You commented GPT. Here are the codes from the reel, plus 96 more. And 20 bonus codes for business at the end.
Every image below is the same photo of me, re-shot with one code. Same face, same place, so you can see exactly what each word changes.
The original photo. Every image below started here.
How to use them
1. Attach a photo in ChatGPT, or describe what you want a picture of.
2. Type one code. The slash is not a real command. ChatGPT reads the words, so typing "drone view" works too.
3. Stop at two. One for where the camera is, one for the light. Stack four and they fight each other.
The pattern: [your photo or subject], [code], [one more code]
The four from the reel
1. drone view: Camera straight down from high above. Makes any place look planned and expensive.
2. fish eye: Ultra-wide bulging lens with curved edges. Fun, a bit chaotic, very skate video.
3. worm view: Camera on the ground looking up. Makes you look tall and in charge.
4. nighttime flash: Harsh on-camera flash in the dark. The party-photo look, slightly blown out.
Light and film
5. golden hour: Low warm sun just before sunset. Flatters everyone and everything.
6. 35mm film: Real grain, softer colour, less digital. Instantly feels more human.
7. polaroid: Washed colour, white border, soft focus. Turns the shot into a keepsake.
8. VHS: Scan lines, colour bleed and a 90s timestamp. Home video energy.
9. black and white: Colour gone, contrast up. Forces the eye onto light and shape.
The look of the whole shot
10. tilt shift: Blur top and bottom so a real scene looks like a tiny model.
11. cinematic film still: Wide cinema feel, teal and orange grade, a lens flare. Looks paused from a film.
12. editorial fashion: Styled, confident, a bit cold. The magazine-spread look.
13. extreme close up: Fill the frame with the face. Every detail, no distractions.
14. paper cutout: Everything rebuilt as layered cut paper with real edges and shadows.
15. comic book explainer: Turns the photo into panels and speech bubbles. Great for explaining an idea.
Where the camera is
16. bird's eye view: High and looking down at an angle, not straight down.
17. low angle: Just below eye level. The quickest way to make someone look confident.
18. high angle: Just above, looking down. Makes the subject look smaller.
19. dutch angle: Tilted horizon. Adds tension and unease.
20. over the shoulder: From behind someone, looking at what they see.
21. first person POV: Through your own eyes, hands in frame.
22. flat lay: Perfectly top down on a table. The default for products and food.
23. three quarter view: Turned 45 degrees. The most flattering angle for faces.
24. side profile: Straight from the side. Clean and editorial.
25. wide establishing shot: Shows the whole place before you go close.
Lens and focus
26. 85mm portrait lens: Compressed, flattering, background melted away.
27. 24mm wide lens: Takes in the whole room with a slight stretch at the edges.
28. telephoto compression: Background looks closer and bigger than it is.
29. macro: So close you see the texture of skin or fabric.
30. shallow depth of field: Subject sharp, everything else soft.
31. creamy bokeh: Background lights become soft circles.
32. long exposure: Moving things smear, still things stay sharp.
33. panning shot: Subject sharp, background streaked sideways. Speed.
Light
34. blue hour: Just after sunset. Deep blue sky, lights starting to glow.
35. rim light: A bright outline that separates you from the background.
36. backlit: Light behind the subject. Halos and haze.
37. hard midday sun: Short sharp shadows. Harsh and modern.
38. softbox studio light: Even, shadowless, clean.
39. window light: Soft daylight from one side.
40. candlelight: Warm, low and flickering.
41. neon lighting: Coloured sign light on skin. Night city.
42. split lighting: Half the face lit, half in shadow.
43. Rembrandt lighting: A small triangle of light on the shadowed cheek.
44. silhouette: Subject dark against a bright background. Shape only.
45. high key: Bright and airy, almost no shadow.
46. low key: Mostly dark with one light source. Moody.
47. god rays: Visible beams of light through dust or trees.
Film, era and camera
48. disposable camera: Flash, grain, wonky framing. Deliberately cheap.
49. super 8: Warm, flickery family footage from the seventies.
50. sepia: Brown tones. Old and warm.
51. expired film: Odd colour shifts and fading. Happy accidents.
52. infrared film: Foliage turns white or pink. Surreal.
53. cross processed: Pushed, clashing colours. Very 90s magazine.
54. CCTV still: Grainy, high angle, timestamp. Found footage.
Colour
55. teal and orange: The blockbuster grade. Warm skin, cool shadows.
56. muted pastels: Low saturation, soft tones. Calm and premium.
57. monochrome red: One colour in every shade. Bold.
58. high contrast: Deep blacks, bright whites. Punchy.
59. desaturated: Colour pulled right back. Serious, documentary.
60. warm tones: Pushed towards amber. Cosy.
61. cool tones: Pushed towards blue. Clinical or lonely.
62. duotone: Two colours only. Poster energy.
63. earthy tones: Browns, olives and sand. Natural and grounded.
Weather and atmosphere
64. heavy fog: Depth and mystery for free.
65. rain on glass: Droplets between you and the subject.
66. wet streets at night: Reflections double every light.
67. dust in a light beam: Floating specks. Makes a room feel lived in.
68. smoke haze: Softens everything and makes light visible.
69. falling snow: Movement and quiet at once.
70. heat haze: Shimmering air. Summer and tension.
71. misty morning: Soft, cool and calm.
Composition
72. rule of thirds: Subject off centre. Easy on the eye.
73. centred symmetry: Dead centre and balanced. Formal and calm.
74. negative space: Lots of empty around the subject. Room for text.
75. leading lines: Roads or edges pulling the eye to the subject.
76. framed through a doorway: Shooting through an opening adds depth.
77. reflection in a puddle: The scene flipped in water.
78. blurred foreground: Something soft in front. Feels candid.
79. tight crop: Cut in hard. All emotion, no context.
80. tiny subject, huge space: Scale and loneliness.
Style and genre
81. documentary photo: Unposed, real, a little imperfect.
82. street photography: Candid moments in natural light.
83. product catalogue: Clean, evenly lit, nothing else in frame.
84. behind the scenes: Shows the lights, crew and mess around the shot.
85. paparazzi shot: Long lens, caught off guard.
86. watercolour: Soft painted edges and bleeding colour.
87. oil painting: Thick brushwork, gallery feel.
88. pencil sketch: Graphite lines on paper.
89. pixel art: Built from chunky pixels. Retro game.
90. anime: Hand-drawn Japanese animation style.
When the picture has to teach
91. flashcards: Term on one side, plain-English answer on the other.
92. infographic: One topic in labelled blocks with icons.
93. timeline: Events along a line, in order.
94. flowchart: Boxes and arrows for a process.
95. decision tree: If this, then that, drawn out.
96. labelled diagram: Lines pointing at every part.
97. cheat sheet: Everything on one page, made to screenshot.
98. before and after: Two states side by side.
99. step by step panels: Numbered panels, one action each.
100. cross section cutaway: Sliced open to show how it works inside.
Bonus: 20 codes for business
Same idea, for the pictures a business actually needs.
101. LinkedIn headshot: Plain background, soft front light, approachable half smile.
102. YouTube thumbnail: Big face, big expression, high contrast, room for three words.
103. product on white: Clean white background, soft shadow. The ecommerce default.
104. lifestyle product shot: The product in use in a real home, not on a table.
105. hero banner: Wide shot with empty space on one side for your headline.
106. styled flat lay: Product from above with a few props that tell the story.
107. floating product: Hovering in mid-air with a soft shadow below.
108. splash shot: Product hit by liquid, frozen at the moment of impact.
109. exploded view: Every part pulled apart in mid-air so you see how it fits.
110. isometric: Clean 3D at an angle. Looks like a product diagram.
111. phone screen mockup: Your design shown on a phone in someone's hand.
112. billboard mockup: Your ad on a city billboard. Instant scale.
113. shop window display: The product dressed in a window from the street.
114. menu photo: Food from above in natural light, nothing staged.
115. real estate wide angle: Bright room, straight vertical lines, doors open.
116. twilight exterior: The building at dusk with every window lit.
117. candid team photo: People mid-laugh at work, nobody posing.
118. event photography: Crowd, stage light, energy in the room.
119. packaging mockup: Your label on a real box, bag or bottle.
120. testimonial card: A customer portrait with clean space for their quote.
Make it stick
Keep one test photo. Run every new code against the same picture and you will learn more in ten minutes than in a week of random prompts.
Change one thing at a time. Swap three codes at once and you will never know which one did it.
Pick your ten. Nobody needs a hundred. Screenshot the light section, it does the most work.
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