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Cinematic Scone Food Photograph

Stable Diffusion
By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Cinematic Scone Food Photograph is a tested Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 prompt for food photography work. It runs at Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0 · Aspect ratio 4:5 · Steps 30 · CFG scale 6 · Sampler DPM++ 2M Karras, and ships below with the exact prompt text, usage notes, and 2 pasteable variations.

Last tested: July 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more cinematic prompts .

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A split scone with clotted cream and jam on dark slate under a warm shaft of side light
Cinematic Scone Food Photograph — Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0, Aspect ratio 4:5

Prompt 

Cinematic close-up of a freshly baked scone split open on a dark slate board, clotted cream and a spoonful of strawberry jam beside it, crumbs scattered, a single shaft of warm side light, deep shadows, shallow depth of field, rustic bakery mood, 45-degree angle

Negative prompt 

text, watermark, logo, blurry, distorted, low quality, plastic look, oversaturated

Settings

Model
Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Aspect ratio
4:5
Steps
30
CFG scale
6
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras

How to use this prompt

Side light is doing everything here — one warm shaft from the left picks out the crumb and the rough top of the scone, while deep shadow on the right keeps it from looking flat and canteen-lit. Split the scone open: an intact scone reads as a beige lump, but the exposed crumb and the melt of the cream are what make it appetising. Keep the jam a "spoonful beside it" rather than spread on top — a spread scone hides the texture the shot is selling. If SDXL renders the slate too grey and cold, add "warm ambient bounce" so the shadows pick up a little of the jam colour instead of going muddy blue.

Variations to try

  • Overhead flatlay — "top-down, scone beside a teacup and linen napkin" for a Pinterest-friendly framing
  • Bright morning version — "airy natural window light, white marble" to swap the moody bakery mood for a fresh, clean one
cinematic moody food photography product photography

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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Cinematic Scone Food Photograph",
  "prompt": "Cinematic close-up of a freshly baked scone split open on a dark slate board, clotted cream and a spoonful of strawberry jam beside it, crumbs scattered, a single shaft of warm side light, deep shadows, shallow depth of field, rustic bakery mood, 45-degree angle",
  "negative_prompt": "text, watermark, logo, blurry, distorted, low quality, plastic look, oversaturated",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "4:5",
    "steps": 30,
    "cfg": 6,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "cinematic",
    "moody"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "food-photography",
    "product-photography"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/cinematic-scone-food-photography/"
}

The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.