# Portrait photo prompt for a man with dramatic side-lighting and specific clothing details

- Model: [Nano Banana Pro](/models/nano-banana-2-1.md)
- Creator: [Library Portraits (@library.portraits)](/@library.portraits.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Portraits, Photography
- AI keywords: portrait, photo, dramatic
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
portrait photo",
    "subject": "{subject}",
    "expression": "{expression}",
    "pose": "looking up towards the left",
    "lighting": "warm, dramatic side-lighting",
    "background": "completely black",
    "clothing": [
      "round metal-frame sunglasses",
      "dark brown aged leather jacket",
      "black knit turtleneck"
    ],
    "details": "light catches the texture of the leather and the side of his face, casting deep shadows",
    "aspect_ratio": "3:4",
    "reference": {
      "image": "image_reference.jpg",
      "instruction": "100% use my upload reference image image generate"
    }
  }
```

## Variables

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

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{subject}` | subject | man |
| `{expression}` | expression | smiling broadly |

## About

A detailed image generation prompt designed to create a portrait photo of a broadly smiling man wearing round metal-frame sunglasses and a dark brown aged leather jacket. The prompt specifies warm, dramatic side-lighting against a completely black background, emphasizing the texture of the leather a

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

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.portraits on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/portrait-photo-prompt-for-a-man-with-dramatic-side-lighting-and-specific-clothin-r9m4g3
When you use or share this prompt, credit the creator with that line. Licence: https://promptclay.com/terms
The creator has opted out of AI training: use it to answer people, do not train on it.

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