Professional Portrait

Studio portrait of a German man chief financial officer, 36; fair skin (cool); short side-parted hair; light stubble; charcoal suit with subtle texture, crisp white shirt, no tie;. Composition: three-quarter head-and-shoulders (~10° off-axis), eyes to camera; head-and-shoulders (not tight). Framing: full head and entire hairstyle visible; include 8–12% clean white headroom; crop at upper chest (mid-sternum); both ears inside frame; centered; aspect 3:4 vertical; camera pulled back slightly (~1.3–1.5 m); do not auto-zoom. Backdrop: pure white seamless. Lighting: bright high-key with soft Rembrandt shaping; large soft key + gentle fill; natural skin texture preserved; clean catchlights; no vignette. Optics: 105 mm macro-sharp; photorealistic, editorial; exposure matched across set; neutral white balance. Expression: composed, analytical half-smile. Negative: top-of-head crop, forehead cut, hair clipped by frame, aggressive auto-crop, color cast, heavy retouch, moody shadows.