Clayflash is a realism-focused style LoRA designed to push images toward a direct camera-flash, candid snapshot look. It adds harder frontal lighting, flash falloff, sharper subject separation, darker backgrounds, mild blown-highlight behavior, and that slightly raw “caught by the camera” feel you get from disposable-camera, party-photo, nightlife, and casual flash photography.

This LoRA was trained with a CyberRealistic/Pony realism influence, so it is intentionally not a sterile flash preset. It tends to bring along a bit of CyberRealistic-style skin, face rendering, contrast, and composition flavor while still staying flexible enough for normal prompts.

Trigger Word

Use:

clayflash

Suggested Strength

Start around:

0.3 – 0.7

Higher strengths can make the flash effect stronger, but may also push the image too far and it just falls apart

Recommended Prompting

Example:

score_9, score_8_up, score_7_up, clayflash, realistic photo of a woman standing in a kitchen, casual outfit, looking at camera, candid snapshot, indoor background

Other useful prompt terms:

candid snapshot, direct flash, hard shadows, nightlife photo, party photo, flash photo, realistic skin, looking at camera, indoor background

Negative Prompt

score_4, score_5, score_6, blurry, low quality, bad anatomy, bad hands, deformed hands, extra fingers, text, watermark, logo, distorted face, plastic skin

Notes

This LoRA works best when used for realistic portraits, candid indoor photos, party/nightlife shots, casual fashion photos, mirror/selfie-style images, and flash-lit object or vehicle photos. It may produce stronger results on Pony/realism-based checkpoints, especially CyberRealistic-style models.

For best results, test different strengths. The sweet spot is usually lower than expected; around 0.4–0.6 often gives the flash-photo look without overpowering the base model.