The prompt
Turn the uploaded photo into a candlelit portrait of me: sitting at a dark wooden table with a single lit candle in front of me, my folded arms resting on the table with glass bangles on both wrists, a dark red kurta, everything else in the room black, the candle as the only light so it warms one side of my face, the camera low at the level of the table in front of me, my face sharp, soft shadows and fine grain, no text. Keep my face exactly the same as the uploaded photo — do not alter my facial features.
The one light source is the whole look. If the app adds lamps or windows, write “the candle is the only light in the room” and regenerate.
How to use this prompt
From your photo to this look in under a minute
- Tap Copy on the prompt above.
- Open ChatGPT or Gemini and start a new chat.
- Attach your photo: clear, front-facing, decent light, no sunglasses or beauty filter.
- Paste the prompt and send. Change the outfit, place or number first if it does not fit you.
- Check the face first. If it is not you, regenerate or run the same prompt in the other app.
- New look, new chat. Chat apps carry details from one image into the next.
The face-lock line at the end of the prompt is what keeps the result looking like you. Do not delete it, and do not add “looking away” or “over my shoulder”: say where the camera is and let the scene decide the angle.
इस प्रॉम्प्ट को कैसे इस्तेमाल करें: ऊपर Copy दबाएँ, ChatGPT या Gemini में नई चैट खोलें, अपनी एक साफ़, सामने से ली गई फ़ोटो लगाएँ, प्रॉम्प्ट पेस्ट करके भेजें। आख़िरी लाइन “Keep my face exactly the same” मत हटाएँ, नहीं तो चेहरा बदल सकता है। नतीजा पसंद न आए तो वही प्रॉम्प्ट दूसरे ऐप में चलाएँ।
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Frequently asked questions
Does this prompt work in Gemini as well as ChatGPT?
Yes. It is plain English, so it runs in Google Gemini on its Nano Banana image model and in ChatGPT on GPT Image. We publish the ChatGPT result; attach your photo in a new Gemini chat, paste the prompt and send. If one app misses, run it in the other.
Will it keep my face?
The prompt ends with the face-lock line, “Keep my face exactly the same as the uploaded photo — do not alter my facial features”, says “my face sharp”, and never tells the app where to look. Those three habits kept the face in almost every run across our prompt pages. Use one clear, front-facing photo and check the face before you post.
Which photo should I attach?
We used our female test persona, an AI-generated face, not a real person. Attach a clear, front-facing photo of yourself in decent light, no sunglasses and no beauty filter; for a two-person look, one photo with both of you in it.
Is this prompt free?
Yes. Copy it, change the outfit, place or number to suit you, and use it. ChatGPT and Gemini both have free plans with a daily image limit.