# Ultra-Realistic Candid Instagram Selfie

- 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, social post, warm, playful
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- Published: 2026-10-31
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## Prompt

```text
Ultra-realistic smartphone selfie, looks genuinely taken with a mobile phone, not a DSLR. A beautiful {subject} with fair porcelain skin, long silky black hair in low twin ponytails with soft wispy bangs, wearing {accessories}, a cozy white cable-knit sweater, and a delicate silver necklace. She smiles playfully with her tongue slightly out while looking directly into the phone camera. Casual indoor setting with a wooden door and plain white wall in the background, soft natural daylight from a nearby window, slight handheld angle, natural phone HDR, subtle skin texture, realistic hair strands, gentle digital noise, minimal depth of field, authentic front-camera perspective, candid lifestyle aesthetic, Instagram-style selfie, high detail, photorealistic, captured on an iPhone/mobile camera, no studio lighting, no AI-generated look.
```

## Variables

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

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{subject}` | subject | young East Asian woman |
| `{accessories}` | accessories | oversized round silver glasses |

## About

Designed to mimic a casual smartphone selfie, this prompt generates authentic candid portraits with mobile camera characteristics and natural indoor lighting.

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

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.avatars on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/ultra-realistic-candid-instagram-selfie-r656nf
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