Can I use these prompts as they are?

Yes. “Create with it” fills in the model and ratio too, and you can copy any prompt to use elsewhere.

Can I use my own photo as a reference?

Add it as a reference image on the create page; models that take references keep the person's features as well as they can. Don't publish works made from other people's real photos.

Can I use the images commercially?

Images you make are yours, subject to the terms of the model you used. Treat other people's works as references only.

Portrait AI prompts with real results

Portrait prompts: studio headshots, street portraits, ID-photo styles and cinematic close-ups. Each spells out the light, expression and lens, so you only change who is in it.

Young East Asian woman with straight black hime bangs looking directly at the camera — Tokyo Street Fashion at Miyashita Park gpt-image-289

Young woman in a pleated plaid skirt spinning with motion blur outside a warm-lit cinema at night. — Woman Spinning Outside a Cinema in a CCD Night Snapshot grok-imagine-image

High-angle selfie of a platinum-blonde woman with braided hair shielding her eyes on a sunny beach. — Platinum-Blonde Woman’s Bright Beach iPhone Selfie gpt-image-255

Candid smartphone selfie of a young Korean woman with long dark hair and natural makeup. — Candid Korean Influencer Selfie Template gemini-3-pro-image28

Rear view of a young woman with wavy hair on a subway escalator looking down at her phone. — Tokyo Subway Escalator Street Fashion Snapshot z-image46

A woman with dark hair in an all-white gothic Lolita outfit and lace headpiece. — Cool-Flash Gothic Lolita Doll Portrait gpt-image-2.5

CCTV camera footage showing people with face tracking boxes and a zoomed-in portrait inset. — CCTV Face Detection with Zoomed Portrait gemini-3.1-flash-image21

Close-up of a copper-haired woman wearing a white fur stole against a nocturnal city backdrop. — Red-Haired Woman in a White Fur Stole at Night gemini-3-pro-image11

Cosplayer with long purple hair and pink uniform sitting on a bright white studio floor. — Purple-Haired Anime Cosplay in High-Key Studio Light gpt-image-2.5

Blurry, cinematic view of a short-haired girl in a warm golden haze and high-contrast shadows. — Dreamlike Short-Haired Girl in Golden Haze seedream-5-lite

Candid mirror selfie of stylish young women in casual clothing inside a home bathroom. — Casual K-Pop Group Mirror Selfie in a Bathroom grok-imagine-image10

Overhead security camera footage with face detection bounding boxes and an enlarged portrait. — CCTV Face Detection with Zoomed Portrait gemini-3-pro-image

A young woman smiling candidly at the camera under dappled natural light on a bridge. — Candid Smiling Woman in Dappled Shanghai Light gpt-image-2.5

4 tips for Portrait prompts

1
Person first, mood second
Age, hair and clothes come first, then a state like “quietly looking out of the window”.
2
Light sets the character
Rembrandt light feels calm, a softbox feels clean, neon rim light feels cinematic.
3
Give the framing
Close-up, half body or full body tells the model how much background to keep.
4
Leave real people out
Describe features instead of naming real people; public works can't be photos of real people.

Questions

Can I use these prompts as they are?: Yes. “Create with it” fills in the model and ratio too, and you can copy any prompt to use elsewhere.
Can I use my own photo as a reference?: Add it as a reference image on the create page; models that take references keep the person's features as well as they can. Don't publish works made from other people's real photos.
Can I use the images commercially?: Images you make are yours, subject to the terms of the model you used. Treat other people's works as references only.

Portrait prompts

4 tips for Portrait prompts

Person first, mood second

Light sets the character

Give the framing

Leave real people out

Questions