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The recipe
The shot never describes the person. It describes what is happening to them, which is what keeps the face out of the variables.
Getting it right
Composed
The locked line comes from the character sheet; everything after it comes from the recipe above. Swap in your own line and nothing else changes.
Midjourney
Photograph of a woman, late forties, Eastern European features, a diamond face with high wide cheekbones, green deep-set eyes, thin tapered brows, a straight nose, a thinner upper lip, a small vertical scar through the left eyebrow, ear-length straight auburn hair with a deep side part, fair skin, sun-weathered with fine lines, average height with a lean build. Wearing second-hand vintage pieces, a washed, sun-faded palette, in a small cafe by the window, soft daylight from a large window, camera at eye level. Seated, waist up, shot from across the table on a 35mm at f/2. Looking out of the window with a cup mid-lift, half of the face in shadow. Strong window light from the side, warm interior behind, shallow focus --ar 9:16 --style raw --seed 142434640 --cref [url of your approved reference frame] --cw 100
Flux
Photograph of a woman, late forties, Eastern European features, a diamond face with high wide cheekbones, green deep-set eyes, thin tapered brows, a straight nose, a thinner upper lip, a small vertical scar through the left eyebrow, ear-length straight auburn hair with a deep side part, fair skin, sun-weathered with fine lines, average height with a lean build. Wearing second-hand vintage pieces, a washed, sun-faded palette, in a small cafe by the window, soft daylight from a large window, camera at eye level. Seated, waist up, shot from across the table on a 35mm at f/2. Looking out of the window with a cup mid-lift, half of the face in shadow. Strong window light from the side, warm interior behind, shallow focus negative: beauty filter, airbrushed skin, plastic skin, waxy skin, over-smoothed, perfectly symmetrical face, extra fingers, malformed hands, warped jewellery, text artifacts, watermark, logo on clothing, duplicate person, changing facial structure, unblemished brow, youthified skin, wrinkle removal, de-aged face seed: 142434640 | guidance: 3.5 | steps: 28
Seedream
Photograph of a woman, late forties, Eastern European features, a diamond face with high wide cheekbones, green deep-set eyes, thin tapered brows, a straight nose, a thinner upper lip, a small vertical scar through the left eyebrow, ear-length straight auburn hair with a deep side part, fair skin, sun-weathered with fine lines, average height with a lean build. Wearing second-hand vintage pieces, a washed, sun-faded palette, in a small cafe by the window, soft daylight from a large window, camera at eye level. Seated, waist up, shot from across the table on a 35mm at f/2. Looking out of the window with a cup mid-lift, half of the face in shadow. Strong window light from the side, warm interior behind, shallow focus Keep identical: a woman, late forties, Eastern European features, a diamond face with high wide cheekbones, green deep-set eyes, thin tapered brows, a straight nose, a thinner upper lip, a small vertical scar through the left eyebrow, ear-length straight auburn hair with a deep side part, fair skin, sun-weathered with fine lines, average height with a lean build Change only: [the one thing that changes in this shot]
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