Christmas baking photo for couples
The two of you decorating Christmas cookies with a plum cake in a festive kitchen. Upload a clear photo, paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini or Grok, change the parts in brackets to suit you, and generate.
- Written for
- ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok
- You'll need
- A clear photo to upload
- Occasion
- Christmas · 24 – 25 Dec
- Status
- Tested 8 Nov 2026 in Grok Imagine
- Test settings
- Reference photo: an AI-generated picture of fictional adults (not real persons), made in Grok for this test. Default copy text unchanged. Aspect ratio vertical 4:5. Replacement image: first new try used; only converted to WebP at 1264×1568, not upscaled.
- Variability
- Faces, poses and small details vary between runs; always compare the result with your own photo.
Prompt
Use the uploaded photo as the reference for exactly two adult people. Preserve each person's recognisable face, natural skin tone, age and height as closely as the model permits; match each person to the reference and never swap or blend faces. Keep exactly the same two people; do not add or remove anyone. Scene: a warm imagined Indian home kitchen decorated for Christmas, a clean counter, baking things, a freshly baked plum cake, cookies and small Christmas wreaths. Moment or Pose: the couple stands side by side, smiling while decorating cookies together; hands above the counter, away from any heat. Clothing: comfortable festive clothes with matching red and green cotton aprons. Light: soft window light with warm fairy lights. Camera: 35mm, f/4, eye level, medium-wide, both faces and the baking clearly visible. Style: photorealistic candid holiday cooking photography. Format: vertical 4:5. Avoid: changed faces, skin lightening, extra fingers, text, logos, watermarks, extra people, duplicated hands, floating utensils, hands in the flame, burning clothes, alcohol, brands.
Customise
For example: small Christmas wreaths.
For example: red and green cotton.
Fields start with illustrative values; replace them with your own facts. The prompt updates as you type. Copy prompt copies your version.
How to use it
- Open an external image tool listed above. The tested model, if any, is named in Status.
- Upload a clear reference photo of the subject. If it includes identifiable people, get their consent and check each face.
- Customise the fields, copy your version, paste it with the photo and generate.
- Compare the result with the reference. If a face, pose or detail changes, ask for one correction or try again; an exact match is not guaranteed.
How to use this prompt
- This prompt changes your own photo. Choose a clear reference photo, and get permission from people who can be identified.
- Upload the photo in the external AI app you chose. Fill Customise, press Copy prompt and paste the prompt with the photo.
- Compare the new picture with the original. Face, hands, clothes and pose can change. An exact likeness is not guaranteed.
Good to know
- Hands and baking tools may look wrong; regenerate if fingers or utensils are distorted.
- Use reference photos you have the right to use; get consent from identifiable people.
