Candid Smartphone Selfie with a Golden Retriever

Format

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Inputs

Face_or_character_sheet (image) · Required

Outputs

Selfie (image)

Create an ultra-realistic, casual smartphone selfie of the same adult man relaxing beside a golden retriever outdoors. Use the attached face/character sheet as the only identity reference. Preserve his exact facial identity, facial proportions, hairstyle, skin tone, and recognizable features. The result should look like a spontaneous photo taken with a real smartphone, not a staged pet advertisement or an AI-generated portrait.

**Pose and composition:** Take a close, slightly tilted selfie at arm’s length. Place the man’s face in the upper-left portion of the frame, partially cropped along the left edge for an intimate, casual composition. He leans toward the camera with his lips playfully puckered into a small kissy face, eyebrows relaxed, and eyes looking directly into the phone lens. His right arm extends diagonally across the lower frame, with his hand gently cupping and scratching the dog’s cheek beneath its ear. Show a simple black wristwatch and his light-blue denim-clad knee near the bottom edge. Avoid perfect centering or carefully arranged posing.

**Appearance and outfit:** Give the man short, naturally textured black hair with a casual side-swept shape. He wears a clean, relaxed-fit white short-sleeved collared shirt with subtle fabric creases, and a narrow dark tie loosely visible beneath the collar. Preserve realistic skin pores, tiny imperfections, natural facial asymmetry, and believable shadows. Do not use beauty filters or artificial smoothing.

**Dog:** Show a beautiful adult golden retriever with a rich golden-blonde coat, soft feathered fur around the ears and neck, floppy ears, warm dark-brown eyes, and a broad black nose. The dog lies comfortably beside him on the ground, its body extending horizontally through the center of the image. Its head faces the camera at a slight angle, with a relaxed, mildly sleepy expression. Place one front paw near the lower-right corner. The man’s hand naturally supports the dog’s cheek, gently pressing into the soft fur. Render individual strands of golden fur, natural color variation, realistic whiskers, and authentic canine anatomy. The dog must look like a real pet, not a plush toy.

**Environment:** Set the scene on a quiet outdoor patio or in a garden beside a rustic building. Include rough tree bark, patches of green grass, weathered wooden boards, and a simple white wall or doorframe in the background. Make the environment feel lived-in and unstyled, with natural imperfections and a shallow but believable background perspective.

**Lighting:** Use soft natural daylight, as if photographed in open shade near a doorway. Add gentle highlights to the man’s face and the dog’s golden fur, subtle shadows beneath the chin and body, and balanced exposure without artificial studio lighting. Keep the dog’s coat detailed rather than overexposed.

**Smartphone realism:** Make the image appear captured with a modern smartphone front camera at close range, approximately 24–28 mm equivalent. Use natural wide-angle perspective, mild edge distortion, slightly imperfect handheld framing, realistic smartphone processing, moderate depth of field, and subtle image softness. Keep both faces recognizable while retaining enough environmental detail to establish the setting. Do not use artificial portrait-mode blur.

**Negative prompt:** Altered identity, generic face, exaggerated kissy expression, distorted lips, plastic skin, beauty filters, professional studio pet photography, perfectly centered composition, excessive bokeh, artificial fur, cartoon dog, incorrect canine anatomy, extra limbs, malformed hands, unnatural contact between hand and dog, overexposed fur, CGI, 3D render, illustration, text, watermark, logo.

**Final result:** A spontaneous, affectionate smartphone selfie of a man in a white collared shirt playfully puckering his lips while gently scratching a relaxed golden retriever’s cheek. Use slightly tilted framing, a close facial perspective, realistic golden fur, soft outdoor daylight, and the imperfect charm of a personal photo taken in an ordinary moment. Render in a square 1:1 aspect ratio.