360 photos

Genevieve Grossmann wanted a wow factor for her wedding last October in Philadelphia.

She knew a 360 photo booth would accomplish that.

“I’m pretty sure I saw it on the Oscars, and there were probably some celebrities doing this technology,” she recalled. “I Googled around and [OrcaVue] were the first people I was able to find. It was amazing. Our guests still talk about it, and every once in a while they’ll post it on social media.”

Daniel and Jonathan Rosenberry are the founders of Silver Spring-based OrcaVue (it stands for Orbiting Camera Vue) and inventors of the patented technology that allows for those sleek slow-motion photos that were popularized on the red carpet and have popped up at sporting events and now wedding receptions.

A camera is set up on a long metal arm — think a selfie stick that you don’t have to hold — that spins around a foot-high platform where the photo subjects stand. The camera, pointing inward, takes a series of photos that creates a slowed-image finished product that shows every angle of the subject.

“People are really awestruck. It’s like they haven’t laughed before in life,” said Daniel Rosenberry. “Seeing themselves in that shot—in slow motion holding a pink flamingo or wearing a funny hat—people lose their minds.”

The 360 photo booth ranges from $2,500 to $3,000 if it’s rented in Maryland. Rosenberry estimates that it has been used 500 times since its invention in 2014.