Prompt for a top-down café food and drink flat lay photo

A fill-in-the-blanks prompt for a photorealistic top-down café photo of a dish and a drink in two colours you pick.

Model
Other
Task
Photoshoot
Source
Shared by @azed_ai on X

Amira Zairi (@azed_ai) shared this template on X on October 5, 2026 as “Fresh Café Flatlay”. It asks for an overhead shot of a dish and a drink in a stylish café, with soft daylight, subtle shadows, natural textures and the finish of premium editorial food photography. Fill the four brackets, for example a pistachio croissant with an iced matcha in green and cream. The post does not name the image model, so treat it as a general text-to-image prompt.

The prompt is quoted from Amira Zairi’s post on X.

Prompt
Photorealistic top-down shot of [food] with [drink] in a stylish café setting, cheerful fresh atmosphere, [color1] and [color2] palette, elegant food styling, natural textures, soft daylight, subtle shadows, premium editorial food photography, ARRI Alexa look, crisp details, 8K realism
What it produces
Asks for a photorealistic overhead photo of a dish and a drink on a café table, styled like editorial food photography in two colours you choose.
Parameters
Placeholders: [food], [drink], [color1], [color2]
Source link
x.com
Original post
x.com
Added

Questions

What do I replace in the prompt?
Four placeholders: [food], [drink], [color1] and [color2]. The rest of the prompt sets the café setting, light and photo style.
Which image model is it for?
The post does not say. It is written as a plain text-to-image prompt with no model-specific parameters.
What light does it ask for?
Soft daylight with subtle shadows, crisp details and an “ARRI Alexa look” for an editorial food-photography finish.

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