J'ai fait plus de 700 000 FCFA sur une seule boutique. Voilà le plan que je te propose.

Square 1:1 photo, straight out of the camera, unedited. Taken with the rear camera of an ordinary mid-range phone from around 2013, no flash, by a parent standing two metres away at adult eye level, slightly tilted, not posed.

CAMERA: wide phone lens, ISO 100, shutter 1/1000 s, exposure set for the face, hard morning sun, short dark shadows, whites slightly blown out. No HDR, no editing.

SUBJECT: a Black African [boy or girl] about ten years old, slim, short hair, wearing a plain khaki school shirt, plain dark [shorts or skirt] and a school bag on both shoulders. Standing in front of the family's metal gate, both hands holding the bag straps, squinting a little in the sun, a small shy smile, looking at the camera. Natural skin texture.

PLACE: the cemented courtyard of a middle-class family home in a West African city around 2013: painted compound wall, grey metal gate behind the child, a potted plant on the left.

FRAMING: the child is centred, seen from the waist up, the face in the middle of the square so it stays visible inside a round profile picture.

NEGATIVE: no text, no letters, no date stamp, no brand logo, no badge, no crest on the shirt, no print on clothes, no watermark, no on-screen camera settings, no studio lighting, no HDR, no blurred-background portrait look, no glossy smooth skin, no cartoon, no 3D, no illustration, no extra people, no village hut, no thatched roof.

Square 1:1 photo, straight out of the camera, unedited. Taken with the front camera of an ordinary mid-range phone from around 2017, no flash, held at arm's length by the subject itself, slightly tilted.

CAMERA: wide front lens, ISO 400, shutter 1/60 s, exposure set for the face, daylight from one window on the left, the room behind two stops darker. No HDR, no editing.

SUBJECT: a real ginger tabby cat, the size of a seated person, sitting on a dark velvet sofa, wearing a plain grey T-shirt with no print. Its left front limb stretches toward the lens and fills the bottom left corner, out of focus. The other front limb rests on its knee. Expression: half-closed eyes and a tired, unimpressed face, like someone who has just read a message and decided not to answer. Real fur, a few stray hairs, nothing groomed.

PLACE: the living room of a middle-class family home in a West African city: cream tiled floor, white lace doily on the sofa arm, thick curtains with a net curtain on the left, a ceiling fan.

FRAMING: the face sits in the middle of the square so it stays visible inside a round profile picture.

NEGATIVE: no text, no letters, no date stamp, no brand logo, no print on clothes, no watermark, no on-screen camera settings, no phone visible in the frame, no human, no studio lighting, no HDR, no glossy smooth fur, no cartoon, no 3D, no illustration, no plush toy, no village hut, no thatched roof.