Prompt
· English
Seen as a reflection in a wet or polished surface of a vast, empty university lecture hall, the reflected image filling the frame. A 69-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man stand in the center. The woman, of South American descent, has fair skin with cool undertones, a slender build, average height, a square face with a strong jaw, dark brown eyes, and sharply angled eyebrows. She is startled, her shoulders jerked up and eyes wide, while clutching a map with a red dot marked on it. She has densely packed tight coils, long mid-back hair dyed pastel pink, shaped into a rounded afro, and wears aviator sunglasses, a green polo shirt, and beige shorts. Her shoe is untied. The man, of Caribbean descent, has light beige skin, a petite frame, tall height, an oval face, pale light-blue eyes, bushy eyebrows, and deep dimples. He is blushing and laughing in embarrassment, one hand on the back of the neck, while looking up at the high ceiling with dust motes dancing in the light. He has fine pin-straight hair, very long waist-length and soft black with brown glints, gathered into a top knot, with a thin chin-strap beard. He wears a chunky cream knit sweater and dark corduroy trousers. A single, unopened box of tissues sits on the desk in front of them. A chalkboard in the back is covered in faded equations. A 200mm telephoto lens is used from far away, stacking the background layers flat. Everything curls inwards along a spiral towards the main figure. A loop light from a lamp slightly above and to the side creates a soft loop of shadow beside the nose. Shot on a digital camera with a 200mm lens, the image features compression, flat perspective, and a glossy reflection effect on the floor surface.
