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Cinematic Close-Up Portrait of a Young East Asian Woman

Create a softly lit, contemplative 9:16 portrait while preserving the uploaded reference’s facial identity and natural details.

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portrait (image)
Use the uploaded image as a locked facial reference. Preserve the subject’s exact face, ethnicity, age, and natural skin details unchanged. Use the reference for facial identity only, not as inspiration. Do not reconstruct the face, apply a beauty filter, or allow identity drift. Follow the instructions below for pose, head angle, and expression.

Create a 9:16 digital portrait photograph with a calm, serene, contemplative mood. Frame a close-up at eye level, from the lower chest upward, straight on. Use a portrait telephoto lens and a very shallow depth of field, with sharp focus on the eyes and face and a heavily blurred background.

Depict a slender young adult East Asian woman in her early 20s, with a full bust, oval face, full lips with a soft nude-pink tint, and almond-shaped light brown eyes. Her shoulder-length ash-brown hair has blonde highlights and a tousled, textured style framing her face, with strands falling across her forehead and cheeks on both the viewer’s left and right. She wears a natural-fit grey heather knit sweater with a ribbed crewneck and chunky knit texture. A delicate gold chain necklace with a small ruby pendant rests on top of the sweater. Fair skin is visible on her face and neck.

POSE — All directions are from the viewer’s perspective. Turn the torso and chest three-quarters relative to the camera. The right shoulder (viewer’s left) is nearer to the camera, and the left shoulder (viewer’s right) is farther away. The visible shoulder span is approximately 1.5 head-widths. Turn the head slightly toward the viewer’s right and tilt it slightly downward. Direct the eyes toward the camera lens at level elevation. Give her a calm, neutral expression, softly parted lips, and expressive eyes.

LIGHT — Use a soft key light from the viewer’s upper-right and subtle ambient fill from the front. Keep the studio lighting soft, diffused, and flattering. Cast soft, subtle shadows under the chin and along the right side of the face (viewer’s left). Let the light fall off gradually toward the dark background on the viewer’s left. Use low-to-moderate tonal transitions and soft specular highlights on the bridge of the nose, lower lip, eyes, and gold necklace.

Place a dark, neutral-toned wall in the background. Center the subject slightly toward the viewer’s right, occupying approximately 80% of the vertical frame.

The wall has a matte texture and flat finish. The skin has a smooth, soft-matte finish with subtle natural moisture. The hair has a silky texture and natural sheen. Use clean digital smoothness with minimal grain. Favor ash brown, muted grey, natural skin tones, and soft green hues, with a neutral-to-warm color temperature, cinematic color grading, balanced midtones, soft highlights, and deep shadows.

Create high-resolution fine-art portraiture with soft cinematic lighting.

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