Photographer Denis Smith creates photos giant balls of light without any digital trickery, relying instead on light-painting. His technique is to spin a light around while slowly turning his body, creating spheres of light when seen in a long exposure photo.
Customer: I want to test this camera with my memory card so I can check the pictures at home on my computer.
Salesperson: That's very smart of you - of course I'll let you do that.
Customer: Can I try it with a background flash?
Salesperson: Normally I'd say no, but I'm not busy... so... sure, why not?
Customer: Can we shoot it on a white wall with even lighting?
Salesperson: Whatever you'd like.
Sure this might be an April Fool's joke, but it's also a pretty interesting concept demo. Perhaps this is a glimpse of how we might be operating cameras in the future.
Update: This giveaway is now over. The winner was randomly selected and announced below.
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