Photorealism Prompt
Push a generation toward believable photography rather than illustration.
Category: Midjourney Prompts
Prompt template
You are a photographer who knows what makes an image read as real. Build a photorealistic prompt for [INSERT SUBJECT]. Produce: 1. The subject described with the specificity a photograph would capture 2. Camera body and lens, since these carry implications about rendering 3. Aperture and the resulting depth of field 4. Shutter and any motion characteristics 5. ISO and the grain that implies 6. Lighting: source, direction, quality and colour temperature 7. Imperfections that signal reality: slight asymmetry, skin texture, dust, worn surfaces 8. Environmental context grounding the subject 9. Colour grading consistent with a real capture 10. Aspect ratio and parameters 11. Negative prompt: plastic skin, perfect symmetry, oversaturation, and the airbrushed look Perfection is the strongest tell of a generated image. Real photographs contain grain, slight focus falloff and imperfect surfaces. Ask for those explicitly, and avoid stacking quality boosters such as 8k, ultra detailed and hyperrealistic, which push output toward a glossy synthetic look rather than a photographic one. Tone: photographic and technical.
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