Single-Key Corporate Headshot

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Made with this StyleRef

Same style, different prompts.

Hair separates from the ground by value alone, with no rim or kicker light.

A soft-edged terminator runs down one cheek in every frame.

Skin keeps its pores, lines and stray hairs; nothing is smoothed.

One defined catchlight sits high in each eye on the key side.

Description

The look of a professional headshot session: one large soft source set off to one side, a shoulders-up crop, and coloured seamless paper carrying a soft pool of light behind the head. There is a real shadow side to the face with a soft-edged terminator, one defined catchlight in each eye, and skin left with its own texture. Best for portraits, team and speaker pages, author photos, and any subject that should look photographed on purpose rather than caught.

Mood & Personality

Clean, Confident, Professional, Documentary realism

Energy Level

Steady

Real-world Accuracy

Precise

Characters

Allowed (detailed)

Post-processing & Render Style

Sharpening Style

Natural

Skin Retouching Level

Natural

Image Treatment

Full-color

Guardrails

Avoided Visuals

hard rim lights; hair kicker lights; black backgrounds; heavy vignetting; office windows; bookshelves; furniture; environmental portrait settings; mottled painted muslin; blown white backgrounds; flat frontal fill

Allowed Visuals

single large soft key; subtle reflector fill; coloured matte seamless paper; soft background light pool; natural skin texture; plain wardrobe; clean eye catchlights

Custom Style Items

Portrait Composition

Shoulders-up or mid-chest crop; eyes on upper third; slight headroom; body turned a few degrees off-axis, face returned to lens.

Focus Behavior

Near eye tack-sharp; far ear already softly falling out of focus.

Retouching Rule

Remove temporary blemishes only; preserve pores, fine lines, stray hairs, and authentic skin texture.

Seamless Lighting

Plain coloured seamless paper with a soft light pool behind the head, falling darker toward corners; no visible paper seam, fold, join, or texture.

Output Format

Creative Discipline

Photography

Delivery Mode

Still

Aspect Ratio

Vertical or square portrait frame

Cropping Priority

Subject-aware

Light & Shadow

Lighting Mood Style

Rembrandt

Key Light Style

Soft

Light Source Type

Artificial

Lighting Direction

Side-lit, Top-lit

Light Source Count

One large soft key; subtle reflector fill; separate small background-pool light

Shadow Type

Soft

Shadow Density

Rich

Fill-light Ratio

Subtle fill

Exposure Bias

Balanced

Color Grading Style

Natural

Lighting Presence

Explicit

Camera and Motion

Camera Shot Size

Close up

Camera Vertical Angle

Eye level

Camera Horizontal View

Three-quarter front

Depth of Field

Shallow focus

Lens Type

Standard

Focal Length Feel

Normal

Point of View

Objective

Colors

#3E465021%Usage: Wardrobe

#526B7A79%Usage: Seamless background

Palette Size

3–5 colors

Saturation Range

Subdued

Contrast Strategy

Value contrast

Gradient Policy

Subtle gradients only

Color Dominance

Background-dominant

Black & White Point

Pure black + Rolled-off highlights

Spatial Structure & Hierarchy

Focal Structure

Single

Hierarchy Clarity

Strong

Balance Type

Center-weighted

Layout Axis

Vertical

Visual Density

Sparse

Surface, Material & Detail

Surface Treatment

Matte

Surface Texture Style

Smooth seamless paper; natural skin pores, fine lines, stray hairs, and legible wardrobe weave

Texture Usage

Photographic

Imperfection Level

Organic

Abstraction Level

Realistic

Micro-detail Allowance

Encouraged

Micro-detail Types

Visible skin texture, Fabric weave realism, Natural imperfections

Background & Environment

Environment Mood

Studio

Background–Subject Relationship

Isolated

Background Complexity

Minimal

Prop / Set Styling

None

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