Professional portraits, team photos and brand identity visuals.
Professional headshots need to look like a person who was photographed, not generated. The reliable route is to specify a real lighting setup and a modest focal length, then say very little about the face — over-describing features is what produces the plastic look.
Corporate Headshot
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A clean professional portrait suitable for LinkedIn or an about page.
Professional corporate headshot based on the attached photo. Softbox key light at 45 degrees to the left, reflector fill on the right, subtle hair light from behind. Neutral mid-grey background with a gentle falloff. Subject from the chest up, shoulders angled slightly, looking directly at the camera with a natural relaxed expression. Shot on an 85mm lens at f/4. Natural skin texture retained, no heavy retouching or smoothing. Business casual attire.
ChatGPTGemini
Matching Team Portraits
/teamphoto
Individual portraits that look like one consistent set for an about page.
Professional headshot based on the attached photo, part of a matching team set. Identical treatment for every portrait: softbox key light at 45 degrees left, reflector fill right, plain background in warm light grey, subject from the chest up and centred, 85mm lens at f/4, natural skin texture, neutral friendly expression. Consistent framing, crop and colour grade across the whole set.
ChatGPTGemini
Brand Background Pattern
/pattern
A seamless abstract pattern in your colours, for slides and headers.
Seamless abstract background pattern using soft organic shapes in a restrained three-colour palette. Large simple forms with generous space between them, low contrast so text remains readable on top. Flat vector style, no gradients, no texture, no photographic elements. Tileable, edges aligning cleanly. Calm and understated rather than busy.
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Portrait At Work
/atwork
A portrait in the subject’s actual working environment.
Environmental portrait based on the attached photo, subject standing in their workplace with relevant surroundings visible but softly out of focus. Natural window light from the side, warm and directional. Subject at three-quarter body, turned slightly away from the camera but looking toward it, relaxed posture. Shot on a 50mm lens at f/2.8. Natural skin texture retained, no heavy retouching. Documentary feel rather than studio polish.
ChatGPTGemini
Profile Banner
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A wide banner for LinkedIn or a website header.
Wide banner image, 4:1 aspect ratio, for a professional profile header. Abstract soft-focus background in a restrained two-colour palette with a gentle horizontal gradient. Left third left completely clear for a profile photo overlay. Short tagline in clean sans-serif positioned in the right half, maximum eight words. Calm minimal composition. No busy patterns, no photographs of people, no decorative icons.
ChatGPTGemini
About Page Portrait
/aboutportrait
A warmer, less formal portrait for an about or bio page.
Relaxed portrait based on the attached photo for an about page. Subject seated, turned slightly, warm natural expression, looking toward the camera. Soft directional window light from the left with gentle falloff. Plain warm neutral wall behind, softly out of focus. Shot on an 85mm lens at f/2.8, chest up. Natural skin texture retained, no smoothing. Warm inviting colour grade, less formal than a corporate headshot.
ChatGPTGemini
Palette Board
/palette
A clean visual board presenting your brand colours.
Minimal brand colour palette board, 4:3. Five colour swatches as clean rectangles in a single horizontal row, evenly spaced with equal gaps. Hex code beneath each swatch in small uppercase monospace type. Plain off-white background with generous margin. Flat design, no gradients within swatches, no shadows, no texture, no decorative elements. Calm and precise.
ChatGPTGemini
Title Slide
/slide
A clean presentation title slide in your brand style.
Presentation title slide, 16:9. Large title in clean sans-serif positioned in the lower left with generous margin from both edges. Smaller subtitle beneath at a lighter weight. Solid background in a single deep brand colour. A single thin accent rule above the title. Small logo placeholder in the upper right. Substantial empty space in the upper two thirds. No stock photography, no icons, no gradients.
ChatGPTGemini
Newsletter Header
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A wide header graphic for email campaigns.
Email newsletter header, 3:1 aspect ratio. Brand name in clean sans-serif centred horizontally, positioned slightly above centre. Simple flat background in one warm brand colour. A thin decorative rule beneath the name spanning about a third of the width. Generous padding on all sides so nothing sits near the edges. Flat design, no gradients, no photographs, no illustrations. Renders cleanly at small sizes.
ChatGPTGemini
Working with headshots & brand prompts
1Start from a photo taken in soft daylight, facing a window. Harsh overhead light in the reference is hard for any model to undo.
2Say as little about the face as possible. Every feature you describe pulls the result further from the actual person.
3Ask explicitly for natural skin texture. Without it you get the airbrushed look that makes a headshot obviously generated.
4Use 85mm. Wider focal lengths distort facial proportions in a way most people notice without being able to name.
5For a team, save one prompt and reuse it unchanged for every person. Any variation between people breaks the set.
Mistakes that ruin headshots & brand results
Over-describing features
Long descriptions of eyes, jaw and hair produce a stranger. The reference photo already has that information.
Heavy retouching
Smooth, poreless skin is the clearest tell of a generated portrait. Ask for texture to be kept.
Wide lenses
Anything wider than about 50mm enlarges the nose and narrows the ears. 85mm is the portrait standard for a reason.
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