AI Art Prompt: Cinematic Black & White Portrait with Luxury Watch (Face Swap)

Achieving a timeless and sophisticated look in photography often involves classic style and dramatic lighting. The black and white medium is perfect for emphasizing texture, form, and emotion, stripping away the distraction of color to focus on the subject's character.

In this post, I'm sharing a highly detailed AI Image Prompt for an Ultra-Realistic Black and White Cinematic Portrait. This prompt is specifically designed to take your reference photo and place you in a formal suit, adjusting a luxury watch, with dramatic lighting and specific camera settings to create a powerful, elegant photograph.

⌚ The "Horological Elegance" B&W Portrait Prompt

Use the prompt card below to generate this sophisticated image.

Prompt for AI Image Generation

BW_WATCH_PORTRAIT.TXT

Adjust the uploaded image (ensuring the face matches the reference image). Ensure the face remains identical to the person in the uploaded image, without altering facial structure or skin tone. A black and white photograph of a young man with a serious expression, wearing a formal suit with a white shirt, dark tie, and pocket square. His hair is neatly styled, and his face is defined with a focused gaze. He is adjusting or admiring a luxury wristwatch on his left wrist, featuring a metal bracelet and multiple sub-dials. The dark gray background highlights the young man's face and clothing with dramatic lighting that emphasizes his features and details. The overall atmosphere is sophisticated, intense, and elegant. A Canon EOS R camera with a 50mm f/1.8 lens, f/2.2 aperture, 1/200 sec shutter speed, ISO 100, Natural Lighting, Half Body, Ultra Realistic, Cinematic, Super Detail, Ultra HD, Color Correction, HDR, Color Adjustment, and 8K resolution was used.

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Deconstructing the Cinematic B&W Look

This prompt is a blueprint for a high-end, editorial-style photograph. Here is a breakdown of its key components:

• Strict Identity Preservation: The prompt begins with a critical instruction: "ensuring the face matches the reference image... without altering facial structure or skin tone." This is essential for a personalized portrait, ensuring the AI doesn't generate a generic face.
• Action and Prop Focus: The central action of "adjusting or admiring a luxury wristwatch" provides a natural focal point and adds a layer of sophistication and narrative to the pose. It gives the subject something to do, making the shot feel more dynamic.
• Dramatic Lighting: The request for "dramatic lighting that emphasizes his features and details" against a "dark gray background" is key to the cinematic feel. It creates high contrast, sculpting the face and highlighting textures like the suit fabric and metal watch bracelet.
• Precise Camera Specs: Listing specific gear like a "Canon EOS R camera with a 50mm f/1.8 lens" and settings like "f/2.2 aperture, ISO 100" guides the AI to simulate real-world photography, resulting in realistic depth of field and image quality.

Tips for Best Results

To get the most out of this prompt, keep these tips in mind:

1. Use a Reference Image: Since the prompt explicitly calls for preserving likeness, it is mandatory to use an image prompt (`--cref` in Midjourney) with a clear, high-quality photo of your face.
2. Cinematic Aspect Ratio: For a more movie-like feel, use a wider aspect ratio. Try adding --ar 21:9 or --ar 16:9 to the end of the prompt. For a classic portrait, use --ar 4:5.
3. High Quality Mode: To achieve the "8K resolution" and "Ultra Realistic" look mentioned, make sure to run your AI generator at its highest quality setting or use upscale features.

I hope this prompt helps you create stunning, sophisticated black and white portraits! Copy the code above and start directing your own personal masterpiece.