# GPT Image Hub prompt

## Retro Hong Kong Diner Portrait
- URL: https://www.gptimagehub.com/library/retro-hong-kong-diner-portrait
- Generator URL: https://www.gptimagehub.com/generate?promptId=oss-ym-mm-36315
- Markdown URL: https://www.gptimagehub.com/api/agent/markdown?path=%2Flibrary%2Fretro-hong-kong-diner-portrait
- Category: Portrait & Photography
- Model: gpt-image-2-5-sunburst
- Aspect ratio: 3:4
- Style: retro
- Tags: hong kong, film still, cha chaan teng, vintage, cinematic, portrait, 90s aesthetic
- Updated: 2026-10-27T16:18:33.098Z
- Created: 2026-10-27T16:18:33.098Z

Generates a nostalgic 1990s Hong Kong cinematic film-still portrait inside a classic cha chaan teng. Customize the subject's outfit, snacks on the table, and neon signage.

### Full prompt
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A candid documentary 1990s Hong Kong film still portrait set in a retro cha chaan teng.

Subject: A [25-year-old East Asian female] with an oval face, thin eyebrows, dark pupils, and natural fair skin with visible pores. Light makeup with [reddish lips]. Long black hair draped over her shoulders with loose, naturally curled ends and soft strands framing her face.

Expression & Pose: Relaxed, lazy afternoon demeanor, faintly smiling while looking off-camera to the left as if caught daydreaming. Half-body shot seated in a window booth, body angled toward the window, one elbow on the table holding a steaming [silk stocking milk tea in a metal cup], the other hand casually resting under her chin.

Attire: A [cream-white cotton short-sleeved shirt] with an open collar, [dark brown high-waisted corduroy wide-leg pants], thin black belt, and [pearl stud earrings].

Environment & Props: On the booth table are [pineapple buns, bamboo steamers with shrimp dumplings], a menu board, and a wooden chopstick holder. Foreground features a soft blur of milk tea cups and steamers. Mid-ground shows the booth and subject. Background shows the cafe interior with green mosaic tile walls, a glowing red neon sign reading "[Cha Chaan Teng]", vintage ceiling fans, a glass display case with egg tarts, and distant diners softly out of focus.

Lighting & Color: Warm 3200K interior pendant light with a subtle haze of cooking steam, contrasted by cool natural daylight rim lighting from the window. Soft specular highlights on tiles and glass.

Photography: 50mm lens, f/2.0 aperture, shallow depth of field, eye-level to slightly low angle, subtle handheld framing, visible fine film grain, Kodak Gold film simulation, Eastmancolor nostalgic palette.
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