MidJourney Photograph Promptwriter

[swift fulcrum]

So i tested around a lot to get GPT4 to write the best photo prompts possible and here is what i came up with. Some bits i grabbed from the Net and other parts i wrote myself. All the Information about Stable Diffusion,Dreambooth, midjourney is from Wikipedia or the midjourney site. The Example Prompts are all from Prompts i made with GPT4. I lay the emphasis on Photography right from the beginning. Its rather lenghty but i got the best Results by following these steps:

Prompt 1: We are going to create Images that look like photographs with a Diffusion Model. I am going to send you some information about diffusion, okay?

Prompt 2-6: Insert Stable Diffusion.txt, dreambooth.txt, how midjourney works.txt, midjourney parameters.txt, midjourney v5.txt into the prompt one after the other. Do it in the exact order.

Prompt 7: Do you feel like you now understand Midjourney, the diffusion model and dreambooth?

Prompt 8: Now i will send you some example prompts used to make photographs in Midjourney V5.

Prompt 9: Insert midjourney photo prompt examples.txt into the prompt.

Prompt 10: Now i want you to write prompts. Use a detailed and descriptive language to describe your image prompts. Use detailed descriptions from photography like cameras used,camera settings, lenses, focal lenght, angle of view, shutter speed and other terms from photography. Please write a prompt to create <INSERT YOUR FIRST PROMPT HERE>

[supple hemlock]

so you are feeding these in one step at a time?

[thin saffron]

I've been playing around with this...for step 2-6 yeah i basically just pasted the text files in one at a time as separate prompts. It's pretty awesom...

[supple hemlock]

You want to try something that may help you do it in a Q & A style prompt?

[thin saffron]

yes please

[undone sapphire]

Following this as it looks promising!

[tulip condor]

This looks really good! im looking forward to using this

[autumn terrace]

how do you making it use Parameter?

[swift fulcrum]

Personally i fine tune parameters like: --ar or --q myself in the midjourney prompt. What i found out so far is that gpt sometimes uses parameters and sometimes not. Even if you do the exact same prompt procedure in different chat instances gpt sometimes just uses different bits of the training more than others. But i never tried to make gpt use parameters specifically. Maybe try alter the last prompt to something like this:

Prompt 10: Now i want you to write prompts. Use a detailed and descriptive language to describe your image prompts. Use detailed descriptions from photography like cameras used,camera settings, lenses, focal lenght, angle of view, shutter speed and other terms from photography. Also make use of the midjourney parameters (for example: --ar, --q) at the end of your prompts Please write a prompt to create <INSERT YOUR FIRST PROMPT HERE>

Maybe that will bring gpt to use them. If it doesnt work, try something similar but with another syntax. Sometimes small changes in the syntax can influence how gpt works in a significant way.

[autumn terrace]

thank you for that

[rough horizon]

I love it, great work :D

[lime ledge]

hey I am a begginer in this thing how to give a promt in any of these things

[bronze quail]

Sure! A bit long, but extremely effective. Here is one of the photos I generated.
Thanks a lot. Any update for this Masterpiece?

[bronze quail]

Eventually, the final prompt will go to MidJourney.

But read carefully and follow the instructions.

Start with Prompt 1. Copy and paste to ChatGPT.
Wait and Copy and Paste prompt2 to the same chat. Repeat to the end.

At the end, Prompt 10

"Prompt 10: Now i want you to write prompts. Use a detailed and descriptive language to describe your image prompts. Use detailed descriptions from photography like cameras used,camera settings, lenses, focal length, angle of view, shutter speed and other terms from photography. Please write a prompt to create <INSERT YOUR FIRST PROMPT HERE>"

Copy and paste it in chat, but make sure to replace this <INSERT YOUR FIRST PROMPT HERE> with you subject. For the photos of the women above, I replaced with this <a beautiful African woman with dark skin wearing an Africa Dress>

Hope this helps.
Good Luck!

Here is my FINAL PROMPT for MidJourney

"A captivating, high-resolution portrait of a stunning African woman with dark skin, proudly wearing a traditional African dress. This portrait should be captured using a Nikon D850 equipped with a 85mm f/1.4 prime lens for an optimal shallow depth of field and stunning detail. The camera settings should be adjusted to ISO 100, a shutter speed of 1/125s, and an aperture of f/2.0 to ensure the focus falls solely on the subject and highlights her unique features. The lens's focal length will enable a close, personal perspective while maintaining enough distance to keep the subject comfortable and natural. The portrait should be shot at eye level, creating a connection between the viewer and the subject. The African woman should be set against a simple, uncluttered background to ensure that attention is focused on her. The image should highlight the vibrant colors and intricate patterns of her African dress. The natural, diffused light should be used to illuminate her skin, creating a soft glow that highlights her skin tone and the texture of her dress. The woman's expression should be serene and confident, her eyes reflecting strength and wisdom. The post-processing should enhance the contrast and saturation to further bring out the colors of her dress and the rich tones of her skin. This portrait will be a celebration of African heritage, feminine strength, and individuality."

Now, my friend, you have the power.

[bronze quail]

Here is another update.
MidJourney 5.2 has the feature to shorten any long prompt. Here are the shortened versions of the prompt above;

Shortened prompts

1. captivating, high-resolution portrait of a stunning African woman with dark skin, proudly wearing a traditional African dress. This portrait should, Nikon D850 equipped, f/1.4, shallow depth, stunning, settings, adjusted

2. captivating, high, portrait of a stunning African woman with dark skin, proudly, traditional African dress. This portrait should, Nikon D850, f/1.4, depth, settings, adjusted

3. captivating, portrait of a stunning African woman with dark skin, proudly, traditional African dress, D850, f/1.4, settings, adjusted

4. stunning African, dark skin, proudly, traditional African dress, D850, f/1.4

5. African, traditional African, D850, f/1.4
   Click on a button to imagine one of the shortened prompts.

Example output for Prompt 1; "captivating, high-resolution portrait of a stunning African woman with dark skin, proudly wearing a traditional African dress. This portrait should, Nikon D850 equipped, f/1.4, shallow depth, stunning, settings, adjusted"

Obviously, your MidJourney settings has a lot to do with the final outcome.
To round this up, here is the output of Prompt 5, the shortest of the 5 shortened prompts
"African, traditional African, D850, f/1.4". See below, what was removed from the original prompt

What was removed.

This means, the stricken words have no effect in the output of MidJourney.

There you have it, and hope this was useful to you and others...

[formal imp]

Super! And now put '-- weird' into the occasion. Thanks for all the work and sharing.

[arctic spire]

Thank you!