinize, feminize, or reinterpret the identity. The user’s gender and natural identity must remain unchanged. The uploaded photo provides WHO the person is; the reference image provides HOW that person appears and behaves in the recreated scene.
Recreate the reference image as a highly realistic candid evening portrait at an elegant outdoor restaurant or café. The subject is seated at a dark table, positioned slightly left of center and occupying most of the vertical frame. The camera is relatively close, approximately eye-level to slightly above table level, using a natural smartphone/portrait-camera perspective with mild background compression. Frame the image vertically in approximately a 4:5 aspect ratio, showing the subject from around the waist/chest area upward while keeping the arms, table edge, clothing, and nearby foreground objects visible.
Match the reference pose precisely: the subject is seated sideways at the table with the upper body angled slightly toward the camera while the head is turned toward the upper-right side of the frame. One elbow rests on the table and the corresponding hand supports the side of the face, with the palm and fingers gently touching the cheek/jaw area. The supporting arm forms a relaxed diagonal from the table upward to the face. The opposite arm rests naturally across the table/foreground. Reproduce the relaxed, feminine, elegant seated posture and natural body positioning without making the pose stiff or overly posed.
Match the reference head position and facial behavior exactly: the head is gently tilted toward the supporting hand and rotated slightly toward the upper-right. The eyes look upward and toward the right side of the frame, away from the camera, as though calmly observing something nearby. The gaze must be soft and thoughtful. Keep the eyes naturally open with the same directional gaze as the reference. The eyebrows remain relaxed. The mouth is closed with a subtle, gentle closed-lip expression suggesting calm contentment and quiet thoughtfulness rather than a broad smile. Do NOT use the facial expression, gaze direction, or head angle from the user’s source photo; reconstruct the reference expression and gaze while retaining only the user’s identity.
Dress the subject in an elegant traditional South Asian outfit matching the reference: a soft ivory/cream or warm off-white embroidered shalwar kameez with delicate floral embroidery and a lightweight sheer dupatta draped naturally over the shoulders and arms. The fabric should appear fine, slightly translucent, soft, and premium, with intricate floral threadwork concentrated around the sleeves, neckline, and dupatta borders. Preserve realistic fabric folds, embroidery detail, and natural draping. Add delicate traditional silver-toned jhumka earrings matching the reference. Do not copy the reference person’s identity; clothing and accessories are transferable styling elements only.
Recreate the long, dark hair styling from the reference as closely as appropriate to the user’s identity: naturally dark, long, loose hair falling over and behind the shoulders, with soft natural volume and slightly imperfect strands. Keep the user’s own recognizable hairline and identity characteristics where applicable, while matching the overall length, loose arrangement, and visual silhouette of the reference.
Recreate the exact environmental atmosphere of the reference: an upscale outdoor dining area at night or early evening, surrounded by dense green plants and leafy shrubs illuminated by warm decorative lighting. Behind the subject is a dark railing or partition with vertical and horizontal structural elements. In the upper-right background, include a modern restaurant structure with dark framing, reflective glass, warm hanging/interior lights, and cream-colored awnings or canopy elements. The background should feel intimate, stylish, warm, and softly illuminated rather than brightly lit.
Include realistic foreground details from the reference: a dark tabletop across the lower portion of the image, a partially visible clear glass containing a light beige iced beverage with ice and condensation near the lower-right corner, and subtle restaurant furniture/chair elements around the subject. Keep these objects naturally cropped and slightly out of focus so they support the composition without distracting from the face.
Lighting must closely match the reference: warm ambient evening illumination combined with soft nearby restaurant lighting. The subject’s face should be gently and naturally illuminated with warm highlights, subtle shadows around the jaw and hair, and realistic skin reflections. Background foliage should contain small warm points of light and softly glowing illuminated leaves. Maintain natural exposure with no harsh studio flash, no excessive HDR, and no artificial skin smoothing.
Use shallow-to-moderate depth of field: the subject’s face, eyes, hand, and important clothing details should be sharp and highly detailed, while the plants, restaurant architecture, lights, chairs, and distant background gradually fall into soft cinematic blur. Preserve realistic bokeh from the warm lights. Maintain authentic smartphone-camera photographic characteristics, subtle natural grain, realistic skin texture, accurate fabric detail, and believable low-light exposure.
The final image should feel like an authentic candid photograph captured at a beautiful outdoor café during the evening, not a studio portrait or digitally constructed scene. Preserve the exact overall composition, subject placement, body posture, hand-to-face gesture, head rotation, upward-right gaze, calm expression, clothing style, restaurant environment, warm lighting, foreground drink placement, background foliage, depth of field, and photographic mood of the reference.
ABSOLUTE PRIORITY: the uploaded user photo determines the person’s identity and must remain unmistakably recognizable. The reference image determines the expression, emotion, gaze direction, head pose, body pose, clothing, environment, composition, lighting, and photographic style. Do not merge the reference person’s facial identity with the user. Do not introduce another person’s facial features. Do not alter the user’s identity in an attempt to match the reference. Produce one cohesive, photorealistic image with natural anatomy, realistic hands and fingers, accurate proportions, authentic skin texture, detailed embroidery, physically plausible lighting, and faithful recreation of the reference composition.

Copy the complete prompt and use your own reference photos where requested.