Monochrome Shirt and Tie Profile Portrait Prompt

Use the uploaded photo only for the subject’s identity reference. Preserve natural facial features, skin tone, eye shape, hairstyle, and existing facial hair accurately. Do not add or change facial hair, hair texture, or facial structure.
Create a premium monochrome studio head-and-shoulders portrait in a clean 1:1 square format. Place the subject centered inside a large, perfectly visible circular frame.
Keep a near-front-facing pose with a slight natural head tilt and direct eye contact. Expression: a subtle closed-mouth soft smile, relaxed eyes, calm confidence, and approachable professional energy. It must feel natural and effortless, never stiff, overly posed, or teeth-showing.
Dress the subject in a crisp white dress shirt with a refined tie. Inside the circle, use a seamless pale-gray studio backdrop with generous space around the head. Use soft, slightly elevated frontal studio lighting for even skin tones, gentle shadows under the nose and jaw, realistic catchlights, and sharp facial detail.
Use elegant high-contrast black-and-white grading: deep blacks in hair and clothing, clean luminous whites in the shirt, smooth natural skin mid-tones, realistic skin texture, and no harsh shadows or excessive retouching.
Outside the circular frame, add a minimal off-white-to-soft-gray vertical gradient. Clean editorial professional profile portrait, realistic studio photography, premium finish.