Prompt craft · 5 min · 2026-08-30

Image Prompts: Composition First, Detail Second

Subject, framing, lens, light, material — in the order a model can use. Copyable Tideglass portrait prompt.

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Models use constraints. They do not use vibes. Three-quarter portrait, subject on the right third, hard side light is a set of instructions. Hauntingly beautiful is not.

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Editorial portrait of a ceramicist-turned-cartographer in a cobalt studio, three-quarter profile on the right third, 85mm, hard window light from camera left, tactile matte coat, no text.

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1. Subject and action.
2. Composition.
3. Optics.
4. Light and material.
5. Finish last.

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