# Candid Smartphone Photo Prompt - Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md) - Creator: [Library Avatars (@library.avatars)](/@library.avatars.md) - Label: AI-generated - Use cases: Photography - AI keywords: portrait, photo, bright, social post - Copies: 0 - Saves: 0 - Published: 2026-11-01 - Cover image: https://cdn.promptclay.com/media/v/01M6BKY4K968RHPDN485JARZ7Z/w1200.webp - Page: https://promptclay.com/prompts/candid-smartphone-photo-prompt-beybet ## Prompt ```text Create an extremely photorealistic candid smartphone photograph of a young woman standing outdoors on a sunny day near a roadside construction area. She has long, naturally wavy dark brown-black hair parted slightly in the middle, soft loose strands around her face, natural subtle makeup, realistic skin texture with visible pores and tiny imperfections, natural lips, soft facial features, and a calm neutral expression. Her face must look completely natural and human, not like CGI or an AI-generated model. She is wearing an oversized light heather-gray short-sleeve T-shirt with subtle white lettering across the chest and a small red handwritten-style logo in the center, paired with dark gray denim jeans. She is casually holding a small brown paper cup of coffee or dessert with one hand while gently stirring it with a small spoon in the other hand. Composition: vertical 3:4 smartphone photograph, medium-full body framing, camera positioned around chest height, subject centered slightly left of frame. Natural casual posture, relaxed shoulders, realistic hand and finger anatomy. Background: a real urban roadside environment with a white compact van passing behind her, red-and-white temporary road construction barriers, black-and-white directional chevron signs, metal traffic signs, green bushes along the sidewalk, and a distant blue-gray mountain/hill visible beneath a bright partly cloudy sky. The sidewalk is made of realistic reddish and beige interlocking brick pavement with natural variation and slight imperfections. Lighting: bright natural midday sunlight, realistic soft shadows, slightly warm daylight, natural highlights on hair and skin. Authentic smartphone dynamic range with subtle exposure variation. Camera characteristics: realistic modern smartphone camera, 26mm equivalent wide-angle lens, natural perspective, slight computational photography, realistic HDR, mild lens softness toward the edges, natural autofocus, subtle motion imperfections, realistic depth of field. The image should feel like an unplanned photo taken by a friend while walking, NOT a professional photoshoot. Extremely realistic human skin, realistic individual hair strands, physically accurate fabric texture, natural wrinkles and folds in the T-shirt, realistic hands, realistic spoon and cup, believable shadows and reflections. NO cinematic look, NO studio lighting, NO beauty filter, NO plastic skin, NO excessive facial retouching, NO exaggerated bokeh, NO artificial sharpness, NO CGI, NO 3D render, NO anime, NO illustration, NO doll-like face, NO perfect symmetrical features, NO deformed hands, NO extra fingers. The final image must be indistinguishable from an authentic casual smartphone photograph taken in real life. ``` ## About A detailed prompt for creating an extremely photorealistic candid smartphone photograph of a woman near a construction site, emphasizing natural imperfections and camera characteristics. Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab). ## Credit and licence Prompt by @library.avatars on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/candid-smartphone-photo-prompt-beybet When you use or share this prompt, credit the creator with that line. 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