04 — Prompt Guide (Interior / Carpet Photography)

The core pattern

All image prompts follow this structure:

{camera angle} {lens} {subject description},
{foreground detail} sharp in foreground, {background} receding into bokeh,
{lighting description}, {style tag}, no people, ultra-realistic {type} photography

Why this works

FLUX.1 Schnell uses T5-XXL as the primary text encoder (6GB model) which understands natural language photography concepts deeply. Specifying lens focal length, depth of field, and spatial relationships produces images with correct depth, perspective, and scene geometry.

SDXL models lack this — their text encoders (CLIP-L/CLIP-G) top out at 77 tokens and don't understand spatial concepts reliably.

Lens vocabulary

Lens	Effect	Use for
24mm wide-angle	Strong perspective distortion, exaggerated depth	Corridors, lobbies, open spaces
35mm	Natural perspective, slight depth emphasis	Most interior shots
50mm prime	Near-natural perspective, shallow DoF	Close-ups, furniture, details
macro	Extreme close-up, very shallow DoF	Carpet fiber detail, texture

Camera position vocabulary

low-angle / low 35mm angle — camera near floor level, looking across surface
floor level — pressed to the floor, extreme low angle
corner angle — shot from room corner, wide coverage
looking up — camera below subject, looking upward
looking down — camera above, bird's-eye (avoid for carpet — looks flat)

Depth of field vocabulary

shallow depth of field — subject sharp, background blurred
razor sharp in foreground ... receding into bokeh — specific foreground/background split
raking light — light hitting surface at low angle, reveals texture
vanishing point perspective — strong linear convergence (corridors, offices)

Lighting vocabulary

warm afternoon window light — residential, golden hour feel
raking natural light — reveals carpet texture and pile height
recessed ceiling lights creating depth — commercial/corporate
warm wall sconces — hotel corridors
crisp morning light — bedrooms, bright and clean

Full prompt examples

Carpet hero (residential):

low-angle 35mm lens perspective looking across thick plush cream carpet
in an upstate New York living room, carpet fibers razor sharp in foreground,
couch and coffee table receding into shallow bokeh background,
warm afternoon window light raking across carpet texture,
Finger Lakes farmhouse interior, no people,
ultra-realistic architectural photography, 16:9

Hotel corridor:

low 24mm lens looking down a long hotel corridor from floor level,
patterned burgundy carpet runner sharp in extreme foreground receding to vanishing point,
warm wall sconces lining white walls, numbered doors converging in perspective,
no people, ultra-realistic hospitality photography, 16:9

Hardwood floor:

low 24mm angle pressed to gleaming light oak hardwood floor,
floor grain razor sharp in extreme foreground receding to hallway vanishing point,
white walls, natural light streaming in, shallow depth of field,
no people, ultra-realistic interior photography, 16:9

What NOT to include

No people, no faces, no hands, no feet, no shoes/boots
No cleaning machines, vacuums, steam equipment, hoses
No text, logos, watermarks in the scene
No "before state" (dirty carpet, stains) — only clean result
No "wide shot" without camera angle qualifier — produces flat frontal views

Video motion prompts (Wan 2.2)

For animating stills, describe the camera motion, not the scene content:

slow dolly forward across {subject}, gentle camera push toward the far wall,
{lighting}, cinematic, smooth motion

Motion types:

slow dolly forward — push toward subject
slow pan {direction} — lateral camera rotation
tracking shot moving forward — camera travels through space
rack focus — lens focus shifts from foreground to background
gentle push in — subtle zoom/move toward subject

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