Black & White Portrait Editorial Photography
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PROMPT
A face lit for tonal separation, a plain dark background. Photographed on a Sony A7R V with an 85mm f/1.4 lens at f/2.0, soft directional window light with a subtle silver bounce fill. full tonal range from black to white. timeless atmosphere, charcoal and ivory colour palette, natural colour science, shallow depth of field with creamy bokeh, tack-sharp focus on the subject, ultra-detailed editorial photography, high dynamic range, 8k.

NEGATIVE PROMPT
flat grey tones, missing true black, missing true white, colour fringing, low contrast mush, digital noise, blurry, out of focus, low resolution, distorted proportions, extra limbs, extra fingers, plastic waxy skin, oversaturated colours, heavy HDR, harsh direct flash, watermark, text, logo, signature, jpeg artifacts, cluttered background, cropped subject

RECOMMENDED SETTINGS
Midjourney: --ar 4:5 --style raw --v 7 --s 200
Flux 1.1 Pro: guidance 3.5, 30 steps
Stable Diffusion XL: CFG 6, 35 steps, DPM++ 2M Karras
Upscale 2× with a detail-preserving upscaler, then apply a light film grain.

For this subject: Ensure a full range from pure black to pure white; monochrome without both ends looks washed.

CAPTION
Editorial Black & White Portrait — soft light, honest colour, zero retouching needed.

Keep one clear subject — editorial images fail when the frame is busy.

Full prompt, negative prompt and hashtags — free in the link 👉

#blackandwhite #monochrome #portrait #contrast #editorial #photograph #midjourney #flux #chatgptimage #gemini #stablediffusion #leonardoai

HASHTAGS
#blackandwhite #monochrome #portrait #contrast #editorial #photograph #midjourney #flux #chatgptimage #gemini #stablediffusion #leonardoai #adobefirefly #aiart #aiprompts #aiartcommunity #promptengineering #aigenerated #digitalart #generativeart #aiimage #creativeai

Source: https://promptdawn.com/prompt/black-white-portrait-editorial-photography