Last Transfer: a tungsten film AI photoshoot in a metro tunnel
Last Transfer follows a late-night ride through a tiled metro transfer tunnel in six cool, quiet frames on tungsten-balanced cinema film. Fluorescent tubes turn cyan, each one wears a thin red glow, and the walls slide by while the figure on the moving walkway stays sharp.
Art direction: Alex But
- Camera
- 35 mm compact rangefinder
- Lens
- 40 mm
- Aperture
- f/2.8
- Shutter
- 1/30 s
- Film
- ISO 500 tungsten cine film
- Light
- Fluorescent tubes
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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 · Last Transfer 
Frame 2 · Last Transfer 
Frame 3 · Last Transfer 
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Frame 5 · Last Transfer 
Detail · Last Transfer
About the tungsten film look
Rows of bare fluorescent tubes are the only light, overhead and a little frontal, soft yet clearly directional under the brow and chin. Because the film expects warm bulbs, the tubes record as muted cyan-blue, and a cinema stock processed without its anti-halation layer blooms a red rim around each one. The photographer rides the same belt with a 40 mm lens at f/2.8 and 1/30 s, so tiles streak past a steady figure.
Clothes, place and when to pick it
haloshot styles women in a calf-length charcoal cocoon coat with a pleated graphite skirt over trousers, and men in a below-the-knee charcoal coat with straight graphite trousers. Each outfit layers a gray hoodie, a fringed gray scarf and black knit gloves. The tunnel links two metro lines. Pick it for a moody profile picture or a night series with your own face.
How it works
Add three photos of yourself: face, half turn and full length. haloshot renders a free five-frame preview of Last Transfer with your face. Pick the frames you like and keep them in 4:5 HD.
How to shoot tungsten cine film under fluorescent light
Tungsten-balanced cine film records fluorescent tubes as cool cyan, and stock without its anti-halation backing adds red rims. Riding the walkway with the subject streaks the tunnel.
- Get written permission from the transit operator for a tiled tunnel with a moving walkway; late night keeps it empty.
- Load CineStill 800T rated at ISO 500 into a compact rangefinder with a 40 mm, no correction filter.
- Set f/2.8 and 1/30 s and ride the belt beside the subject, 1.5 to 3 m away, elbows braced.
- Shoot as they turn back; your shared speed keeps them sharp while tiles and tubes streak.
Watch for the end of the walkway and step off facing forward.
Set notes by Alex But, art director · Updated
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