Tradesperson Portrait on a Build Site
MidjourneyTradesperson Portrait on a Build Site is a Midjourney v7 prompt for trade-business marketing at 3:4. Grimy hands, relaxed arms and an unfinished stud-framed room are what separate it from the arms-folded stock photo every contractor site already uses.
Last tested: July 2026 with Midjourney v7
Part of the Midjourney prompt library · see more cinematic prompts .
Prompt
Environmental portrait of an electrician on a residential build site, mid-forties, high-visibility vest over a work shirt, tool pouch on the hip, arms hanging relaxed at the sides, standing in a stud-framed room with daylight coming through an unglazed window opening, timber framing and insulation visible behind and thrown gently out of focus, direct eye contact, natural skin texture with real work grime on the hands, flat overcast daylight, 50mm, no text, no branding --ar 3:4 --stylize 150
Settings
- Model
- Midjourney v7
- Aspect ratio
- 3:4
- Stylize
- 150
How to use this prompt
Trade portraits fail by looking hired. Two details undo that. "Arms hanging relaxed at the sides" kills the folded-arms pose that reads as a stock library, and "real work grime on the hands" is the single strongest credibility signal — spotless hands on a build site fool nobody who works on one. The setting does the rest: a stud-framed room with light through an unglazed opening is unmistakably mid-project, whereas a finished room reads as an advert shot after the fact. Keep stylize low so the skin keeps its texture, and ban branding, since logos on hi-vis come back as melted lettering.
Variations to try
- Move to a plumber under a sink with a head torch, shot from low and tight in a 4:5 crop
- Two-person version: apprentice and lead consulting over a drawing on a plywood workbench
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{
"title": "Tradesperson Portrait on a Build Site",
"prompt": "Environmental portrait of an electrician on a residential build site, mid-forties, high-visibility vest over a work shirt, tool pouch on the hip, arms hanging relaxed at the sides, standing in a stud-framed room with daylight coming through an unglazed window opening, timber framing and insulation visible behind and thrown gently out of focus, direct eye contact, natural skin texture with real work grime on the hands, flat overcast daylight, 50mm, no text, no branding --ar 3:4 --stylize 150",
"model": "Midjourney",
"model_version": "v7",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "3:4",
"stylize": 150
},
"style_tags": [
"cinematic",
"photorealistic"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"headshots",
"branding"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/midjourney/tradesperson-portrait-on-a-build-site/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
