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Sorry, this was just a test to see how the family portrait came out. I need some advice on lighting so I can have a nice family portrait done.

I have a few more that need pictures taken, and I have a YO-BO SRT on the way.

Ok, no testing allowed... UNLESS you are going to offer up details on the family

Oh... one other thing. Lose the plastic fantastic.

--md

I am off to bed now, grave yard shift at the jail and I am tired. I will give details on the guns when I wake up.

The plastic was my wifes doing, we are painting and that was the only clean spot at the time.

The only thing you need to do is stand up a large piece of posterboard on both the right and left side, out of the cameras view. You use them to bounce light in from the sides, and fill the shadows that ring each item.

If your camera and flash allow it, adjust the flash output until the flat surfaces are properly-lit, then angle the cards to fill with the spill from the flash.

Oh, and get more guns. In this crowd you have barely more than daily carry and backups.

Nice looking family. What's that black sheep on the bottom?

Thanks for the photo tips, Patrick. I can use them myself.

Thanks for the tip, and there are more but I just pulled out a few. The black sheep is for when I just cant bring myself to beat up a 2K dollar gun. Besides, do you know what happens in property room even for a good shoot, I do. Your guns will never come back the same.

Elliot- I think have put rounds thru all those..except the Glock! Good looking pic.

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Mark, you have shot most of my toys. I will have a YO-BO SRT built on a T series in a week or so, you will love it.

I will really stir things up.....Who did the grip treatment on the plastic gun?? I own one also.
I know....I know.....But as also a leo....sometimes the two grand one has to be substituted.....we don't make enough to do certain things to a nice gun......I do carry my two custom 1911's daily. I only break out the plastic every once in a while. One of my best friends is the Sgt over our property room. It would make ya'll cry. If ya'll saw what he has melted down....

I love my glocks...but yours looks like a retarded step child next to those other blasters.

jmorrow- The grip reduction was done by arizonaresponsesystems.com

I tried to tell someone else, I have that glock because I have seen what happens to a $2,000 dollar gun in property lock up, even if it was a good shoot.

Thanks...I have been looking into getting that done to my glock 23. You have a nice collection.

Re: Property Room guns. Yes, they can (probably will) get dinged up. However, I look at it this way: my life is worth more than $2K. (My wife usually agrees.) The resulting legal expenses will no-doubt make the $2K gun, even if it is lost to the authorities, a footnote in the cost spreadsheet.

In the event the shoot is deemed good ("No true bill" dropped, charges, or whatever happens) my property will be returned to me. If it is abused in more than the normal property room way, I'll have fun going after the city/county/whomever for compensation.

In any case, in the micro-second before the balloon goes up, I seriously doubt my thoughts will be "I'm glad I've got the ugly gun today."

My thoughts exactly. I never got the "what if I lose my nice gun" argument.
I'm carrying the gun that I handle best, regardless of whether it is a $2,000 gun or a $200 gun.

Should I ever get involved in an incident that doesn't go well, and I lose a family member, I hope I did my best with the best equipment I had available. I don't ever want to wonder if having better equipment would have mattered.
I'd rather lose my best gun in the process than my worst family member. Well, immediate family member.

If I shot a Kel-Tec better than a custom 1911, I'd carry it.
I just wouldn't tell anyone.

A good friend of mine carries a full-house Nedster 1911 as his on-duty gun. His backup? A Kel-tec .32 in an ankle holster. He makes no bones about it: "Light, reliable and accurate. And works after stepping in puddles all day."

We once did the "step-back" drill with his Kel-tec. We didn't miss the popper until we got to about 50 yards. Five yards through the larynx? Easy shot.

You carry what works, and if you really care about your own safety and others, hang the expense.

Here is a discussion on firearm specific photography/lighting that is quite good.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b ... 1&t=398372

Steve Bailey and DHart take awesome pictures too, and they should be chiming in here too

John

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Yea, I'd get rid of the flowered back ground.. my wife will see it and want to wallpaper my gunsafe with it...

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