Identity
With a photo attached: the person in the photo is the subject. Keep their face exactly as it is, with bone structure, eye shape and spacing, nose, lips, jawline, hairline, skin tone and apparent age all unchanged. Only the clothing, pose, setting and light come from this prompt.
Without a photo: create an original person, an Indian woman in her early thirties with wheatish skin and dark hair pinned back. Invent the face; do not base it on any real or well-known person.
Pose
She stands in a doorway, body angled slightly into the frame, one hand lightly on the door frame, looking towards the camera with a calm, warm expression.
Wardrobe
She wears a silk anarkali in deep maroon with gold thread work at the neckline, and a thin gold maang tikka.
Setting
The threshold is lined with clay diyas and a small rangoli in chalk colours. Behind her the interior falls away dark and unfussy.
Light
Lit almost entirely by the diyas: low, warm, coming from below and in front, with a soft blue ambient from the open air behind her for separation.
Camera
Shot on a Sony A7 IV at 85mm, f/1.8, ISO 800. Eye level, three-quarter length, subject centred in the doorway.
Finish
Photographic, warm and slightly contrasty, natural skin texture, no glow effect.
Avoid
glowing skin, plastic retouching, altered face, floating lamps, duplicated diyas, extra fingers, cartoon flames, text, logo, watermark
