Identity: the face, skin, body and hair are the subject's own and never change. Where a hairstyle is described below, style the subject's own hair into it; never change the hair's colour, length or texture. Apply only the outfit, makeup, hairstyling, pose and setting described below.
Create a minimal studio portrait.
Subject: the subject seated on a plain wooden folding chair, full-length.
The subject wears a relaxed black short-sleeved tee with a high crew
neck, loose black wide-leg trousers with a thin black belt, and dark brown leather loafers. A slim
silver watch on the subject's left wrist and a plain ring on the subject's right hand.
Action: seated turned 30 degrees to the subject's left with the subject's torso rotated back toward camera, leaning
slightly back into the chair. The subject's left leg extends out long to the left with the heel on the floor
and the toe lifted; the subject's right leg is bent with the foot flat beneath. The subject's right hand rests on
the subject's right thigh with the fingers relaxed, the subject's left arm hangs straight down beside the chair with
the hand loose. Head turned to camera, chin level, direct steady gaze into the lens, lips closed,
expression composed.
Setting: a large mottled pale grey plaster backdrop filling the frame with soft tonal variation
and faint brush marks, meeting a matching floor in a soft seamless join, no props beyond the chair.
Visual style: photoreal minimal portrait photography, muted neutral palette of grey and black,
fabric drape and shoe leather clearly resolved, sharp
focus throughout.
Composition: vertical frame, camera at chest height, subject seated in the lower right third of
frame and small within it, with a large area of empty backdrop occupying the upper half and the
left side. Feet and chair legs near the lower edge, generous space above the subject's head.
Lighting: soft broad key from the front left, gentle diffuse shadow
Constraints: never change the subject's face, skin or body, and never change the colour, length or texture of the subject's hair — style it only as described.
