Landing: an outdoor ring flash AI photoshoot at dusk
You get a dusk shoot on the stepped terraces of a white concrete amphitheater, lit by a ring flash around the lens and nothing else. Silver fabric goes bright and flat while the sky drops to a cold blue-gray.
Art direction: Alex But
- Lens
- 50 mm
- Aperture
- f/8
- Shutter
- 1/200 s
- ISO
- 400
- Light
- Ring flash
- Time
- Dusk
Best for
Six frames from this shoot
Five frames and one detail, made by haloshot from three phone photos of one person.
Frame 1 · Landing 
Frame 2 · Landing 
Frame 3 · Landing 
Frame 4 · Landing 
Frame 5 · Landing 
Detail · Landing
About the ring flash look
Firing along the lens axis, the ring flash leaves almost no shadow on the face, puts round catchlights in the eyes and traces a thin dark outline on any concrete close behind. A 50 mm at f/8, 1/200 s and ISO 400 holds the steps sharp front to back. The sky sits about one and a half stops under the flash, so it turns cold and dim.
Clothes, place and when to pick it
haloshot dresses women in a crinkled silver nylon suit with a folded high collar, and men in an asymmetric silver cloak over a pale gray top and flared wool trousers, both with a webbing techno belt and chunky white boots. It is set on amphitheater steps after sunset. Choose it for an album cover, a futurist lookbook or a bold profile picture of your face.
How it works
Add three photos of yourself: face, half turn and full length. haloshot renders a free five-frame preview of Landing with your face. Pick the frames you like and keep them in 4:5 HD.
How to use a ring flash outdoors at dusk
A ring flash wraps the lens, so the light runs along the camera axis and the shadow falls straight behind as a thin outline. Underexposing the sky keeps dusk cold.
- Get permission for the amphitheater after sunset and bring a battery pack with a studio ring head for the 5 m reach.
- Set the 50 mm at f/8, 1/200 s, ISO 400 and begin when the sky meters 1.5 stops under.
- Work low, 4 to 6 m out, with the model near a riser so the outline lands on concrete.
- Finish within about 20 minutes of sunset, before the blue band goes black.
Silver throws ring light straight back, so check the histogram for clipped folds.
Set notes by Alex But, art director · Updated
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