Restage my photo in a dark academia setting. A university library after dark: oak shelves, brass lamps, stacked books, a long table. Wardrobe: tweed, a knitted vest, a collared shirt, wool in oxblood and moss. Lighting: warm tungsten practicals in frame doing the work, everything beyond two metres falling into shadow. Dust in the light beams. Absorbed rather than posed — reading, writing, mid-thought. Warm, low-saturation grade with deep shadows. Keep my face, bone structure, natural skin tone and identity exactly as they are in my photo — change the styling around me, never who I am. The result must read as a real photograph: natural skin texture with visible pores, believable light direction and shadow falloff, correct anatomy and hands.
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Lamps that are actually visible in the frame make interior light believable. Ask for 'practical lamps in shot'.