Press kit

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Everything a writer, editor, or partner needs to cover aura.refract — descriptions, founder bio, logos, and a real human to email.

The 50-word version

Boilerplate · ~50 words

aura.refract is a real-time aura photography studio that lives in your browser. Point your camera, and the lens reads your light — turning a single frame into a vintage-style aura portrait and a personal reading you can share. No appointment, no 90-minute line, no film.

The 100-word version

Boilerplate · ~100 words

aura.refract is a real-time aura photography studio that lives in your browser. Where classic aura portraits meant a long line and an instant-film fee, aura.refract reads your light the moment you point your camera — rendering a vintage-style aura portrait and a personal reading in seconds. Each capture lands on one of seven bands of the spectrum, from red to violet, with copy that's made to be screenshotted and shared. The full reading unlocks for a small fee. Built for phones, parties, and pop-ups, aura.refract brings the ritual of aura photography to anyone, anywhere, without the wait.

The 300-word version

Boilerplate · ~300 words

aura.refract is a real-time aura photography studio that lives in your browser — no app, no appointment, no film. Classic aura photography is a beloved ritual: you sit, you wait, you walk away with an instant-film portrait wreathed in color. But it also means a long line, a single print, and a fee that makes it a once-a-year novelty. aura.refract reframes the whole experience for the way people actually capture and share today.

Point your camera and the lens reads your light in real time, rendering a vintage-style aura portrait the moment you're framed. Every capture is placed on one of seven bands of the spectrum — red for force and instinct, orange for heat, yellow for spark, green for growth, cyan for clarity, blue for depth, violet for vision — each paired with a personal reading written to be screenshotted, saved, and shared. A free capture gets you the portrait and a taste of the reading; the full reading unlocks for a small fee.

Beyond the solo experience, aura.refract runs in event mode: hosts set up a camera and a light, guests take their own self-serve portraits, and a QR code lets everyone download their shots on the spot. Hosts earn a share of what their room generates, turning aura.refract into a draw for parties, markets, and pop-ups. Built mobile-first and designed to be installed to a home screen like an app, aura.refract brings a cherished analog ritual to anyone with a camera — instantly, anywhere, and made for the share.

Founder

Jacey Tomblin
Founder · CEO
"I waited 90 minutes at a Bushwick party for a polaroid I didn't even like. That was the meeting." Jacey Tomblin is the founder and CEO of aura.refract, where she runs the brand, the build, and the room. She started the company to turn a slow, once-a-year novelty into something anyone could do in seconds, on the device already in their hand. Read her founding note →

Logos & assets

Brand · marks, colors, type

The full brand kit — logo lockups, the seven-band palette, type, and usage rules — lives on the brand kit page. Please use the wordmark as provided and don't recolor the spectrum.

Fast facts

At a glance

Press contact

For interviews, assets, and quotes

We reply to every real inquiry. Reach the team directly:

press@refractventures.co