Ultra-Realistic

ULTRA-REALISTIC 8K UHD SAME-TO-SAME PHOTOGRAPHIC — Use the uploaded reference image as the ABSOLUTE visual blueprint. Recreate the photograph with maximum possible visual fidelity and zero creative reinterpretation. Preserve the exact composition, subjects, pose, framing, proportions, lighting, wardrobe, environment, perspective, and photographic character of the reference.

SCENE & COMPOSITION:
Create a vertical portrait photograph with the same tight, waist-up/upper-torso framing and approximately 4:5 aspect ratio. The primary subject occupies the left and central portion of the frame, positioned slightly left of center, with his head extending toward the upper-left/upper-middle area. A second person is partially visible directly behind him on the right, with only the upper face, dark hair, part of the shoulder/upper arm, and limited body area visible. Preserve the exact overlap between both subjects. Maintain the large clean pale off-white wall/background area on the right side and around the subjects. Do not add, remove, reposition, or redesign any environmental element.

PRIMARY SUBJECT:
Reproduce the same young male subject visible in the reference, preserving his identity and every naturally visible facial characteristic exactly. He has thick, naturally voluminous dark brown-to-black curly hair with irregular loose curls, ringlets, flyaway strands, and realistic individual hair texture. Preserve the exact hairline, curl density, direction, silhouette, volume, and naturally messy arrangement.

His head is turned slightly toward the viewer's right while his gaze is directed off-camera toward the right. His expression is calm, neutral, understated, and candid, with relaxed lips and a composed facial demeanor. Preserve the exact facial anatomy, proportions, natural asymmetry, jawline, cheek structure, forehead, temples, ears, eyebrows, eyelids, eye shape and spacing, nose structure, lips, chin, skin texture, pores, subtle facial contours, and all other defining characteristics exactly as visible. Do not beautify or alter the face.

The subject wears large rectangular black sunglasses with dark lenses and a thick black frame. Preserve their exact placement, proportions, shape, lens darkness, subtle reflections, bridge position, temples, and relationship to the face.

WARDROBE:
The primary subject wears a loose white/off-white lightweight button-up shirt with a natural linen/cotton-like texture. The shirt has an open collar with the upper buttons undone, creating a relaxed casual appearance. Preserve the exact collar shape, folds, seams, pocket placement, button positions, fabric translucency, wrinkles, draping, and natural creasing. Maintain the bright neutral white fabric with subtle warm sunlight influence.

POSE & BODY POSITION:
Preserve the exact posture: the male subject is standing upright with his shoulders relaxed, torso angled subtly relative to the camera, head raised slightly, and face turned toward the right side of frame. Keep the precise shoulder slope, neck position, collarbone visibility, arm placement, torso orientation, and body proportions. Do not change the pose or anatomy.

SECONDARY SUBJECT:
Preserve the partially obscured person positioned behind the primary subject. Only the visible portions should remain visible in the same locations. They have dark, naturally loose hair framing the forehead and sides of the face, dark eyes, and a warm medium skin tone. Their face is partially hidden by the primary subject's shoulder and shirt. Preserve the exact visibility, eye position, expression, hair placement, shoulder position, and occlusion. Do not reveal additional body or facial areas that are hidden in the reference.

LIGHTING:
Reproduce the strong natural direct sunlight coming from the upper-left/front-left direction. The sunlight creates warm highlights across the primary subject's face, neck, hair, and white shirt while producing soft-to-moderately defined shadows beneath the hair, sunglasses, nose, jawline, collar, and shirt folds. Preserve the directional shadow geometry and highlight placement exactly. The background wall remains bright, pale, clean, and softly illuminated. Use physically accurate global illumination, realistic light falloff, natural reflected light, and believable skin response.

CAMERA & OPTICS:
Simulate a high-end full-frame DSLR/mirrorless camera photograph using an approximately 50–70mm portrait lens, around 60mm focal length, with natural perspective and minimal wide-angle distortion. Camera positioned approximately at chest-to-eye level and slightly below the primary subject's eye line, matching the reference perspective. Use realistic optical rendering, natural perspective compression, high micro-contrast, crisp subject detail, and subtle background separation. Aperture approximately f/4–f/5.6 to maintain the primary subject sharply detailed while keeping the distant background naturally soft without artificial-looking bokeh. Preserve the reference's depth of field rather than exaggerating blur.

IMAGE GEOMETRY:
Maintain the exact vertical framing, camera angle, subject scale, headroom, shoulder crop, negative space, subject overlap, and visual balance of the reference. The primary subject's hair approaches the upper edge without unnatural clipping, while the torso and shirt extend toward the lower frame. Keep the secondary subject partially hidden exactly as shown.

MATERIAL & TEXTURE REALISM:
Render individual curly hair strands, realistic skin pores and fine facial texture, natural lip texture, subtle peach-fuzz/facial-hair detail where visible, authentic sunglass reflections, microscopic fabric fibers, linen/cotton weave, realistic shirt wrinkles, stitching, buttons, and natural skin-to-fabric interaction. Avoid excessive sharpening or artificial texture enhancement.

COLOR & GRADING:
Match the reference's restrained warm-neutral photographic palette: warm natural skin tones, dark brown/black hair, deep black sunglasses, clean white shirt, and pale warm off-white background. Use subtle sunlight warmth without orange skin, crushed blacks, oversaturated colors, or cinematic teal/orange grading. Preserve realistic highlight roll-off, soft tonal transitions, natural whites, balanced contrast, and high dynamic range.

PHOTOGRAPHIC CHARACTER:
Authentic high-end editorial lifestyle portrait photographed outdoors or beside a sunlit neutral wall. Natural candid fashion-photography aesthetic, realistic DSLR sensor response, physically believable exposure, accurate skin rendering, detailed shadows, gentle highlight roll-off, subtle lens character, extremely clean optical resolution, realistic HDR latitude, and natural tonal depth. Add only extremely subtle authentic sensor/film grain at pixel level. No artificial cinematic effects.

FINAL QUALITY:
8K UHD, extremely high resolution, photorealistic, DSLR-quality, physically based rendering, lifelike skin, authentic optical depth, accurate materials, natural imperfections, realistic sunlight, precise facial detail, true-to-reference geometry, professional photographic sharpness, realistic dynamic range, and absolutely no visible AI-generation artifacts. The result must look like a genuine photograph captured in-camera by a professional photographer, not an illustration, 3D render, or AI-generated image.

IF A SECOND IMAGE LABELED [MY FACE] IS PROVIDED:
Replace ONLY the original primary subject's facial identity with the face from [MY FACE]. Preserve everything else from the scene reference EXACTLY — including hairstyle, hair volume, sunglasses, face orientation, expression, head position, body, clothing, composition, camera perspective, lighting, shadows, background, color grading, depth of field, and photographic characteristics. Integrate [MY FACE] naturally with physically consistent lighting and skin texture without changing its identity.

IDENTITY PRESERVATION — ABSOLUTE:
Do not generate, redesign, beautify, age, de-age, masculinize, feminize, smooth, reshape, symmetrize, morph, or reinterpret the face. Preserve exact facial anatomy, face shape, jawline, cheekbones, forehead, eyes, eye spacing, eyelids, nose, lips, eyebrows, ears, hairline, natural asymmetry, skin tone, pores, texture, unique imperfections, and age appearance. No identity drift. No face swapping artifacts. No synthetic facial reconstruction. No beauty filter.

NEGATIVE PROMPT:
AI-generated appearance, CGI, 3D render, illustration, painting, anime, cartoon, plastic skin, waxy skin, airbrushed skin, beauty filter, facial smoothing, skin whitening, excessive retouching, face morphing, identity drift, altered facial anatomy, changed face shape, changed jawline, changed nose, changed eyes, changed lips, changed eyebrows, symmetry correction, age change, ethnicity change, hairstyle change, incorrect curls, artificial hair, extra hair, distorted sunglasses, incorrect sunglasses reflections, deformed hands, extra fingers, missing fingers, extra limbs, duplicate person, altered secondary subject, exposed hidden body areas, changed pose, changed clothing, wrong fabric texture, added accessories, jewelry, logos, text, watermark, oversaturation, teal-orange grading, crushed blacks, blown highlights, excessive HDR, excessive sharpening, excessive bokeh, fake depth of field, heavy vignette, lens flare, bloom, chromatic aberration, motion blur, fisheye distortion, wide-angle distortion, unnatural shadows, inconsistent lighting, background replacement, added objects, clutter, noise artifacts, compression artifacts, uncanny skin, unnatural eyes, artificial reflections, painterly texture, low resolution, loss of fine detail, photographic inconsistency.