Second Curtain: a slow sync flash AI photoshoot
City lights drag across the frame for 1/8 s, then a rear-curtain flash freezes the face: that is the slow sync flash recipe behind Second Curtain. Five frames and a detail mix a ghosted body, amber trails and a crisp white-lit subject.
- Lens
- 24 mm
- Aperture
- f/5.6
- Shutter
- 1/8 s
- ISO
- 3200
- Light
- Rear-curtain flash
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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 · Second Curtain 
Frame 2 · Second Curtain 
Frame 3 · Second Curtain 
Frame 4 · Second Curtain 
Frame 5 · Second Curtain 
Detail · Second Curtain
About the rear-curtain flash look
A direct on-camera flash fires at the end of the exposure, so the light trails end at the sharp, frozen subject. During that eighth of a second the camera twists and drags, pulling street lamps, tail lights and shop signs into amber and red streaks. A translucent double outline follows the body. The 24 mm lens works close at f/5.6, and ISO 3200 adds noise to the shadows.
Clothes, place and when to pick it
Everything here is chosen to catch the flash: a cropped liquid-silver puffer, a black mesh top, wide black pants, white chunky sneakers, clear wraparound sport glasses and a silver chain. Parked cars and night streets supply the color. It fits a nightlife promo, a single cover or a profile picture with your face sharp inside the chaos.
How it works
Add three photos of yourself: face, half turn and full length. haloshot renders a free five-frame preview of Second Curtain with your face. Pick the frames you like and keep them in 4:5 HD.
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