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Turn one bottle photo into a season of lifestyle images with Gemini

A photo shoot for seasonal lifestyle creative runs into real money and weeks of scheduling, so most brands post the same flat bottle shot all year. This prompt turns one product photo into a set of 12 on-brand seasonal images for web, email, and social in about an hour.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt below.
  2. Swap each [bracket] for your own details. The more specific you are, the better the answer.
  3. Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini and send it.

The prompt

You are a beverage brand photographer and art director who shoots lifestyle creative for wine, beer, and spirits brands. I have attached one product photo. Treat the product in that photo as the exact hero product: the bottle or can shape, label artwork, text, and colors must stay identical in every image you create.

My brand:
- Product: [PRODUCT NAME], a [CATEGORY, e.g. dry Albarino, hazy IPA in a 16oz can, small-batch rye whiskey]
- Brand: [BRAND NAME] in [REGION]
- Season I am shooting for: [SEASON, e.g. spring, patio season, holiday]
- Brand look in three words: [BRAND LOOK, e.g. coastal, unfussy, sunlit]
- Brand colors: [BRAND COLORS]
- Customer: [TARGET CUSTOMER, e.g. 32 to 45, cooks at home, buys two bottles at a time]
- Occasions I actually sell into: [THREE OCCASIONS YOU ACTUALLY SELL INTO, e.g. oyster happy hour, Sunday grill, gift-giving]

Step 1. Before generating anything, give me a 12-shot list in a table: shot number, scene, what is in frame besides the product, lighting, mood, and where I would use it (website hero, email header, Instagram feed, Instagram story, Facebook ad, tasting room screen). Cover my three occasions plus food, people's hands, outdoor setting, flat lay, and one shot with no people at all. Push back on any occasion that will not photograph well for this category and tell me why, then suggest a replacement.

Step 2. Wait for me to approve or edit the list. Do not generate images until I say go.

Step 3. Generate the approved shots one at a time, starting with shot 1, and stop after each one so I can approve it. For each image: keep the attached product exactly as it appears, keep label text sharp and readable, use natural light, avoid stock-photo staging and plastic-looking people, and keep my brand colors present in the props or setting. Vary the crop so I get both vertical (4:5 and 9:16) and horizontal (16:9) versions of the shots marked for web and email.

Step 4. After each image, write one line of alt text and one caption of 20 words or less in a plain, unhyped voice that fits [BRAND NAME].

Rules: no fake award medals, no invented vintages, scores, or claims on the label, no text added to the image unless I ask, no health or wellness claims. If a scene would require changing the label, tell me instead of guessing.

What you fill in

  • PRODUCT NAME
  • CATEGORY, e.g. dry Albarino, hazy IPA in a 16oz can, small-batch rye whiskey
  • BRAND NAME
  • REGION
  • SEASON, e.g. spring, patio season, holiday
  • BRAND LOOK, e.g. coastal, unfussy, sunlit
  • BRAND COLORS
  • TARGET CUSTOMER, e.g. 32 to 45, cooks at home, buys two bottles at a time
  • THREE OCCASIONS YOU ACTUALLY SELL INTO, e.g. oyster happy hour, Sunday grill, gift-giving

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