Casual Urban Portrait

Casual Urban Portrait

Image Prompt

FACE MATCH FIRST: the exact woman in the attached photo — same hairline, brows, eye shape and spacing, nose, lips, jaw width, skin tone, and her own natural facial features exactly as the reference, never added, removed or reshaped. Never beautify or slim the face. SCENE: a plain grey concrete wall with one horizontal expansion joint running behind her, a wide empty pavement, flat bright overcast. WEARING: an oversized sand-beige heavy cotton tee dropping to mid-hip, wide brown cargo trousers puddling over white sneakers, a thin silver chain. POSE: full body. The right shoulder blade rests against the wall with the body in a narrow three-quarter; the right ankle is crossed over the left with only that toe on the ground and the weight carried on the left leg. The right hand is tucked into the cargo side pocket; the left arm hangs straight with the hand open and the fingers countable. The head turns to camera-right, chin level, shoulders low. GAZE: to a named target - down the pavement past the camera at frame-right, so her eyes do not meet the lens. LIGHT: flat bright overcast is the key, one enormous soft source from above; the pale pavement is the fill, bouncing straight back up so the eye sockets stay open and lit under the brow. The wall behind takes the same even light, half a stop down from her. CAMERA: 50mm at f/4 so the whole garment silhouette stays sharp, camera dropped slightly below waist height to lengthen the leg line. REAL: a photograph, not a render. Natural skin texture and pores visible, natural facial features preserved, a faint shine on the nose and forehead, fabric with a visible weave, real creases at the elbow and the knee, shoes scuffed where shoes scuff. Never airbrushed, waxy or plastic. No lettering anywhere, on clothing, walls or signs. FINAL CHECK: the face is the reference face, exposed and coloured by the light named above.

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