{
"identity": "if a photo is provided, use exactly the faces from the photo: do not change anyone's features, skin tone or hair, do not make anyone look younger and do not replace the people; without a photo, create 100% fictional people",
"subject": "father around 55 and adult son around 28; father with gray hair combed back and a thick gray mustache, subtle closed-lip smile; son with the big voluminous dark brown hair typical of the 80s, soft smile showing teeth; both looking straight at the camera",
"wardrobe": "father: beige wide-collar dress shirt open at the neck and a brown knit sweater draped over the shoulders with the sleeves crossed over the chest; son: polo shirt with horizontal stripes in earthy tones (brown, caramel and cream), placket partly open, and blue jeans",
"action": "sitting side by side and close together, the father on the left slightly higher, with his arm behind the son and his hand resting on the son's shoulder",
"scene": "classic 1980s photo studio with a painted canvas backdrop in mottled brown and caramel tones, a warm diffuse glow behind the heads and corners darkened in a vignette",
"composition": "vertical portrait in 3:4 ratio, half body, the two filling almost the whole frame, heads in the upper half, father on the left and son on the right slightly lower",
"camera": "camera at eye level, medium portrait distance, an 85mm lens look with a slightly blurred background and a delicate soft focus over the entire image",
"lighting": "soft studio key light from the front and slightly from the left, warm rim light outlining both heads of hair, light diffuse shadows",
"color_palette": "warm faded tones of 80s photographic film: brown, caramel, beige and amber, slightly golden skin, reduced saturation",
"style": "authentic 1980s vintage studio photography, realistic, with visible film grain and the slightly softened sharpness of portraits from that era, nostalgic and affectionate mood",
"details": "preserve the father's thick mustache, the sweater tied over the shoulders, the volume of the son's hair, the mottled backdrop with vignette and the film grain",
"negative_prompt": "modern aesthetics, vivid saturated colors, plain background, text, watermark, frame, logos, deformed hands, extra fingers, resemblance to real people, AI artifacts"
}
How to use
Want a retro 80s photo with your dad for Father's Day? This prompt turns the two of you into a vintage studio portrait, the kind with a mottled backdrop and family-album colors. It works in ChatGPT, Gemini and NanoBanana.
1. Open a new chat and upload a clear photo of you with your dad (a selfie works, facing forward and well lit).
2. Paste the full prompt and send it. The identity instruction makes sure both faces are preserved.
3. Wait for the image and check the result: hair, mustache and clothes should follow the 80s vibe, but the faces stay yours.
4. Want to mix it up? Change the decade in the scene and style fields (70s, 90s) or ask for "both in suits" in the wardrobe field.
5. No photo? Send the prompt on its own and the AI creates a fictional father and son, like in the example image.
Tip: generate 2 or 3 versions and pick the best one before printing or posting. It looks great framed as a last-minute gift.
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