Candid Car Selfie Portrait Prompt with Technical Specs

A detailed JSON prompt for Gemini Nano Banana Pro to generate a realistic, candid selfie portrait taken inside a car. It specifies the subject's appearance (blonde hair, soft makeup), attire (white button-down shirt, seatbelt), environment (overcast day, residential street background), and includes extensive technical camera settings (iPhone 17 Pro Max, 24mm, f/1.6).

Prompt

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{
  "prompt_type": "image_generation",
  "subject": {
    "demographics": "Young woman, roughly early 20s, light skin tone",
    "hair": {
      "color": "Blonde with slightly darker roots",
      "style": "Long, loose waves, center part, face-framing layers",
      "texture": "Silky, voluminous"
    },
    "face": {
      "eyes": "Large, blue-grey, looking slightly upward and away from camera",
      "eyelashes": "Long, defined, dark lashes",
      "eyebrows": "Well-groomed, arched, light brown",
      "lips": "Full, pouty, soft pink/nude shade with a slight gloss",
      "expression": "Neutral to slightly contemplative, soft gaze"
    }
  },
  "attire": {
    "clothing": "White long-sleeved button-down shirt, collared",
    "accessories": [
      "Small gold huggie hoop earrings",
      "Delicate thin gold necklace (barely visible)"
    ],
    "props": "Black car seatbelt strapped diagonally across the chest over the left shoulder"
  },
  "environment": {
    "location": "Interior of a car (driver or front passenger seat)",
    "details": "Grey fabric car seat headrest, dark interior trim, car window visible",
    "background_through_window": "Residential street scene, overcast sky, blurred houses with grey roofs, trees with autumn/winter foliage"
  },
  "technical_details": {
    "framing": "Close-up selfie portrait, chest-up shot",
    "angle": "Eye-level, front-facing",
    "lighting": "Natural, soft diffused daylight (overcast weather), even illumination on face",
    "style": "Realistic, candid selfie, high definition, social media aesthetic",
    "camera_settings": {
      "device": "iPhone 17 Pro Max",
      "lens": "Main Wide Camera",
      "focal_length": "24mm",
      "aperture": "f/1.6",
      "iso": "ISO 50",
      "shutter_speed": "1/125s",
      "format": "HEIC / RAW"
    }
  }
}
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A candid couple photo of the Woman's Look and Man's Look in the Setting, engaged in the Activity. Render it as the Camera Type, with soft focus, smeared facial detail, color noise, dim uneven indoor light and low-resolution compression. Use awkward webcam framing from a desk-level angle, with a slight tilt and casually cropped shoulders or arms. Include the Era Props naturally in the booth. The couple should look genuinely close and relaxed, with real skin, messy everyday hair and no heavy retouching. Use Face Reference for the matching faces when applicable. Make it feel like an unedited early-2000s personal photo from an old Facebook album or MSN chat, not a modern image with a retro filter. No date stamp, text, watermark, modern electronics or current fashion. Output in the Format.

Use these details:
Woman's Look: "{argument name="woman's look" default="Young woman in her early 20s with straight black hair, a casual graphic T-shirt and a loose zip hoodie"}"
Man's Look: "{argument name="man's look" default="Young man in his early 20s with a thin mustache, tousled hair and a worn casual sweatshirt"}"
Setting: "{argument name="setting" default="A cramped internet cafe booth with a laminate desk, worn carpet, beige walls and bulky CRT monitors"}"
Activity: "{argument name="activity" default="Leaning close together and looking into the webcam during an online chat"}"
Camera Type: "{argument name="camera type" default="Low-resolution built-in webcam capture from a chunky desktop computer"}"
Era Props: [{argument name="era props" default="Wired earphones, A burned CD in a paper sleeve, A chunky desktop keyboard"}]
Face Reference: "{argument name="face reference" default="Use attached photos for the matching person's face when provided; if none are attached, invent both faces"}"
Format: "{argument name="format" default="4:3 landscape"}"

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