Is this the most incredible picture ever taken on a smartphone?

For one man, this was the challenge when he was asked to shoot a global launch campaign with just a smartphone - and without the aid of Photoshop.

Canadian photographer, Benjamin Von Wong, 28, was tasked by Chinese company Huawei with creating the craziest photograph he could with their upcoming mobile phone. 

With Wong used to shooting with high-end cameras to create his surreal art work, the photographer was aware that it would be quite a challenge.

Further limits were placed on the project, as Wong was also told that the model must be surrounded by fire and that the use of Photoshop was banned.

To help with the conception of the project, the photographer invited fire performance team Starlight Alchemy, based in Singapore, to assist with tests in a European-style palazzo in Shanghai. 

The pyrotechnicians were tasked with standing on either side of a model and waving rods that were ablaze to create a wing motion.

Then, the smartphone was used to capture a series of multiple images swiftly, one after another, which would then blend into one shot.

Without the use of Photoshop, Wong instead utilised the additional help of some glass filters, which he attached to the camera, intensifying the vibrancy of the photographs.

The resulting images see a model transformed into an angel of sorts, with huge fiery wings. 

Test shots from the shoot also see other people on set with the fire and phone effects creating an inferno background.

The photographer has spoken about the problems of timing the picture.

Wong explained: 'The greatest challenge taking the photos was to make sure that everything fell into the right place at the right time - from the wings, to the model, to the lighting, to getting the exposure right.'

He wrote on Medium.com: 'Lighting for the set was carefully designed to make the pillars and backdrop stand out without hitting our model. Light spills during a long exposure, would mean that our gorgeous model would come out looking blurry.'

He added: 'Add on a little fiery magic with the help of Starlight Alchemy and all we had to do was create the perfect shape.'

(dailymail.co.uk)