Dramatic Red Rim-Light Cinematic Portrait
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IMPORTANT – FACE LOCK / IDENTITY PRESERVATION: Use the uploaded user's photo as the ONLY facial identity reference. Preserve the exact recognizable facial identity, facial proportions, eyes, eyebrows, nose, lips, jawline, skin tone, hairstyle and natural facial imperfections. Do not replace, beautify, reshape, smooth, age, de-age or alter the identity. Create a highly realistic dramatic studio fashion portrait of the user wearing oversized black rectangular sunglasses against a completely dark background. FRAMING: Vertical 4:5 close-up portrait from approximately mid-chest upward. Subject positioned centrally with the face occupying the upper-middle portion of the frame. Camera directly faces the subject with a very slight natural three-quarter angle. POSE: The user faces toward the camera with shoulders slightly angled. Head tilted subtly toward the RIGHT. Chin slightly lowered. Expression confident, mysterious and calm. Lips naturally relaxed and slightly parted. Arms relaxed and mostly outside the frame. HAIR: Long, thick dark hair with large natural waves cascading over the LEFT shoulder and around the right side of the face. Individual hair strands should be clearly visible, especially where illuminated by the red backlight. ACCESSORY: Large oversized rectangular black sunglasses with dark lenses. Realistic subtle reflections across the lenses. Frames should sit naturally on the face and follow facial geometry accurately. OUTFIT: Black textured knit sweater with visible fine ribbed/woven fabric texture. Wide rounded neckline exposing a small amount of the upper collarbone. Completely dark monochromatic styling. BACKGROUND: Pure near-black studio background with no visible environment or objects. LIGHTING: Create an intense RED rim/backlight positioned behind the subject, primarily from the upper-left and wrapping around the outer edges of the hair, shoulders and right side of the body. The red light should create a vivid glowing outline around individual hair strands. Use a very soft, low-intensity neutral frontal fill light to reveal the face without flattening the shadows. Keep most of the background completely black. Add subtle warm skin highlights across the nose, lips and cheekbones while preserving deep shadows. LIGHTING RATIO: Strong red backlight, very low ambient exposure, soft controlled frontal fill, deep black shadows and extremely high subject-background separation. COLOR GRADING: Deep blacks and charcoal shadows with intense crimson/red highlights around the silhouette. Natural warm skin tones remain visible. Slightly warm midtones, high contrast, controlled highlights and rich blacks. EFFECTS: Subtle red atmospheric glow around the hair, gentle optical bloom on the brightest red highlights, realistic lens response, very subtle grain and clean professional studio rendering. CAMERA: High-end portrait photography, full-frame camera, approximately 85mm portrait perspective, shallow depth of field, sharp facial features and hair texture, soft falloff into the black background. The result must look like a REAL photographed fashion portrait, not CGI or digital illustration. NEGATIVE PROMPT: cartoon, anime, CGI, 3D render, plastic skin, artificial face, altered identity, different person, beauty filter, distorted sunglasses, crooked glasses, deformed hands, unrealistic hair, excessive red wash, glowing skin, neon face, excessive bloom, low detail, oversharpening, watermark, text.
Category: Fashion & Editorial Photography
Tags: Cinematic Lighting, Rim Lighting, Portrait Photography, Neon Aesthetic, High Contrast, Studio Portrait, Sharp Focus
