Black and White Classic Male Portrait

Use the uploaded reference photo as the identity reference and create an ultra-realistic, premium black-and-white editorial portrait, while preserving the person’s exact facial identity, natural facial structure, skin tone and texture, hairstyle, grooming, facial hair state, and overall likeness exactly as visible in the uploaded photo. Recreate the same composition, pose, camera angle, framing, lighting style, clothing, accessories, and background described below, while naturally depicting the uploaded person as the subject. The result should look like an authentic photograph of that person captured during the original photoshoot — not a face swap, pasted face, or digitally replaced face. The subject is seated and leaning slightly forward with both forearms resting naturally on a dark wooden table, with one arm appearing more prominently in the foreground. The head is positioned naturally above the arms and slightly tilted toward the camera. Maintain direct eye contact with a calm, confident, subtly intense expression. Preserve the person’s natural hairstyle and grooming exactly as shown in the uploaded reference. If the person is clean-shaven, keep them clean-shaven; if they have stubble, a beard, moustache, or other facial hair, preserve its natural pattern, density, length, and texture accurately. Do not add or remove facial hair. Preserve natural eyebrows, lips, eyes, skin details, facial proportions, and distinctive features without artificial beautification. The subject wears a dark textured knitted sweater with realistic fabric texture, subtle folds, and ribbed detailing. Include a minimal elegant wristwatch, positioned naturally on the visible wrist and integrated realistically with the pose. The background is simple, dark, smooth, and studio-like, with subtle tonal gradients and no distracting objects. Use dramatic low-key studio lighting with soft directional light shaping the face and naturally illuminating the eyes, cheekbones, nose, lips, and facial contours while allowing parts of the clothing and background to fall into deep shadow. Add a very subtle edge highlight around the hair and facial silhouette for separation from the background without creating an artificial glow. Create a sophisticated high-end fashion magazine / luxury editorial photography aesthetic with rich monochrome tones, deep blacks, controlled highlights, smooth grayscale transitions, realistic pores, authentic skin texture, tack-sharp eyes, detailed individual hair strands, natural fabric texture, and cinematic depth. Camera & Quality: Professional full-frame camera look, 85mm portrait lens, approximately f/2–f/2.8, shallow depth of field, precise focus on the eyes and face, realistic natural perspective, cinematic tonal range, subtle optical falloff, high dynamic range, extremely detailed photorealism, premium studio photography, subtle fine film grain, and refined professional retouching while retaining natural skin texture. Composition: Vertical 4:5 portrait, close-to-medium framing. The subject occupies most of the frame while maintaining balanced negative space. Preserve the intended head position, arm placement, table perspective, camera distance, and overall visual balance. Avoid overly tight cropping. Identity & Realism Priority: The finished portrait must clearly remain the same person as the uploaded reference photo. Preserve facial geometry, proportions, distinctive features, hairstyle, grooming, and natural appearance. Do not reshape the face, change age, alter ethnicity, modify body proportions unnecessarily, or excessively beautify the subject. The face, head, neck, body, pose, lighting, and skin tones must integrate naturally as one genuine photograph. Negative Prompt: cartoon, anime, illustration, CGI, 3D render, face swap appearance, pasted face, artificial face, altered identity, different person, changed facial structure, excessive beautification, unwanted beard, unwanted stubble, removed facial hair, altered hairstyle, fake hair, distorted face, asymmetrical eyes, unnatural eyes, plastic skin, waxy skin, over-smoothed skin, excessive skin retouching, malformed hands, extra fingers, missing fingers, extra limbs, bad anatomy, distorted arms, deformed wristwatch, blurry face, soft eyes, low resolution, color image, oversaturated tones, harsh flash, blown highlights, crushed facial details, excessive contrast, distracting background, incorrect pose, unnatural posture, incorrect camera angle, duplicate objects, text, watermark, logo. Aspect Ratio: 4:5 Insert discreet watermark in the lower right corner of the image, vertical text (rotated 90°), written "aipromptlabs.online", Calibri Light font, white color with low opacity (semi-transparent), medium size. Extreme sharpness on the face, fabric texture and typography of the letters. Shot on Canon EOS R5, 50mm f/2.8, studio light.