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"Snowy Cabin Retreat Editorial Portrait"
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The complete prompt
Do not change the subject's facial bone structure, eye shape and
color, nose shape, lip shape, jawline, or skin tone in any way — keep
it 100% identical to the original photo. Body build and proportions
unchanged. Non-negotiable.
LIGHTING SETUP (as a real photographer would dial it in): Key light —
warm firelight glow from an unseen fireplace inside the cabin, spilling
through a window onto the porch, acting as a soft warm key from
camera-right at chest height. Fill — soft cool ambient light from the
snowy landscape outside, gently balancing the warm key at close to a
2:1 ratio. Rim light — the cold outdoor light grazes his hair and
jacket edge from behind, creating a subtle cool-toned rim against the
warm interior glow. Catchlights in his eyes should be warm and soft,
reflecting the firelight.
LENS & OPTICS: Simulate an 85mm lens at f/2.0 — flattering facial
compression, background rendered as soft creamy bokeh with a snow-
covered pine forest and falling snowflakes gently blurred, gentle
fall-off in sharpness away from the focal point, faint natural
vignette at the corners.
FILM/COLOR SCIENCE: Warm-cool winter film response — firelight
highlights bloom softly rather than clipping, shadows lifted with a
faint cool-blue tint rather than crushed black, warm amber skin
midtones held steady against the cooler snowy background for natural
depth separation.
Style: A thick knit sweater or flannel-lined jacket, beanie pushed
back slightly, a warm scarf loosely draped, natural wind-tousled hair,
a steaming mug held casually.
DIRECTED POSE (as if a photographer is instructing him in real time):
Leaning against the wooden porch railing with one forearm resting on
it, other hand wrapped around a steaming mug near his chest, body
angled at three-quarters to the camera, head turned toward the lens
with a relaxed tilt, breath faintly visible in the cold air.
GENUINE DIRECTED EXPRESSION: A calm, warm half-smile with softly
relaxed eyes, chin very slightly lowered — the natural composed look
right after a photographer says "just get cozy with the mug, then
look over at me," not a stiff or forced grin.
RETOUCH PIPELINE: Frequency-separation-style retouching — smooth
tonal transitions on skin while fully preserving fine pore-level
texture and natural color variation under the mixed warm/cool
lighting. Subtle dodge-and-burn to retain natural facial planes, no
flattened or washed-out glow.
FINISHING: Fine film grain overlay at low opacity, very slight
chromatic softness at the frame edges as a real lens would render, no
digital sharpening halos, natural imperfect crop as if not perfectly
composed in-camera.
Ensure zero facial distortion, correct hand anatomy, and consistent
shadow/light-source logic between the warm firelight key and cool
snowy fill.Copy the complete prompt and use your own reference photos where requested.
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