01Pick the angle
Choose the shot type that matches the feeling you want: intimacy, power, overview or graphic abstraction.
The camera angle is the most powerful word in your prompt. Left alone, every model gives you the same flat mid-shot. Name the angle and you control composition, emotion and story.
Choose the shot type that matches the feeling you want: intimacy, power, overview or graphic abstraction.
Click any prompt below to copy it, then place it at the very start of your prompt, before subject and scene.
Combine the angle with lens, light and mood keywords, for example 85mm, golden hour or film grain.
Frames the face or a single detail while the background melts away. Use it for emotion, beauty shots and everything the viewer should feel up close.
[Close-up portrait shot of...]Extreme close-up of tiny subjects: textures, droplets, insects. Perfect for product details and surreal scale effects invisible to the naked eye.
[Extreme macro shot of...]Waist-up framing at natural conversation distance. The reliable default for people, fashion and lifestyle content when you need it to just work.
[Medium shot, waist-up framing of...]The entire figure from head to toe with room to breathe. Essential for outfits, character design and poses where the whole silhouette matters.
[Full-body shot, head to toe, of...]Shows the full subject inside its environment. Use it to establish location, scale and atmosphere before you cut in closer.
[Cinematic wide shot of...]Camera at the subject's eye height: neutral, honest, documentary. Use it when the subject should meet the viewer as an equal.
[Eye-level shot of...]The camera looks up at the subject, making it tall, dominant and heroic. Great for architecture, power poses and dramatic entrances.
[Low angle shot, looking up at...]The camera looks down, making the subject smaller and more vulnerable. Also a clean trick to simplify busy, cluttered scenes.
[High angle shot, looking down at...]A deliberately tilted frame that creates tension and unease. Use it sparingly for action, thriller moods and edgy editorial looks.
[Dutch angle, tilted camera frame...]Looks past one person toward another, instantly creating dialogue and relationship. The storytelling angle for conversations and confrontations.
[Over-the-shoulder shot of...]Straight down from high above: city grids, crowds, coastlines. Turns real scenes into graphic, almost abstract compositions.
[Bird's-eye view, top-down perspective...]Objects arranged on a surface, shot from directly above. The go-to angle for product shots, food and clean social media content.
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