Upload one clear photo of you and your partner to Gemini's free Create images tool, paste one of the five prompts below, then generate. Each prompt keeps both faces and rebuilds the scene around them. Every result shown here was made this way.
What this guide does
Gemini can take a single photo of a couple and place them in a brand new setting while keeping both faces recognizable. You describe the scene, and it rebuilds the same two people inside it.
That means one good photo can become a golden hour street walk, a rainy night, a beach at sunset, and more. Below you get the setup, then five ready made prompts, each paired with a real result.
| Scene | Setting | Light | Mood |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Golden hour city walk | Quiet city street | Golden hour | Warm, romantic |
| 2. Rainy night under one umbrella | Rainy sidewalk | Night | Moody, intimate |
| 3. Barefoot beach at sunset | Beach shoreline | Sunset | Playful, breezy |
| 4. Coffee at an outdoor cafe | Outdoor cafe | Morning | Bright, editorial |
| 5. A quiet evening on the sofa | Modern apartment | Daytime indoor | Cozy, candid |
What you need
The whole list is short, and none of it costs anything.
- A Google account. Free to create if you do not already have one.
- Gemini, on web or phone. Use
gemini.google.comin a browser, or the Gemini app. - One clear couple photo. Both faces well lit, in focus, and facing the camera works best.
How Gemini keeps your faces
Gemini's image feature is powered by its built in image models, known as Nano Banana. Their strength is character consistency, which means holding a person's face steady when you move them into a new scene.
You give Gemini a reference photo, describe the setting, and ask it to preserve the identity of both people. The prompts below are written to do exactly that.
Open the free image tool
Five quick steps take you from a blank chat to your first image.
- Open Gemini and sign in. Go to
gemini.google.comor open the Gemini app, then sign in with your Google account. - Start the image tool. Open the tools menu and choose
Create imagesto switch into image mode. - Upload your couple photo. Attach the reference photo you want Gemini to use for both faces.
- Paste a prompt. Copy one of the five prompts below into the message box.
- Generate and review. Send it, then check how closely the faces match. Regenerate if you want a better take.
Each prompt below keeps both faces from your uploaded photo, then rebuilds the couple in a new scene. Copy a prompt, add your own photo, and generate.
1. Golden hour city walk
A relaxed walk down a quiet street at sunset, holding hands.
Use the uploaded photo as the identity reference for both people. Preserve their exact facial identity, recognizable facial features, skin tone, face shape, hairstyle, and overall appearance. Recreate them as an adult couple walking together on a quiet city street during golden hour, smiling naturally at each other with relaxed body language. Add stylish casual outfits, warm sunlight, realistic skin texture, natural hair strands, accurate hands and fingers, soft background bokeh, 85mm lens look, f/1.8 shallow depth of field, cinematic warm lighting, realistic shadows, DSLR photography, and natural color grading. The final image should look like a real photograph of the same people, not different AI-generated faces.
2. Rainy night under one umbrella
A cozy night scene sharing a clear umbrella on a wet street.
Use the uploaded couple photo as the identity reference. Keep both people's facial identity and recognizable features unchanged. Preserve their natural face shape, skin tone, hairstyle, eyes, nose, lips, and overall likeness. Place the same couple on a city sidewalk during light rain at night, sharing a transparent umbrella and looking naturally at each other. Include realistic wet streets, warm cafe reflections, raindrops on hair and clothing, cinematic night lighting, 50mm lens look, shallow depth of field, soft bokeh, natural skin texture, and professional photorealistic photography. Do not replace or significantly alter their faces.
3. Barefoot beach at sunset
A playful walk along the shore as the sky turns pink and orange.
Use the uploaded image as the facial and identity reference for the couple. Preserve both people's exact recognizable identity, facial proportions, skin tone, hairstyle, and natural appearance. Recreate the same couple walking barefoot together on a beach at sunset, holding hands and laughing naturally. Add gentle waves, realistic wind in their hair and clothes, orange and pink sunset lighting, realistic footprints in wet sand, natural skin texture, cinematic composition, 70mm portrait lens look, soft depth of field, and professional lifestyle photography. Keep their faces authentic to the uploaded image and avoid changing their identity.
4. Coffee at an outdoor cafe
A warm morning moment over coffee at a street-side table.
Use the uploaded couple image as the primary identity reference. Preserve the exact facial identity, facial structure, skin tone, hairstyle, and recognizable characteristics of both people. Place the same couple at an elegant outdoor cafe, sitting together over coffee, talking and laughing naturally. Give them stylish modern outfits while maintaining their natural appearance. Use soft morning sunlight, realistic skin texture, natural hand placement, blurred architecture and pedestrians, 85mm portrait lens look, f/2 shallow depth of field, high-end editorial photography, realistic shadows, and subtle cinematic grading. The final result should clearly look like the same people from the uploaded photo.
5. A quiet evening on the sofa
A relaxed at-home scene, laughing together in soft window light.
Use the uploaded couple photo as the identity reference and preserve both people's exact recognizable faces and natural appearance. Maintain their facial structure, skin tone, hairstyle, eyes, nose, lips, and important distinguishing features. Recreate the same couple relaxing together on a sofa in a beautiful modern apartment, wearing comfortable casual clothes and laughing naturally while looking at each other. Add soft natural window light, realistic skin texture, individual hair strands, natural fabric wrinkles, accurate hands, warm interior lighting, 50mm camera look, shallow depth of field, documentary-style photography, and natural colors. Keep their identities consistent with the uploaded image.
Tips for results that look like you
- Start with a sharp photo. Blurry or side angle faces are harder to match. A bright, front facing shot gives the best likeness.
- Generate more than once. Small changes between runs are normal. Make a few and keep the one where both faces look most like you.
- Keep the identity request. The lines about preserving faces and features are doing the heavy lifting. Leave them in every prompt.
- Make each scene yours. Swap the outfit, city, weather, or time of day inside the prompt to create your own variations.
The couple images in this guide are AI generated examples made with the prompts shown. Your own results will vary based on your photo and how Gemini interprets each prompt.
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