iPhone Flash Effect

Apply a realistic smartphone flash lighting effect to the uploaded mirror selfie while strictly preserving the original subject’s face, identity, pose, framing, and background exactly as captured. The original image was taken without flash — simulate a phone flash firing from a small LED source near the phone camera, not a large camera strobe. Add a compact, controlled flash light that illuminates the skin evenly with soft but defined highlights on cheekbones, nose bridge, lips, shoulders, collarbone, and arms, with a natural falloff into shadow. The flash must NOT obscure, wash out, or block the face. Avoid large white flare circles or overexposed hotspots crossing the eyes, nose, or mouth. If visible, flash reflections should appear slightly off-axis (near the phone edge or mirror surface), subtle and realistic, never centered over facial features. Keep the background lighting unchanged and dark; the flash should primarily affect the subject and nearby reflective areas only. Render skin with soft, low micro-contrast texture, natural pores, and gentle highlight bloom — no artificial beauty smoothing or face reshaping. Color grade with warm, natural skin tones and slightly cooler shadows, maintaining a cinematic yet realistic smartphone aesthetic. Emulate a modern smartphone mirror-flash look: clean but imperfect, mild grain, slight digital softness, realistic LED flash color temperature. Apply a cinematic smartphone (iPhone-style) flash lighting effect to the uploaded mirror selfie while strictly preserving the original subject’s face, identity, pose, framing, and background structure exactly as captured. The original photo was taken without flash — simulate a soft iPhone LED flash firing subtly across the face, as if grazing the skin rather than hitting it head-on. Allow the flash to kiss the face lightly, creating gentle highlights on cheekbones, nose bridge, lips, and upper shoulders, with smooth falloff and no harsh hotspots. Maintain full realism — the result should look like an authentic phone-flash mirror selfie, not studio lighting or AI relighting. Enhance overall image clarity and resolution to true 2K quality (approximately 2048px on the long edge), improving fine detail, edge definition, and tonal smoothness without altering facial structure, proportions, or the original composition. Avoid oversharpening, plastic textures, or artificial upscaling artifacts. Hard rules (non-negotiable): • Do NOT zoom in or crop, even if the face appears small or partially obscured • Do NOT recompose, reframe, or adjust camera angle • Do NOT alter face shape, size, position, or proportions • Do NOT change hair shape, hair volume, or hairline • Only lighting, glow, haze, and color mood may be adjusted