Brushstroke: an intentional camera movement AI photoshoot
Brushstroke moves the camera vertically during a half-second exposure, so a figure in daylight becomes tall streaks of saturated color. Six painterly frames in ultramarine, sunflower yellow and deep green, with the face only a hint.
- Lens
- 35 mm
- Shutter
- 1/2 s
- Camera
- Vertical sweep
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Six frames from this shoot
Five frames and one detail, made by haloshot from three phone photos of one person.
Frame 1 · Brushstroke 
Frame 2 · Brushstroke 
Frame 3 · Brushstroke 
Frame 4 · Brushstroke 
Frame 5 · Brushstroke 
Detail · Brushstroke
About the vertical icm look
Bright daylight on strong color areas gives the sweep plenty to stretch. A 35 mm lens moves smoothly from top to bottom over 1/2 s, pulling every edge into vertical bands that run the full height of the frame. In a few frames the camera pauses for an instant, so the eyes and beard hold faintly. All of the painterly look happens in camera, without filters.
Clothes, place and when to pick it
A long ultramarine coat becomes a single tall stroke against a sunflower yellow wall, and green plants melt into vertical green bands. The figure reads by color and silhouette more than detail. haloshot keeps a trace of your own face in the streaks, built from three phone photos. It suits art prints, an album cover or a gallery-style grid.
How it works
Add three photos of yourself: face, half turn and full length. haloshot renders a free five-frame preview of Brushstroke with your face. Pick the frames you like and keep them in 4:5 HD.
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