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Cinematic Window-Light Portrait — AI Image Prompt

A woman sits beside a tall window while one soft key sculpts her face and the room falls away into bokeh. The combination of directional light, shallow depth of field, and a two-temperature grade is what gives the frame its cinematic weight. The easiest thing to change is the subject — the lighting structure works on anyone.

Portraits Cinematic Editorial ChatGPT · Flux · Midjourney

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harsh frontal flash, flat even lighting, oversaturated color, plastic smoothed skin, heavy glamour makeup, cluttered busy background, text, watermark

For models that support negative prompting. In Midjourney, use --no flash, flat lighting, plastic skin instead.

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