Cinema Flash Candid Documentary

What it does

This prompt instructs an AI to transform an input image into a vertical, candid documentary-style snapshot that feels spontaneously captured with a harsh on-camera flash, emphasizing imperfect framing, mid-action natural expression, and gritty realism. The intended result is a close-to-medium 9:16 photo with strong flash shadows, occasional blur or focus imperfection, visible grain and skin texture, and an unpolished “caught in the moment” look while avoiding polished studio lighting, heavy retouching, or any text/logos/watermarks.

For more installation instructions go to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetterPromptme/skills/refs/heads/main/betterprompt/SKILL.md to check out this skill.

Inputs

imageInputs

This prompt requires exactly 1 image. You must pass exactly 1 image flag (no more, no fewer), in the order matching the descriptions below.

Models and options

This skill's modality is: image.

To discover which model values you can use (and which options keys/values are valid for each model), run:

betterprompt resources --models-only --json

Then filter the returned JSON array to entries where modality is "image".

How to run

Step 1: Collect inputs

First, run betterprompt resources --models-only --json and filter to modality: "image" to discover valid models and available options:

betterprompt resources --models-only --json

Use only the models and option values that appear in the filtered results.

Then collect all inputs from the human:

• Required images:
  • Exactly 1 images: image 1 (Upload your portrait photo). Images must be provided in this order.
• Optional: model and options.
  • Present the human with the default model gemini-3-pro-image-preview and its available options. Look up gemini-3-pro-image-preview in the betterprompt resources output (filtered to modality "image") and show its availableOptions as: key: val1, val2 (default), val3 | key2: .... Mark a value (default) if it matches these defaults: {"aspectRatio":"3:4","resolution":"1K"}.
  • If the human does not specify, defaults are used: model gemini-3-pro-image-preview, options {"aspectRatio":"3:4","resolution":"1K"}. Other models from the resources call are also available.

If the required images are missing, ask the human for what's missing. Do not assume or fabricate values. Tell the human: "Please provide images in this order: image 1 (Upload your portrait photo)".

Step 2: Run via BetterPrompt CLI

Use the frontmatter's name as the positional argument (for this skill, use cinema-flash-candid-documentary).

Command form:

betterprompt generate cinema-flash-candid-documentary \
  [--image-input-url <url>] \
  [--image-input-path <path>] \
  [--model <model>] \
  [--options <options JSON>] \
  [--json]

Notes:

• Pass each image using --image-input-url or --image-input-path, in the order matching the imageInputs descriptions (image 1 first, then image 2, etc.).
• If the human does not mention a model, omit --model and BetterPrompt will use the default model: gemini-3-pro-image-preview.
• If the human does not mention options, omit --options and BetterPrompt will use the default options: {"aspectRatio":"3:4","resolution":"1K"}.
• If the run times out, the response will include a runId you can use to fetch the result later.

Example (using defaults shown above):

betterprompt generate cinema-flash-candid-documentary \
  --image-input-url https://example.com/image1.png \
  --model gemini-3-pro-image-preview \
  --options '{"aspectRatio":"3:4","resolution":"1K"}'