Before the Shutter: Aesthetic and Actionable Portrait Photography Planning in 3D Scenes

Researchers propose a 3D portrait planning method that decides pose, camera, lighting, and exposure before capture.

The system uses a Photographic Scene Graph to model scene affordances and subject-scene relationships in indoor and outdoor settings.

It compares candidate plans with aesthetic guidance to choose feasible shots that better match human preferences.

Experiments show the method beats baselines in both human and MLLM evaluations while staying physically plausible.