# Flashlight Trend: Your Couple Photo on Pure Black With a Warm Rim Light > The flashlight trend is a romantic AI couple photo: the two of you close together on a pure black background, lit only from behind, so a warm rim of light draws your hair and shoulders while your faces stay soft and a little dim. Canonical: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo Updated: 2026-11-13 Published: 2026-11-13 Author: MakeViral Team (https://www.makeviral.ai/about) Publisher: MakeViral (https://www.makeviral.ai) The **flashlight trend** is a romantic AI couple photo: the two of you close together on a pure black background, lit only from behind, so a warm rim of light draws your hair and shoulders while your faces stay soft and a little dim. A small white heart floats in the dark above. You need one photo of each of you, or one couple photo. Upload a photo of you and one of your partner, or one photo of you two together. You get one vertical photo: the two of you close on a pure black background, a warm light behind you that outlines your hair, and a small white heart in the dark above. Also called: SONYAZ backlight couple photo, Couple rim light glow, Black background couple vibe filter, Siyah arka planlı çift silüeti, Çift ters ışık filtresi, Romantic silhouette glow. **Make it now:** [Make this photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo/create). 2 photos in · 2K photo out · 9:16 · 3 credits, charged once · ready in a few minutes · no prompt to write. Keyword: flashlight trend. Also answers: flashlight trend prompt, flashlight trend photo, black background couple photo, flash couple photo, couple flash photo ai, rim light couple photo, backlit couple photo, couple silhouette photo, siyah arka plan çift fotoğrafı, sonyaz trend, flashlight trend tiktok, flashlight trend instagram prompt, camera flash couple photo, backlight couple photo, dark background couple photo, black background couple photoshoot, couple silhouette ai, flaşlı çift fotoğrafı, çift flaş trendi, hypic couple filter, chatgpt couple photo prompt. ## What is the Flashlight Couple trend, and where did it start? The look took off in Turkey in November 2026 as TikTok photo posts: one picture, no caption on the image, and the same sound, "orijinal ses" by the account SONYAZ, a romantic edit sound from October 2025. The first post with the look that we found among the sound's top posts went up on 3 November 2026 from @harunn4790 and passed 1.1 million views. More couples followed: @ezgisahil_01's photo of 9 November reached 1.2 million views and 212,300 likes, and @barisozis's of 11 November 791,000 views. By 12 November, 12 of the 20 November posts in the sound's top list showed the **black background couple photo**, with about 4.3 million views together. That is why tutorial makers call it the **sonyaz trend**. On 11 November the tutorials arrived: Hypic template videos in Turkish called it **siyah arka plan çift fotoğrafı** and the **flashlight trend**, and pasted the template's prompt in the caption. A day later the same text came out in English, and CapCut tutorials named it the **rim light couple photo** and the **backlit couple photo**. Almost all of the posts come from Turkey; a few come from Turkish couples in Germany. ### Flashlight Couple trend timeline - **2025-10-31**: The sound "orijinal ses" by SONYAZ starts with a romantic edit by @mert_edit00 (1.3 million views by 12 November 2026). It carries all kinds of couple edits for a year. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@mert_edit00/video/7567326226654825746). - **2026-11-03**: @harunn4790 posts a couple photo on pure black with a warm rim light and a small white heart, on the SONYAZ sound. It reaches 1.1 million views and 151,700 likes. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@harunn4790/video/7703993384184057089). - **2026-11-09**: @ezgisahil_01's black background couple photo reaches 1.2 million views, 212,300 likes and 12,900 shares, the most viewed post of the look. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@ezgisahil_01/video/7706214692594699572). - **2026-11-11**: Hypic tutorials in Turkish show the template and paste its prompt in the caption; the first one we found had 10,200 views a day later. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@user30096385413253/video/7706775068432469270). - **2026-11-12**: 12 of the 20 November posts in the SONYAZ sound's top list show the look, with about 4.3 million views together. English and CapCut tutorials call it the flashlight trend, the rim light couple photo and the SONYAZ backlight couple photo. ## What the Flashlight Couple photo looks like These are two of the trend's original posts: real couples' photos in the flashlight look, shown the way TikTok plays them, with the post's own sound. Your result is one new still photo made from your own photos in the same look, not a copy of these. No two runs come out the same. - **Example 1** (19 s before-and-after clip, 9:16 MP4): The first post of the look to pass a million views, by @harunn4790 (3 November 2026, 1.1 million views): a warm rim light in her hair, his smile in soft light, a small white heart in the dark. - Video: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo/original-main-v2.mp4 - Poster: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo/original-main-v1.jpg - **Example 2** (19 s before-and-after clip, 9:16 MP4): The most viewed post of the trend, by @ezgisahil_01 (9 November 2026, 1.2 million views): she rests on his back, both lit from behind on pure black, with the white heart above. - Video: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo/original-top-v2.mp4 - Poster: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo/original-top-v1.jpg ## How to make the Flashlight Couple photo on MakeViral Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no watermark. ### The one-tap way (no prompt to write) 1. **Add the two photos.** Press "Make yours" and add you, face clear, chest up, then your partner, face clear, chest up. Add them in this order, because the order decides who is who in the scene. Take them with the camera or pick them from your library. Start here: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo/create 2. **Press Generate.** The button shows the price. Nano Banana 2.1 puts your photos into the Flashlight couple photo scene and makes one 2K photo. You write no prompt. 3. **Download or share.** The photo is ready in a few minutes as a 9:16 2K image. Download it, share it from your phone, turn it into a video, or find it later in My videos. ### The by-hand way, with the exact prompts The one-tap flow runs this prompt for you. The photo prompt puts your photo into the scene (Nano Banana 2.1, image mode, 9:16, 2K). To change it, copy it and edit it in AI Photo. #### Variant: Couple Settings: 2 photos (you, face clear, chest up + your partner, face clear, chest up) · Nano Banana 2.1 · photo · 2K · 9:16 · 3 credits in one tap. 1. Open [AI Photo with this template](https://www.makeviral.ai/photo?template=flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo) and add the two photos in this order: you, face clear, chest up, then your partner, face clear, chest up. Pick 2K for the same size as the one-tap photo. The photo prompt is filled in: ```text Use the two uploaded photos. The person in the first image is on the LEFT and the person in the second image is on the RIGHT: do not blend the two people. Show them as a romantic couple, close together: cheek to cheek, in a hug, or one resting the head on the other's shoulder, from the chest up, both faces turned toward the camera or three-quarters to it. Each keeps the face, hair, skin tone and clothes from their own photo. Black background: the whole background is pure, solid black, with no room, no wall, no furniture, no sky and no objects. Backlit subject contours (hair light / rim light), warm-toned backlight casts a bright warm glow on the edges, faces stay softly dim, but every face stays clear and recognizable, minimal vibe, strong light-and-shadow contrast. Light outlines the hair, translucent rim light, subject fades into darkness, high contrast, clean and minimalist, romantic mood. Place a simple filled small white heart emoji in the empty space above their heads. Photorealistic photo, vertical 9:16, like a real photo taken at night with one warm light behind them. No text, no letters, no logo, no watermark, no other emoji, no frame. Exactly two people in the frame. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 image. To make it move, press "Make it a video" on it. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo/create #### Variant: Couple photo Settings: 1 photo (you two together, both faces clear) · Nano Banana 2.1 · photo · 2K · 9:16 · 3 credits in one tap. 1. Open [AI Photo with this template](https://www.makeviral.ai/photo?template=flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo&variant=one-photo) and add your photo (you two together, both faces clear). Pick 2K for the same size as the one-tap photo. The photo prompt is filled in: ```text Use the uploaded photo of two people. Keep the two people, their pose, their faces, their hair, their clothes and the framing exactly as in the photo: do not blend the two people. Only the background and the light change. Black background: the whole background is pure, solid black, with no room, no wall, no furniture, no sky and no objects. Backlit subject contours (hair light / rim light), warm-toned backlight casts a bright warm glow on the edges, faces stay softly dim, but every face stays clear and recognizable, minimal vibe, strong light-and-shadow contrast. Light outlines the hair, translucent rim light, subject fades into darkness, high contrast, clean and minimalist, romantic mood. Place a simple filled small white heart emoji in the empty space above their heads. Photorealistic photo, vertical 9:16, like a real photo taken at night with one warm light behind them. No text, no letters, no logo, no watermark, no other emoji, no frame. Exactly the people of the photo in the frame, no one added. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 image. To make it move, press "Make it a video" on it. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo/create?variant=one-photo #### Variant: You + pet Settings: 2 photos (you, face clear, chest up + your pet, face and body) · Nano Banana 2.1 · photo · 2K · 9:16 · 3 credits in one tap. 1. Open [AI Photo with this template](https://www.makeviral.ai/photo?template=flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo&variant=pet) and add the two photos in this order: you, face clear, chest up, then your pet, face and body. Pick 2K for the same size as the one-tap photo. The photo prompt is filled in: ```text Use the two uploaded photos. The person in the first image is on the LEFT and the pet in the second image is on the RIGHT. The person holds the pet close in a warm hug, cheek against its head, from the chest up, the person's face turned toward the camera or three-quarters to it. The pet is the same species and breed, with the same face, eyes, ears, muzzle, fur colors, fur length and markings as in the second image, with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with the person. The person keeps the face, hair, skin tone and clothes from the first image. Black background: the whole background is pure, solid black, with no room, no wall, no furniture, no sky and no objects. Backlit subject contours (hair light / rim light), warm-toned backlight casts a bright warm glow on the edges, faces stay softly dim, but every face stays clear and recognizable, minimal vibe, strong light-and-shadow contrast. Light outlines the hair, translucent rim light, subject fades into darkness, high contrast, clean and minimalist, romantic mood. Place a simple filled small white heart emoji in the empty space above their heads. Photorealistic photo, vertical 9:16, like a real photo taken at night with one warm light behind them. No text, no letters, no logo, no watermark, no other emoji, no frame. Exactly one person and one pet in the frame. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 image. To make it move, press "Make it a video" on it. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo/create?variant=pet ### Which photo works best? **Pick the version, then the photos.** - **Couple:** photo 1 is you, photo 2 is your partner. You end up on the left, your partner on the right, close together. - **Couple photo:** one photo of you two together. The pose and the framing of your photo stay; only the background and the light change. This is how the original template works. - **You + pet:** photo 1 is you, photo 2 is your cat or dog. - Use sharp photos with the **face in full view**, from the chest up or closer. Daylight or a bright room works best: the result dims the faces, so they need detail to start from. - Hair matters: the rim light draws it. Loose hair and curls look best. - No sunglasses, no heavy filter, no text or stickers on the photo. - Only adults who said yes, or your own pet. ## How many credits does it cost? You pay per photo in credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. The one-tap price covers one 2K photo, charged once. A smaller 1K photo costs less if you run the prompt by hand in AI Photo. | Model | Settings | Credits | | --- | --- | --- | | Nano Banana 2.1 (this template) | 2K photo, 9:16, one tap | 3 | | Nano Banana 2.1 (by hand in AI Photo) | 1K photo, 9:16, same prompt | 2 | Credits come with a plan; see [pricing](https://www.makeviral.ai/pricing). A failed photo gives its credits back. ## What does the flashlight trend photo look like? One vertical photo, 9:16: - **The background** is pure black: no room, no wall, no sky. - **The light** comes from behind the two of you. It is warm and golden and draws a bright line around your hair, your shoulders and the edges of your faces. - **Your faces** stay soft and a little dim, as in the trend, but still clear enough to know who you are. - **A small white heart** floats in the empty dark above you. It is the trend's mark, so it stays in every version. People call it the **flashlight trend**, a **flash couple photo** or a **couple flash photo AI** edit, but there is no flash from the front: the glow is a backlight, like a lamp behind you at night. That is why you also see it as the **backlit couple photo**, the **rim light couple photo** or the **couple silhouette photo**. ## Which versions can you make? | Version | Photos | What you get | |---|---|---| | **Couple** (default) | Photo 1 you, photo 2 your partner | The two of you close together, cheek to cheek or in a hug, from the chest up | | **Couple photo** | One photo of you two together | Your own photo, same pose, now on black with the rim light and the heart | | **You + pet** | Photo 1 you, photo 2 your pet | You hug your cat or dog, both lit from behind on black | Every version makes one still photo, about one minute per run. The trend has no video step: people post the photo itself. If you want it to move, the result screen can turn it into a short video. ## How do you post it like the trend? 1. **Make the photo** here and save it. 2. **Post it as a TikTok photo post**, one slide, with nothing written on the picture. That is how the black background couple photo posts look. 3. **Add the trend's sound:** "orijinal ses" by SONYAZ. Tap the sound under any post of the trend and press Use this sound. Your result is a still photo, so the sound is not on it: you add it in TikTok. 4. **Caption:** keep it short. Most posts use only a white heart emoji and #sonyaz. On Instagram, post it as a photo or a story with a soft love song. ## What goes wrong, and how do you fix it? | Problem | Fix | |---|---| | A face does not look like you | Use a sharper, closer photo in daylight, face to the camera, without filters. | | The faces are too dark | The trend keeps them dim on purpose. Run it again, or use a photo where your face is bright and clear. | | The two faces blend | Use the Couple version, with one person per photo. | | Part of the old room shows behind you | Run it again. A photo with a plain background helps. | | No heart, or a different emoji | Run it again: the heart is in the prompt, but image models sometimes skip small details. | | The model refuses the photo | Some photos get refused. The credits come back; try another photo. | ## Flashlight Couple trend questions ### What is the flashlight trend? It is a romantic AI couple photo trend from Turkey, November 2026: a couple on a pure black background, lit from behind by a warm rim light, with a small white heart in the dark. People post it as a single TikTok photo with the sound "orijinal ses" by SONYAZ. The first big post we found, from 3 November 2026, passed 1.1 million views. ### How do I make the flashlight trend photo with my own photos? Press "Create your own", pick Couple, add a photo of you and one of your partner and press Generate. Or pick Couple photo and add one photo of you two together. You get one vertical photo in about a minute. ### What is the flashlight trend prompt? The Hypic template that the tutorials use comes with this text: backlit subject contours (hair light, rim light), a warm-toned backlight that casts a bright warm glow on the edges, faces that stay dim, strong light-and-shadow contrast, the subject fading into darkness, high contrast, clean and minimalist, a romantic mood, and a simple filled small white heart emoji in the empty space. MakeViral uses that same prompt with your photos, so you do not need to copy it into ChatGPT. This also answers the flashlight trend Instagram prompt and the ChatGPT couple photo prompt searches. ### Siyah arka plan çift fotoğrafı nasıl yapılır? "Create your own" düğmesine bas. Couple sürümünde kendi fotoğrafını ve sevgilinin fotoğrafını yükle, ya da Couple photo sürümünde ikinizin birlikte olduğu tek bir fotoğrafı yükle ve Generate'e bas. Yaklaşık bir dakikada siyah arka planlı, arkadan sıcak ışıklı ve küçük beyaz kalpli çift fotoğrafın hazır olur. Bu, TikTok'ta çift flaş trendi ve flaşlı çift fotoğrafı diye de geçen akım. ### Why is it called the sonyaz trend? Most posts of the look use the TikTok sound "orijinal ses" by the account SONYAZ, and many carry the #sonyaz hashtag. Tutorial makers took the name from there, for example "SONYAZ backlight couple photo". ### Is it a real camera flash couple photo? No. The name says flash, but the light in the trend comes from behind the couple, not from a camera flash in front. The AI image model relights your photo: it makes the background pure black and adds the warm backlight. The result looks like a backlit photo taken at night. ### Is this the Hypic couple filter or a CapCut template? No. The tutorials use a closed Hypic or CapCut template, and some call it the Hypic couple filter. MakeViral is a separate tool: you upload your own photos and get the photo directly, with no template link and no app to install. ### Can I use one couple photo instead of two? Yes, with the Couple photo version. Your pose and framing stay as in your photo; only the background turns black and the light comes from behind. Use a photo where both faces show clearly. ### Can I do it with my cat or dog? Yes, with the You + pet version: photo 1 is you, photo 2 is your pet. You hold your pet close, both lit from behind on pure black, with the white heart above. ### Does the result have the trend's sound? No. The result is a still photo, so it has no sound. Add "orijinal ses" by SONYAZ when you post it on TikTok, the way the trend's posts do. If you turn the photo into a video on the result screen, that video gets its own sound. ### Is there a couple silhouette AI or a dark background couple photo version without the heart? The heart is the trend's mark, so every version adds it. The rest is the couple silhouette AI look: a dark background couple photo with a warm rim light, like a black background couple photoshoot at night. If you do not want the heart, crop it out after you save the photo. ### Does it cost credits? Yes. Each photo costs credits, much less than a video, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. If a photo fails, the credits come back. ## Other AI video templates and tools - [Couple Eye Trend: Your Initials Drawn in Red Eye Veins](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/couple-eye-initials-ai-trend): Upload a close face photo of you and one of your partner, then type two letters. You get one extreme close-up photo: your eyes cheek to cheek, and red veins in the white of each eye spell the other one's initial. - [Couple Back Tattoo Trend: Your Face as a Tattoo on His Back](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/couple-back-tattoo-ai-trend): Add your selfie, or one photo of each of you. AI makes the viral romantic back tattoo portrait: your partner's bare back with your face as a large black-and-gray tattoo, roses and "Love You", while you hug him in front of a wall of white roses. - [Si Tú Eres la Que Resuelve: the Black Panther Mirror Photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/dark-mirror-reflection-ai-trend): You stand at a dark marble mirror with your palm on the glass, and your reflection is a black panther pressing its paw to your hand, under the line "Si tú eres la que resuelve, ¿a qué le tienes miedo?". - [AI photo generator](https://www.makeviral.ai/ai-photo-generator) - [All AI video templates](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates) ## New AI video trends this week - [Jensen Huang AI Video: Take the Wheel Next to the Nvidia CEO](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/jensen-huang-ai-video): The car clip that started the Jensen Huang AI memes, with you at the wheel. Add one photo, and you (or your pet) drive the Nvidia CEO in his black leather jacket, with the clip's own sound. - [Cat Shower AI: Dodge the Water, Dive Under the Blanket](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/cat-shower-ai-trend): The cat scoops the water, pours it over its head and leans away so not one drop hits it. Then it shivers and runs to bed. Add one photo, and you or your pet take the cat's place, with the trend's own sound. - [Tying My Shoes Meme: Put Yourself Behind the Tip Cup](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/tying-shoes-money-ai-trend): You put your cup down to tie your shoe, and people start dropping cash in it. Add one photo, and you or your pet star in the viral clip, grin and all, with its original sound. - [MobLand Dance AI: Do Paul's Dance From One Photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/mobland-paul-dance-ai): Lean in to the camera, step back, then the knee lifts, the little kicks, the shrugs and the hand flicks, with a straight face that keeps breaking into a grin. Add one photo of you or your pet and get the 10 second clip with the music. - [Bad Aim Edit AI Trend: Miss the Target, Then Own the Office](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/bad-aim-edit-ai-trend): You try archery in a grass field and miss the flying target badly. Then a hard cut: a cool black and white office edit in black fight gloves, with a mug, a shh and a walk out the door. Add one photo of you or your pet. - [Favorite Rumors About Us AI: Do the Couple Rumors Trend From Two Photos](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/favorite-rumors-about-us-ai-trend): Two of you stand side by side while the rumors pop up one by one, and whoever the rumor is true for breaks into a goofy dance on the beat. Add two photos and get the clip with the rumor captions and the sound. ## Make your own Flashlight Couple photo Add two photos and press Generate. No prompt to write. 3 credits, charged once. [Make this photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/flash-couple-silhouette-ai-photo/create)