Add dreamy bokeh lights

This prompt adds soft round bokeh lights in warm gold or mixed colours to the background and slightly darkens it so the lights stand out.

photo-bokeh-lights-background — gemini — 38 words

Add soft round bokeh lights in [WARM GOLD / MIXED COLOURS] to the background of this photo, with the subject kept sharp. Slightly darken the background so the lights glow.

Do not alter the face, clothing or pose.

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Choose a dark or evening photo so the lights stand out.

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What you will get

Your photo with soft, round bokeh lights glowing behind you in warm gold or mixed colours, a slightly darker background so they shine and you kept sharp. Your face, clothes and pose do not change.

Common mistake

Light circles land on your face or hair and look like snow.

Fix: Say “lights appear only behind the subject, none overlap the face, hair or shoulders”.

Also watch for

A glowing outline appears around your hair, as if you were cut out. Add “keep the hair edges natural with no halo or glow outline”, and zoom in on the hair to check.
On a bright daytime photo the lights look stuck on. Use an evening photo, as the tip says. If you only have a daylight shot, first ask for “an evening street background with lamps”, then add the lights.

Try a variation: fairy lights

Replace the round bokeh with “a string of small warm fairy lights hanging in soft focus behind me”. It gives a cosier, more indoor feel than street lights.

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Remove any bokeh circles that touch my face or hair, keep the lights only behind me and make the edge of my hair natural with no glow.