The brainchild of Kincaid Stringer, a keen photographer and a cast member of the famed Irish dance show Riverdance, the pocket-sized device, called LimeLight, can be charged using a micro-USB connector.
On Kickstarter, Stringer points to the poor quality of images caused by the positioning of the flash on camera phones.
He adds: ‘While on tour with Riverdance in Shanghai, we all went out for our production manager’s birthday and experienced this very phenomenon.
‘One of my best friends, Callum Spencer, who has a knack for photography, had a flashlight in his bag and used it to create a downward cast light to illuminate the photo. Eureka!
‘This seemingly subtle difference made a drastic improvement and transformed our photos. This gave me the idea to build a detached light source that was light, sleek and small enough that anyone could carry it in their pocket or bag.
‘So, I found myself an engineer, Oliver Kershaw-Dickson, and built a prototype.’
Stringer is hoping to raise $25,000 to put the 25g LimeLight into production.
Backers who pledge $25 are promised one of the LimeLight devices at the time of its planned launch next month.
For further details, plus a video, visit www.kickstarter.com/projects/2067457852/limelight-enhancing-mobile-photography?ref=project_link.
