Torch Paint: a light painting AI photoshoot
Torch Paint is a portrait painted by hand with a flashlight during a 15-second exposure in total darkness. Six frames where warm light lands in patches and strokes, a cold white streak cuts across and the rest stays black.
- Lens
- 35 mm
- Aperture
- f/8
- Shutter
- 15 s
- Light
- Handheld flashlight
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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 · Torch Paint 
Frame 2 · Torch Paint 
Frame 3 · Torch Paint 
Frame 4 · Torch Paint 
Frame 5 · Torch Paint 
Detail · Torch Paint
About the flashlight painting look
A small warm tungsten flashlight does most of the painting, with a single stroke from a cold white LED flashlight for contrast. Brightness is uneven by design, heavier where the beam lingered. The 35 mm lens sits on a tripod at f/8 for 15 seconds. Breathing leaves slight ghost doubling, and bright streaks appear wherever the light passed in front of the lens.
Clothes, place and when to pick it
A textured bouclé coat gives the beam something to rake across, so the fabric reads in relief even in a narrow stroke. Frames range from a band of light across the eyes to a full figure in uneven strokes. haloshot paints the light onto your own face from three phone photos. Use it for cover art, a moody profile photo or a portfolio opener.
How it works
Add three photos of yourself: face, half turn and full length. haloshot renders a free five-frame preview of Torch Paint with your face. Pick the frames you like and keep them in 4:5 HD.
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