9 AI photo trend prompts
Your face, a few prompts and 10 minutes. No Photoshop.
Tools in this guide: ChatGPT
👋 You commented TREND, so here's every prompt from the carousel. Each one is written to work in one generation, no editing needed.
How to use these prompts
1. Open ChatGPT (image generation), Nano Banana (Gemini), or Higgsfield.
2. Upload 1 to 3 clear photos of your face (good light, no sunglasses in at least one).
3. Copy the prompt, replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your own details, and generate.
4. Not perfect? Regenerate 2 or 3 times. Small text on UI elements is the part models most often get wrong.
💡 Tip for your face: if your face comes out slightly off, don't regenerate everything. Upload the result and ask: "Edit only the face to match my reference photo exactly. Change nothing else."
1. The AirDrop Notification
Use the person in my reference photo as the subject. Match his face exactly: same facial structure, nose, jawline, beard, skin tone, and hairstyle. Do not beautify or reshape the face.
A photorealistic street-style fashion photo. He sits alone on the wide stone sill of a deep recessed window niche in an old warm beige stone wall, facing the camera. Knees raised and apart, one forearm resting across his knee, calm and cool expression, looking straight into the lens. His shoes hang slightly over the front edge of the sill toward the camera.
Outfit: boxy burnt-orange leather jacket, black knit polo buttoned to the top, wide-leg charcoal wool trousers, white socks, black penny loafers, thin gold-frame sunglasses.
A large iOS AirDrop alert is layered into the scene with real depth. The alert is a frosted light-grey glass panel with rounded corners, split in two parts:
- Top panel, across the upper part of the image: bold black title "AirDrop", and below it in regular black text "[YOUR NAME] would like to share 7 photos that aren't real." The panel sits BEHIND his head, and the top of his head overlaps its bottom edge.
- Bottom panel, across the lower part of the image: two buttons divided by a thin vertical line, blue text "Swipe to accept" on the left and "Decline" on the right. His right shoe sits IN FRONT of the "Decline" button, partly covering it.
Soft overcast daylight, muted warm tones, crisp detail, natural skin texture, realistic hands with five fingers. Vertical 4:5. All text spelled exactly as written.
2. The Future Is Calling
Use the person in my reference photo as the subject. Match his face exactly: same facial structure, nose, jawline, beard, skin tone, and hairstyle. Do not beautify or reshape the face.
A photorealistic POV shot from inside the dark inner pocket of a black leather jacket, looking slightly up at him from chest height. The black leather edges of the pocket frame the image on the left, right, and bottom, softly out of focus, with visible stitching. He leans toward the camera and pulls the pocket open with both hands, his bare hands large and slightly blurred in the foreground. His face is sharp and in focus, calm and confident, looking straight into the lens. Dark sunglasses, black leather jacket, burgundy knit sweater.
Background: an old stone archway with a heavy dark wooden door, soft overcast daylight.
An iPhone incoming call screen is overlaid on the photo in clean white San Francisco-style text:
- Top center: small text "incoming", and below it a large bold headline on two lines: "The Future" / "is calling".
- Middle left: a round frosted-glass button with a speech bubble icon, labeled "Ignore" below it.
- Middle right: a round frosted-glass button with a bell icon, labeled "Remind me" below it.
- Bottom: a wide frosted-glass pill slider, with a white circle on the left containing a green phone icon, and grey text "slide to answer".
The UI never covers his face. Natural 35mm lens, no distortion on the face, realistic hands with five fingers, subtle film grain. Vertical 4:5. All text spelled exactly as written.
3. Grabbing My Own Story
Use the person in my reference photo as the subject. Match his face exactly: same facial structure, nose, jawline, beard, skin tone, and hairstyle. Do not beautify or reshape the face.
A photorealistic image that combines a real photo with the Instagram app in dark mode. The top 45% of the image is the Instagram home screen on a pure black background: a white "+" icon top left, the white "Instagram" logo centered, and a white heart icon top right. Below it, a row of round story circles with pink-to-orange gradient rings and usernames under them.
The second story circle, which shows this same man's face as a profile picture, is lifted up out of the row, higher than the others. Below the stories, the post header: his profile picture, the bold username "[YOUR USERNAME]", then "Original audio" and "[YOUR CITY]" with small icons.
The bottom 55% is the photo: he stands in front of an old stone archway with a heavy wooden door, wearing a dark indigo denim overshirt over a cream sweater and dark sunglasses. His right arm reaches straight up out of the photo, passes in front of the black post header, and his fingers pinch the bottom edge of his own lifted story circle, as if pulling it out of the feed. His head is tilted back, looking up at it.
Soft overcast daylight, natural hand proportions, realistic fingers. Vertical 3:4. All text spelled exactly as written.
4. Not a Real Photo (Music Player)
Use the person in my reference photo as the subject. Match his face exactly: same facial structure, nose, jawline, beard, skin tone, and hairstyle. Do not beautify or reshape the face.
A photorealistic full-body photo. He stands in front of an old grey stone archway with a dark wooden door, one hand adjusting his sunglasses, the other hand holding a large luxury monogram leather tote bag by one handle at his side. Outfit: beige baseball cap, dark raw denim jacket, cream ribbed sweater, charcoal wide-leg trousers, white sneakers.
A giant, tall, frosted-glass Apple Music player card stands in front of him, rounded corners, semi-transparent, like an iPhone widget. His upper body is visible sharp and clear in the square album-art window at the top of the card. Below the window, his legs are seen THROUGH the frosted glass, blurred and softened.
Player content, in white: song title "Not a Real Photo", artist "[YOUR NAME]" in smaller grey caps, a waveform icon on the right, a thin progress bar, the time "-2:36", large pause and fast-forward icons, a volume slider, and an "AirPlay" pill button at the bottom.
Layering: his hand and the tote bag are IN FRONT of the glass card, sharp and not blurred. Everything else of his lower body is behind the glass.
Soft overcast daylight, muted cool tones, realistic hands with five fingers. Vertical 3:4. All text spelled exactly as written.
5. Catching the Laptop Through the Post
Use the person in my reference photo for BOTH figures. Match his face exactly: same facial structure, nose, jawline, beard, skin tone, and hairstyle. Do not beautify or reshape the face.
A photorealistic image in front of an old European stone building with a heavy carved wooden door and classical stone pilasters, soft daylight. Both versions of him wear a camel suede overshirt, a white t-shirt, off-white pleated trousers, and dark sunglasses.
Top half: he stands on the right, leaning forward and looking down, holding a closed sky-blue MacBook Air by its top edge between his fingers, so it hangs straight down in the center of the image. Apple logo visible on the lid.
Middle: a horizontal black Instagram post bar crosses the full width of the image. It shows a red heart with "29K", a comment icon with "6.169", a send icon with "32,6K", a bookmark icon, then "Liked by [FRIEND'S USERNAME] and others", and the caption "[YOUR USERNAME] Comment \"TREND\" and I'll send you all the prompts". Below that, a profile row with his profile picture and "[YOUR USERNAME]".
Bottom half: the same man sits on the stone step below, leaning back on one hand, legs stretched out, brown suede loafers. His other arm reaches up with natural proportions.
Layering: the MacBook passes IN FRONT of the black post bar. The seated man's raised hand comes up through the bar and his fingertips touch the bottom edge of the laptop, catching it. His head overlaps the profile row.
Realistic proportions, both arms normal length, five fingers on each hand. Vertical 3:4. All text spelled exactly as written.
6. The Fire Selfie
Use the person in my reference photo as the subject. Match his face exactly: same facial structure, nose, eye shape, jawline, beard, skin tone, and hairstyle, so he is instantly recognizable. Present him at his best like an editorial portrait: groomed beard, bright clear eyes, healthy skin with natural texture. Not airbrushed.
A photorealistic high-angle selfie. He sits sideways on old stone steps outside a dark wooden doorway, one knee raised, looking up at the camera with a confident relaxed smile. His right arm extends toward the lower-right corner holding the phone. His left hand holds a white takeaway coffee cup near his chest. Dark brown leather jacket, cream knit sweater, black trousers, white sneakers. Camera slightly above eye level with a natural phone lens, no face distortion.
Instagram elements built into the image with correct depth:
- Top: a white rounded bar with his small round profile picture, the username "[YOUR USERNAME]" in bold, and a blue verified badge.
- Near his shoulder: a frosted dark-glass music widget with small album art, the song "[SONG TITLE]", the artist "[ARTIST]", and play controls.
- Lower middle: a frosted-glass reaction bar with the emojis ❤️ 🔥 😍 🙌 👏.
- Bottom: a white bar with heart, comment, send, and bookmark icons.
A vivid orange flame effect rises from the 🔥 emoji, with a subtle warm glow and sparks, layered behind his arm, coffee cup, and face.
Layering: his extended arm and sleeve are IN FRONT of both lower bars and hide part of them. No UI is drawn over his skin or face.
Soft natural daylight, realistic leather and skin texture, five fingers on each hand. Vertical 3:4. All text spelled exactly as written.
7. The Big Head Illusion
Use the person in my reference photo as the subject. Match his face exactly: same facial structure, nose, jawline, beard, skin tone, and eyes. Do not beautify or reshape the face.
A photorealistic forced-perspective POV illusion. The camera is held at arm's length. Two large arms in olive-green suede sleeves come from the bottom left and right corners of the frame toward the center, and the two hands cup a GIANT version of his head from both sides, holding it by the jaw and ears. The giant head fills the upper middle of the frame, wearing a washed black baseball cap, looking straight into the lens with a serious, calm expression.
Directly below the giant head, in the distance, stands his own tiny full body: olive suede zip jacket, white t-shirt, charcoal pleated wide-leg trousers, black penny loafers, hands in pockets. The tiny body lines up exactly under the giant head, so the head looks like it sits on the small body.
Setting: in front of a tall dark wooden door in a pale limestone building, with stone steps and pavement, warm late-afternoon light with soft shadows.
Sharp focus on the face, realistic hands with five fingers each, natural wide phone lens. Vertical 3:4.
8. The Playlist Swipe
Use the person in my reference photo as the subject. Match his face exactly: same facial structure, nose, jawline, beard, skin tone, and hairstyle. Do not beautify or reshape the face.
A dark, moody, photorealistic portrait. He stands in front of a dark gothic stone archway, black outfit, dark sunglasses, silver rings, staring into the lens. His raised hand pushes a large dark translucent music-player card toward the camera, holding it by the corner with his fingertips. His other hand is open below, palm up, as if he just flicked the other cards outward.
Five horizontal dark-glass music-player cards float around him, frozen mid-swipe, with bold diagonal tilts, strong perspective, and very different sizes. No neat staircase, no even spacing.
- Main card, largest, held in his hand: album art on the left, a white brush-script title "[SONG 1]", a red subtitle "[ARTIST 1]", grey text "LISTENING ON AIRPODS", a red waveform, rewind, pause, and fast-forward icons, and a red progress bar from "1:36" to "2:10".
- Second large card entering from the lower-left edge, partly cropped: "[SONG 2]".
- Third large card across the lower right at the opposite angle: "[SONG 3]".
- Two small cards floating farther back near his shoulder: "[SONG 4]" and "[SONG 5]".
Each card has the same design: album art, title, "LISTENING ON AIRPODS", controls, and a red progress bar.
The cards never cover his face. Hard, moody, low-key light, rich blacks, deep red accents, realistic hands with five fingers. Vertical 3:4. All text spelled exactly as written.
9. Comment on the Map
Use the face in my reference photo for the small profile picture on the map pin.
A photorealistic top-down POV photo, shot on a phone looking straight down at his own feet while walking on old beige stone pavement slabs. The bottom of the frame shows the wide legs of his charcoal pleated wool trousers, white ribbed socks, and polished black penny loafers, one foot forward and one foot back mid-step. The edge of a burnt-orange leather jacket is visible in the lower-left corner.
Lying flat on the pavement, like a physical object, is a large Apple Maps card in light mode with rounded corners, rotated at a slight angle with a soft shadow under it. The map shows [YOUR CITY] streets in white and beige, a green park, a yellow main road, a few orange restaurant pins, and real street names.
The big grey spaced-out district label on the map reads "COMMENT TREND", and under it in smaller spaced letters "FOR THE PROMPTS". A round map pin shows his face as a profile picture, above a blue location dot. On the right edge of the map: a round white "3D" button and a white pill with a map icon and a blue navigation arrow.
His front loafer steps ONTO the map and covers part of it. His back foot stays on the pavement.
Soft overcast daylight, crisp pavement texture, realistic leather sheen on the shoes. Vertical 3:4. All text spelled exactly as written.
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