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 natural-light menswear portrait.
Subject: the subject standing against a wall, from mid-thigh up. The subject's own hair is styled tousled, with loose pieces falling across the forehead and over the ears. The subject wears a relaxed white linen shirt with a soft collar worn open to the
chest, the sleeves rolled to the forearm and the hem hanging loose, and high-waisted pleated
white linen trousers with a visible waistband button.
Action: standing with the subject's back and shoulders resting against the wall, weight even on both feet,
both hands pushed into the subject's trouser pockets so the shirt falls loose and the elbows angle slightly
out. Shoulders relaxed, chin level, head tilted 5 degrees to the subject's right, direct steady gaze into the
lens, lips closed, expression calm.
Setting: a plain white plaster wall directly behind the subject with faint surface texture and no props. A
hard-edged diagonal shaft of sunlight falls across the wall from the upper right, its shadow line
running down behind the subject's head to the left, with a second softer diagonal at the lower right.
Visual style: photoreal natural-light portrait photography, high-key white and cream palette,
linen weave and soft creases clearly resolved, sharp
focus throughout.
Composition: vertical frame, camera at chest height, subject centred and cropped at mid-thigh,
head in the upper third of frame with clear space above, the hard diagonal shadow line crossing
the upper left behind the subject.
Lighting: hard directional sunlight from the upper right cutting the diagonal across the wall and
raking down the subject's right side and shoulder, soft bounced fill on the subject's face and chest from the white
surroundings, crisp shadow edges on the wall, gentle warm tone in the lit areas and cool tone in
the shade.
Text inside: none.
Constraints: never take the hands from the pockets, never button the collar closed or unroll the
sleeves, never soften or remove the hard diagonal shadow on the wall, never stand the subject away from
the wall, never look away from the lens, never smile or part the lips, never crop above the waist,
never add props, jewellery or a second figure, never grey
down or tint the white palette, never blow the white to pure flat white with no texture, 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: 9:16 vertical.
