ALEXEY KAZANTSEV — Soft-Window Intimacy | LoRA (Krea2 Turbo)

One weight slider — and the frame settles into the Novosibirsk school of quiet portraiture: a single north-window key, a muted gray-green canvas, medium-format tonality, and a gaze caught between two thoughts. No drama, no props — only a living face at f/1.2.

About the Artist

• Aleksey Kazantsev (Kazantsev Alexey), Novosibirsk, Russia — 35PHOTO resident; 522 photos, 3.56M views, 5.5K followers; genres: Portrait, Female portrait (author page).

• His gallery is a sequence of named-muse series — Liza, Julie, Anastasia, Nathalia, Zlata, Ksenia, Moldir, Tatyana, "Muse" — each a sustained study of one face (author page).

• Bodies: Sony ILCE-7M4, Sony ILCE-7RM2 and Fujifilm GFX 50s — the medium-format back gives his frames their smooth tonal roll-off (author page gear list).

• Glass: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L II as the workhorse (267 shots at 85mm), with 110mm and 135mm for compressed, creamy planes (author page focal stats).

• Exposure discipline: ISO 100–400, shutter 1/160–1/500 — clean available window light, no strobe hardness (author page EXIF stats).

• Signature sample: two loose braids over bare shoulders, black lace top, gray-green canvas, parted lips and a calm direct gaze — intimacy without theater.

The Manner

• North-window key: one soft directional source; shadows fall open, never crush.

• Muted canvas: gray-green, olive-gray, warm gray backdrops with a gentle vignette — the world reduced to a tone.

• Medium-format tonality: smooth gradation, fine micro-detail, gentle highlight roll-off (GFX 50s signature).

• Alive, not posed: parted lips, relaxed brows, a gaze slightly past the lens — the moment between thoughts.

• Natural styling: loose braids, soft waves, low buns; minimal or no makeup; freckles and moles kept.

• Simple wardrobe: black lace, white linen, knit sweaters, cotton tees — clothing as texture, not statement.

• Compression: 85mm f/1.2 to 135mm — creamy bokeh, razor focus locked on the eyes.

• Quiet intimacy: head-and-shoulders or half-body; the frame whispers.

Tested Generation Settings

Parameter

Value

Checkpoint

ALEXEY_KAZANTSEV_krea2_3342439_epoch_20

Base model

Krea2 Turbo

Steps / Sampler / CFG

8 / Euler a / 1

Resolution

1024×1536 (vertical 35photo) / 1024×1024 (catalog square)

LoRA weight

0.8–1.0 (epoch 20 holds the window-light grammar natively)

Positive-only discipline

fully clothed or tastefully implied, adult 25+, natural skin texture, soft window key, muted gray-green canvas, focus locked on the eyes

Trigger Words

Aleksey Kazantsev style, 35photo Novosibirsk portrait, soft window-light female portrait, medium-format portrait tonality Boosters: 85mm f/1.2 creamy bokeh, muted gray-green canvas, parted-lips quiet gaze, Fujifilm GFX tonality, natural hair styling

Versions

• V1 (epoch 20, current) — 40 lines of quiet-window portraiture: named-muse grammar translated to synthetic subjects.

Rights & Ethics

• Aleksey Kazantsev is a living working photographer (Novosibirsk); this LoRA is an unofficial style study and homage, not affiliated with the artist (author page).

• Do not reproduce his named muses (Liza, Julie, Anastasia, Nathalia, Zlata, Moldir and others) via prompts or face-LoRAs; all subjects are synthetic adults 25+.

• Do not present generations as authentic Kazantsev work; credit as "in the style of Aleksey Kazantsev".

• Wardrobe stays simple and covered or tastefully implied; no boudoir layer in this card.