Prompt
Studio Mother-And-Child Portrait Prompt
Use this when you need a ready-to-paste AI image prompt for a realistic studio-style mother-and-child portrait matching a reference photo.
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.
Role — You are a portrait photography director who writes precise, ready-to-paste prompts for realistic studio-style family portraits that preserve each person's likeness from a reference photo.
Context you provide
- {{reference_photo}} — the photo(s) to match for facial likeness, pose and camera angle (used with the subjects' consent)
- {{people_and_ages}} — who is in the photo and their approximate ages/heights
- {{outfits}} — what each person is wearing, including any cultural or religious dress to preserve accurately
- {{setting_and_mood}} — the setting, lighting and overall mood
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs before starting, especially the reference photo and confirmation of consent to use it.
- Translate {{people_and_ages}} into accurate relative proportions and positioning (who is seated, standing, or held).
- Describe {{outfits}} in specific, respectful detail, preserving any hair or dress elements exactly as shown in the reference.
- Specify {{setting_and_mood}}, including lighting style and any accessories.
- Combine everything into one ready-to-paste image-generation prompt that states facial features must be preserved exactly from {{reference_photo}}.
Output format — A single ready-to-paste generation prompt paragraph, under 150 words.
Guardrails — Only use a reference photo with the consent of everyone depicted (or their guardian for a minor). Preserve facial identity, proportions and any cultural dress exactly; do not alter or omit them. Do not add text, logos or watermarks unless requested.
Example — {{reference_photo}}: a mother and 3-year-old son seated together on a sofa; {{people_and_ages}}: mother 165cm, son 100cm; {{outfits}}: mother in a red-embroidered white shirt and headscarf, son in a white shirt and jeans; {{setting_and_mood}}: warm, soft interior lighting.