VASILIY ANDREEV — CINEMATIC NOIR PORTRAITURE | LoRA (Krea2)
One weight slider — and the frame transforms into the atmospheric, dramatically-lit portraits of one of Russia's most compelling contemporary portrait photographers. No flat lighting, no commercial gloss: this is the world of cinematic noir, where every face tells a story through shadow and light, where raw emotion is sculpted by directional illumination, and where ordinary people become characters in their own private films.
About the Artist & The Style
Vasiliy Andreev is a Voronezh-based portrait photographer celebrated on 35photo.pro and winner of the 35Awards Male Portrait category
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Signature Concept: Cinematic noir portraiture. Andreev treats every portrait as a film still — his subjects are caught mid-narrative, their faces sculpted by dramatic lighting that reveals psychological depth and raw emotion
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The Manner: Contemporary digital portraiture with film-like grain and color grading. Shot primarily on Sony A7M4 and Fujifilm GFX100S (medium format), with signature focal lengths of 50mm f/1.2 and 85mm f/1.2 for that intimate, compressed perspective
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Palette & Light: Two dominant modes — deep cinematic shadows with selective highlights (Rembrandt and split lighting) and moody desaturated tones with teal-and-amber or warm tungsten accents. Light is always directional, narrative, and sculptural.
The Subjects: Real people, not professional models — working men and women, writers, artists, ordinary faces with extraordinary stories. Strictly adult subjects (20–60+) — the camera celebrates lived experience and character.
Tested Generation Settings (Krea2)
Parameter
Value
LoRA
ANDREEV_krea2_epoch_20
Base model
Krea2
Steps
8 (Preserves the film grain texture and prevents over-sharpening into digital smoothness)
Sampler
Euler A
Scheduler
Bong Tangent
Resolution
1024×1536 (vertical portrait) / 1536×1024 (horizontal cinematic)
LoRA weight
0.95–1.0
Positive-only discipline
cinematic portrait photography, dramatic noir lighting, raw emotion, atmospheric narrative
Trigger Words
Core Triggers: cinematic portrait photography in the style of Vasiliy Andreev, noir portrait lighting, atmospheric cinematic portrait Boosters: dramatic Rembrandt lighting, raw emotion, desaturated cinematic palette, film grain texture, 85mm f/1.2 lens compression