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Golden Hour Couple Portrait
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The complete prompt
Use the uploaded user photo as the **only source of identity** for the primary subject. Preserve the user's recognizable identity exactly: facial structure, proportions, face shape, forehead, eyebrows, eyes, nose, lips, jawline, cheeks, chin, skin tone, natural skin texture, hairline, and distinctive facial characteristics. Do not copy or blend the reference person's identity into the user. Do not beautify, redesign, age, feminize, masculinize, or otherwise alter the user's identity. The user's original facial expression, gaze, and head pose must NOT be copied; reconstruct those exclusively from the reference.
Recreate the reference as a warm, intimate outdoor couple portrait at golden hour. Place the uploaded person in the primary subject position and preserve their identity while adapting the scene naturally to their gender and appearance. Include a second adult companion beside them in the same relational position as the other person in the reference, but do not copy any recognizable identity from the reference; render the companion as a natural, non-identifiable person whose appearance supports the composition.
The primary subject should be standing close to the companion in a relaxed affectionate embrace. Match the reference's overall body arrangement: the two subjects are positioned very close together, with their upper bodies touching. One arm of the primary subject wraps naturally around the companion's upper/mid back or waist, while the other arm rests naturally according to the corresponding position visible in the reference. Reproduce the reference's hand placement, arm angles, shoulder positioning, torso orientation, and intimate but natural posture as closely as possible. The companion should lean comfortably toward the primary subject, creating the same balanced couple silhouette.
Recreate the reference facial behavior rather than the user's source-photo expression: a calm, gentle, affectionate expression with a subtle closed-mouth smile, relaxed cheeks, soft eyes, and a peaceful romantic mood. The primary subject's eyes should look toward the camera/viewer in the same direct, relaxed manner shown in the reference. Keep both eyes naturally open, with relaxed eyelids and naturally positioned eyebrows. Match the reference's slight head positioning and natural upright posture. Do not use the expression, gaze, or head angle from the uploaded source photo.
Match the reference composition closely: vertical portrait orientation, medium-to-medium-full framing, approximately from the upper/lower torso area upward with enough surrounding environment visible, subjects occupying the central-right portion of the frame, and the companion slightly lower/offset beside the primary subject. Keep the couple large and prominent while preserving the spacious blurred background and sunset sky. Camera approximately at eye level, positioned close to the subjects, with a natural portrait perspective similar to an approximately 50–85mm full-frame lens. Avoid wide-angle distortion. Maintain realistic human proportions and natural perspective.
Recreate the clothing style and visual arrangement from the reference while adapting naturally to the user's identity: the primary subject wears a simple fitted black short-sleeve T-shirt with no visible logos or graphics. The companion wears an elegant light cream/off-white traditional South Asian outfit with delicate embroidered detailing and a matching lightweight draped scarf/dupatta over the shoulders. Preserve the reference's soft neutral color palette and understated styling.
Set the scene on an elevated outdoor terrace, rooftop garden, or scenic overlook during sunset. In the background, reproduce distant hazy mountains/hills, a softly illuminated valley or town, greenery, trees, terrace pathways and subtle architectural elements. The sun is low near the horizon toward the left side of the frame, producing warm golden backlighting around the subjects and a soft glowing atmosphere. Include small circular warm bokeh highlights from distant lights throughout the background, especially around the lower and middle background areas.
Use cinematic golden-hour lighting: warm sunlight from behind and slightly to the left, gentle rim light along hair and shoulders, soft natural fill on the faces, realistic skin tones, subtle shadows, and smooth tonal transitions. The background should be significantly out of focus with shallow depth of field while the couple remains sharply focused. Create natural circular bokeh from distant lights and foliage highlights without making the background artificially busy.
The final image should feel like a premium candid lifestyle photograph rather than a staged studio portrait: realistic skin texture, authentic hair strands, accurate anatomy, natural hands and fingers, realistic fabric folds and embroidery, physically plausible lighting, subtle atmospheric haze, soft highlight rolloff, detailed but natural facial features, and a refined cinematic photographic finish. Preserve the reference's warm romantic atmosphere, quiet intimacy, sunset glow, muted greenery, cream clothing, black shirt, mountain backdrop, and shallow-depth-of-field aesthetic.
Maintain the exact visual hierarchy of the reference: the uploaded person's identity is the highest priority; the reference controls the expression, emotion, gaze, head position, body pose, relationship between subjects, clothing style, framing, environment, lighting, perspective, depth of field, and overall photographic aesthetic. Do not reproduce the reference person's face or identity. Do not use the user's original expression or pose. Do not introduce unrelated objects, dramatic effects, excessive retouching, text, logos, watermarks, artificial skin, distorted anatomy, extra fingers, duplicated limbs, or unnatural facial features. Final result: a highly realistic vertical golden-hour couple photograph that looks like the uploaded person naturally exists in the exact visual world and pose of the reference while remaining unmistakably the same person from the uploaded photo.Copy the complete prompt and use your own reference photos where requested.
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