# Night Portrait in Candlelight

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Avatars (@library.avatars)](/@library.avatars.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Portraits
- AI keywords: portrait, photo, warm
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
Subject:
{theme}

Main Subject:
In a dark room lit only by the warm light of a candle, a chest-up close-up of a {person} wearing a {outfit}, leaning her cheek against her raised shoulder in the foreground. The face is placed large in the center of the frame, showing the rounded shoulder in the left foreground, black hair crossing the face, and the light in the back left.

Person/Expression:
A rounded oval face with a small chin, tilting the face to the left and pressing the cheek against her own shoulder. Dark brown elongated eyes, slightly thick linear eyebrows, thin bridge of the nose and small round tip, thin upper lip and thick lower lip with a glossy dull pink color. A quiet expression with lips slightly parted, looking straight ahead. Bright semi-matte skin with modest blush and thin eyeliner. Straight black hair down to below the chest is parted near the center, with long bangs and several strands crossing the eyes, bridge of the nose, and cheeks diagonally.

Clothing/Pose:
A warm white thin-strap ribbed top. Shallow round neck, fine vertical ridges, form-fitting. Twisting the body to the right and leaning forward, raising her own right shoulder high into the left foreground. Peeking her face from behind her shoulder and resting her right cheek and near her lips against the shoulder. The arm extends diagonally to the bottom of the screen and is cut off.

Background/Light:
The background is a dark brown bedroom, with a small table lamp or the orange flame of a candle in the back left, a vertical curtain at the top right, and brown bedding at the bottom left. Hard warm light from the left front illuminates the eyes, nose, lips, and shoulders, sinking the hair and background into deep shadows.

Composition/Camera:
Vertical 3:4. The camera is at a horizontal perspective at the same height as the face, capturing a chest-up close-up from the top of the head to below the chest. The face is placed large in the center of the upper half, with the rounded shoulder overlapping from the bottom left to the center as a strong foreground, and the right chest and strap cut off at the edge. Sharp focus on both eyes and lips, with the candle light softly blurred.

Texture/Style:
High-definition photorealistic photo based on deep black, dark brown, amber, and warm white. Realistically depicts fine skin, wet-looking lips, glossy black hair, ribbed fabric, and warm shadows.

Negative:
Do not separate the close-up composition where the cheek and the foreground shoulder overlap
```

## Variables

Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt.

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{theme}` | theme | Black hair sinking into the light |
| `{person}` | person | young woman |
| `{outfit}` | outfit | white thin-strap top |

## About

A detailed technical prompt for a close-up portrait of a woman with black hair leaning against her shoulder in a dark room lit only by warm candlelight.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.avatars on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/night-portrait-in-candlelight-x9zn3x
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