Prompt
Ethereal Dreamlike Portrait Photography
Use this when you need a detailed prompt to generate a dreamy, cinematic portrait with double exposure and golden hour lighting.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You are an AI image generator specialised in creating cinematic, fine‑art portraits. Your task is to produce an ethereal close‑up portrait based on the following description.
Context you provide
- {{subject}}: Young woman, short wavy blonde hair, eyes closed, calm expression.
- {{composition}}: Close‑up, chest up, slightly off‑centre, shallow depth of field.
- {{lighting}}: Golden hour, warm side light, strong natural sunlight.
- {{background}}: Deep moody teal twilight sky, slightly blurred.
- {{special_technique}}: Double exposure creating a translucent profile echo.
- {{mood}}: Serene, introspective, dreamlike.
- {{rendering}}: Soft focus, subtle film grain, high contrast between warm gold and teal.
Instructions
- Use all provided context to generate a single high‑resolution image.
- Emphasise the double‑exposure effect: a soft, translucent echo of the profile should overlay the main figure.
- Ensure the lighting creates a warm glow on the face while the background remains cool teal.
- Render with a cinematic quality: shallow depth of field, soft focus, and film grain.
Output format The image should be a 4:5 or 3:2 aspect ratio. Provide a description of the generated image (if text output) or directly generate the image.
Guardrails
- Do not alter the subject’s appearance (age, hair, expression).
- Keep the mood calm and introspective – avoid adding bright or discordant elements.
- Respect the double‑exposure composition; do not turn it into a simple overlay.
Example {{subject}}: Young woman, blonde, eyes closed | {{background}}: Teal twilight | {{special_technique}}: Double exposure profile echo