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name: editorial-portrait-mono
description: "Timeless black-and-white studio portrait look with controlled light and soft grain. Use when the user asks for portrait or similar."
---

# Editorial Mono Portrait

Creates consistent monochrome editorial portraits with a defined lighting recipe (key, fill, rim) and film grain.

## When to use

- Author bios
- Speaker pages
- About pages

## Workflow

1. Clarify subject, mood and usage.
2. Define the lighting recipe.
3. Generate three variants.
4. Match grain and contrast.
5. Provide crop guides.

## What you deliver

- 3 portrait variants
- Lighting recipe
- Crop guides

## Not for

- Identity documents
- Deceptive likenesses
- Group photos

## Quality bar

- State assumptions you made and ask before overwriting existing files.
- Never invent facts, numbers, logos or quotes — use placeholders and say so.
- Follow `references/style-guide.md` for colour and type decisions.
- Finish with a short checklist of what the user should review or replace.