The hardest photograph of the year
Every family has the same December negotiation: one photo, everyone in it, nobody blinking, ideally before the food. It requires a tripod, a timer, three attempts at herding, and a level of cooperation that children and grandparents ration strictly. Most years end with an almost-photo - lovely, except for the one face mid-sneeze.
What these prompts do
This collection flips the problem. Instead of gathering everyone for a perfect new photograph, it starts from a family photo that already exists - any clear group shot from the year - and rebuilds everything except the people. Faces are preserved one by one under strict wording: same features, same ages, same expressions, nobody beautified into a relative nobody recognises. Around those untouched faces, the prompt dresses the family in matching pyjamas or coordinated outfits and sets them by the tree, the fireplace, or a calm studio backdrop.
Using them well
Choose a reference photo with everyone's face visible and decently lit; the generator forgives old sofas and bad backgrounds because it replaces them. After generating, do the face-by-face check this collection insists on - it is the whole honesty of the thing. Then print the card, send the group-chat version, and enjoy the first December in memory where the family photo took ten minutes and nobody had to sit still for any of them.