Create a menswear editorial portrait.
Subject: a young man standing, from mid-thigh up. Dark brown hair worn medium length and tousled
with soft waves falling across the forehead. Clean-shaven, defined brows, warm skin. A fine gold
chain necklace at the throat. He wears a soft unstructured taupe single-breasted blazer in a fine
textured weave, worn open with a white pocket square, over a crisp white shirt unbuttoned to
mid-chest with the collar open, and pleated high-waisted trousers in a matching sand tone.
Action: standing square to camera with his weight even on both feet, both hands pushed into his
trouser pockets so the blazer falls open and the elbows angle slightly out. Shoulders relaxed and
level, chin level, direct steady gaze into the lens, lips closed, expression composed.
Setting: a plain warm plaster wall directly behind him with no props, a hard-edged shaft of window
light falling diagonally across the wall to his right in a bright rectangular shape, and a soft
shadow of his shoulder and head cast onto the wall.
Visual style: photoreal menswear editorial photography, warm neutral palette of taupe, sand and
cream, natural skin texture with visible pores, garment weave clearly resolved, sharp focus
throughout.
Composition: vertical frame, camera at chest height, subject centred and cropped at mid-thigh,
head in the upper quarter of frame with clear space above, the bright light shaft filling the
upper right corner.
Lighting: hard directional daylight from the upper right throwing the shaft onto the wall and
raking across his jacket shoulder, softer ambient fill on his face and chest, crisp shadow edges
on the wall, gentle falloff into shade at the left of frame.
Text inside: none.
Constraints: never take the hands from the pockets, never button the jacket closed, never soften
or remove the hard light shaft on the wall, never look away from the lens, never smile or part the
lips, never crop above the waist, never overly smooth or airbrush the skin, never add props,
sunglasses, jewellery beyond the chain, or a second figure, never cool or desaturate the warm
palette.
Output: 2:3 vertical.
