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 menswear editorial portrait.
Subject: the subject standing, from mid-thigh up. The subject's own hair is styled tousled, with loose pieces falling across the forehead. A fine gold
chain necklace at the throat. The subject wears a soft unstructured taupe single-breasted blazer in a fine
textured weave, worn open with a white pocket square, over a crisp white shirt unbuttoned to
mid-chest with the collar open, and pleated high-waisted trousers in a matching sand tone.
Action: standing square to camera with the subject's weight even on both feet, both hands pushed into the subject's
trouser pockets so the blazer falls open and the elbows angle slightly out. Shoulders relaxed and
level, chin level, direct steady gaze into the lens, lips closed, expression composed.
Setting: a plain warm plaster wall directly behind the subject with no props, a hard-edged shaft of window
light falling diagonally across the wall to the subject's right in a bright rectangular shape, and a soft
shadow of the subject's shoulder and head cast onto the wall.
Visual style: photoreal menswear editorial photography, warm neutral palette of taupe, sand and
cream, garment weave clearly resolved, sharp focus
throughout.
Composition: vertical frame, camera at chest height, subject centred and cropped at mid-thigh,
head in the upper quarter of frame with clear space above, the bright light shaft filling the
upper right corner.
Lighting: hard directional daylight from the upper right throwing the shaft onto the wall and
raking across the subject's jacket shoulder, softer ambient fill on the subject's face and chest, crisp shadow edges
on the wall, gentle falloff into shade at the left of frame.
Text inside: none.
Constraints: never take the hands from the pockets, never button the jacket closed, never soften
or remove the hard light shaft on the wall, never look away from the lens, never smile or part the
lips, never crop above the waist, never add props,
sunglasses, jewellery beyond the chain, or a second figure, never cool or desaturate the warm
palette, 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.
Output: 2:3 vertical.
