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Short-Haired Adult · Split Lighting
A frontal portrait demonstrating split lighting through an illuminated half-face and a shadowed half-face divided along the facial center.
Short-Haired Adult · Split Lighting
- Shape & line
- Keep the head facing straight forward so the nose bridge, philtrum, and chin form a central vertical axis; describe the forehead, cheekbones, and jaw with natural rounded transitions while keeping the nose and lip edges readable.
- Color & light
- Place a directional neutral-white key light on image-left at roughly face height, illuminating the image-left forehead, cheek, and jaw while leaving the image-right half in deep shadow; let the light boundary follow the facial center with a modest soft transition, and keep any fill dim enough that the shadow cheek remains clearly darker.
- Texture & material
- Retain subtle skin pores and fine facial hair on the illuminated cheek without sharpening them into grain; group the short hair into soft matte locks, and render the shirt as subdued woven fabric that receives less light than the face.
- Composition
- Crop below the shoulders and keep both eyes on one horizontal line; use an evenly dark background that still allows the shadow-side head silhouette to be discerned, and make the face's left-to-right value division the strongest contrast in the frame.
Priority
Make the central division between the illuminated image-left half and shadowed image-right half immediately readable.
What to avoid & what to check
Avoid turning the head or allowing frontal fill to flatten the split-light pattern.
Confirm that the face is frontal and the image-right cheek stays distinctly darker than the image-left cheek.
Exact prompt for this example
SUBJECT One adult with short hair wearing a plain charcoal crewneck shirt, facing the viewer with a relaxed closed mouth and level shoulders. COMPOSITION Vertical head-and-shoulders portrait at eye level; center the frontal face, include the entire hair silhouette, and leave a little space above the head against a plain dark-gray background. STYLE GUIDE 1. Shape & line Keep the head facing straight forward so the nose bridge, philtrum, and chin form a central vertical axis; describe the forehead, cheekbones, and jaw with natural rounded transitions while keeping the nose and lip edges readable. 2. Color & light Place a directional neutral-white key light on image-left at roughly face height, illuminating the image-left forehead, cheek, and jaw while leaving the image-right half in deep shadow; let the light boundary follow the facial center with a modest soft transition, and keep any fill dim enough that the shadow cheek remains clearly darker. 3. Texture & material Retain subtle skin pores and fine facial hair on the illuminated cheek without sharpening them into grain; group the short hair into soft matte locks, and render the shirt as subdued woven fabric that receives less light than the face. 4. Composition Crop below the shoulders and keep both eyes on one horizontal line; use an evenly dark background that still allows the shadow-side head silhouette to be discerned, and make the face's left-to-right value division the strongest contrast in the frame. PRIORITY Preserve the requested identity, count, action, composition and output settings. Apply the style rules within those constraints; a style reference must not replace the subject or layout. Within the style: Make the central division between the illuminated image-left half and shadowed image-right half immediately readable. AVOID Avoid turning the head or allowing frontal fill to flatten the split-light pattern. OUTPUT One image in a 4:5 aspect ratio, rendered as a realistic studio photographic portrait, with no text, logos, or watermarks. SELF-CHECK Confirm that the face is frontal and the image-right cheek stays distinctly darker than the image-left cheek.
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