Category: Photography
Tags: person black-and-white close-up-portrait

Black-and-White Editorial Close-Up Portrait

Create a photorealistic black-and-white editorial portrait that preserves the reference subject’s facial features.

By Threads — Published on Oct 23 — Modified on Oct 23

Example images

Black-and-White Editorial Close-Up Portrait output 1

Prompt template

Format: Text
Inputs: Reference_image (image) · Required
Outputs: Portrait (image)

Using the uploaded reference image, create a portrait without changing the subject’s facial features. Make it a tightly framed, vertical 3:4 black-and-white image: an extreme close-up of the face, looking into the camera with a soft half-smile. Shoot from above, with the face positioned diagonally in the frame. Keep the hair outside the frame. The subject wears a black leather jacket with the collar raised, and holds one hand near the face; that hand has two large, smooth metal bracelets.

Use a shallow depth of field and an approximately 85 mm lens, with focus on the eyes. Render natural, even skin texture with visible pores and a subtle glow. Use polished makeup with defined lashes and nude-pink lips outlined in a darker shade. Aim for a realistic iPhone-like appearance, with no plastic-looking skin or artificial sharpening. Use cinematic contrast, subtle film grain, a Canon G7 X RAW look, premium editorial photography, and extreme photorealism. Output at 8K resolution with no AI-generated look, in black and white.