Freakdaddy
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Ruger Single-Six
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With Williams FireSights
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With Williams FireSights
Keep it simple... We all love pics
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Magnum.35744
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Freakdaddy...
Nice collection you have there! And great photography
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Nice collection you have there! And great photography
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EastSideRich
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Freakdaddy -
Nice pics!!
I LOVE that Buckmark!
Nice pics!!
I LOVE that Buckmark!
Freakdaddy
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Thanks guys!
Yeah, I'm pretty partial to that Buckmark too
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D-Ric902
Very cool grips.
Although it looks like you worship at the lost church of El.
Very cool grips.
Although it looks like you worship at the lost church of El.
spyderdude
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Here is an updated pic of my gun collection minus the Ruger SP101 357 Magnum.
HogManMagnum
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Freakdaddy, beautifull pix... please tell me ur a professional photogh and not any ol' bum with a camera... i wanna kno how i can do pictures like that
Freakdaddy
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LOL! Just a bum with a camera
. Thank you for the compliment though. Before I go any further, I want everyone to know it's Playboy's fault
! If it weren't for all the great pictures he's taken, I would have never been inspired.I definitely don't have any "special" setup. I take all my pictures in my basement where I also dabble in taxidermy on the side. I had to have good lighting to do the taxidermy as shadows could really be misleading in both the mounting/finishing process. I found this also works pretty good for pictures. This picture shows the area which is roughly 12'x15'. I have 8 flourescent shoplights plus a couple of standard bulbs. It's bright.
I put this dropcloth around the stairwell as in the winter it could get rather cold. This helped hold in the heat when I ran my kerosene heaters. I found it also provides good reflective light for pictures. This is where I set up for my shots.
Now don't get discouraged if you aren't capable of setting something like this up or what Playboy has done with the box he made. You can take great pictures outside on an overcast day. This will work equally well.
As far as my camera goes, it's a Sony Cybershot DSC-H7. It can be bought for under $300 and has a multitude of features. I'm still learning what all it can do but it will definitely make an amateur look like a pro. I take multiple pictures, mess with the settings (flash, macro, speed, etc.) and then see what turns out best. I also check out different digital photography forums and read books. Any editing I do is usually just cropping or auto adjust. I don't do anything else.
The nice thing about this camera is it is 8.1 megapixel. You can zoom in on the photo and you don't lose the detail. The one picture of the Single-Six with the holster was taken with my old 2.3 megapixel Canon. From a distance it looks fine. If I tried to enlarge the picture, it wouldn't look crisp. This example is of the Ruger taken from about the same distance and both cropped and zoomed in. The first is with the 2.3 and the second is with the 8.1:
As you can see, I can't zoom in nearly as close with the 2.3 as I can with the 8.1. In a nutshell, get as many megapixels ALONG with features you can afford when buying a camera. I would also be willing to sacrifice some megapixels for features as you will have more versatility and creativeness with the latter.
To be continued.
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Freakdaddy
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For the backdrops, I use picture frame mat board found at any art and craft store and usually on sale. You do have to be a little more careful with this as it can show scratches/blemishes more than the poster board PBP uses. He's the one that gave me this idea as once again, I always liked how his photo's turned out. I ended up buying 8 or 9 different colors and experiment with what looks best. These are also white on the back so I essentially get two colors.
If I'm just doing a gun alone, I like for it to "pop" at the viewer. If I'm doing more of a composition, I like things to blend and flow yet still have that subtle "pop". This probably comes from the taxidermy and doing habitat bases, dioramas, etc. For example, here's a pic of my Silver Hunter with a guncase in almost identical poses. The orange makes it "pop" but the green makes it flow with a subtle "pop". I prefer the green.
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Of course, you can use anything you want for a backdrop or setting. The deer hide and antlers tie in nicely with the Ruger but look out of place with my Kimber. Some of the pictures I used my leather coat. I've seen ones with denim coats that also looked nice. If using a coat or fabric, bunch it up some to give it depth and "character". On my coat, I was trying to hide any seams so as not to be distracting from the subject. Don't be afraid to experiment with backdrops as you never know what you'll stumble upon.
I get a lot of my ideas from forums like these and seeing various poster's photos. Like everyone else, I read a lot of gun rags, visit their websites and get their catalogs. Much of their photography is outstanding and gives you a good foundation on what your looking for.
Also, don't be afraid to try "effects". The one M&P photo is with the lights off and a flashlight held above it. The other M&P photo is me blowing cigarette smoke on it and then snapping a picture. I think that one turned out pretty cool. Some pictures I've seen just involved parts of the guns, hence the Ruger emblem/frame and the muzzle/bullet pics. It's different but it seems to work well. You don't always need the whole gun to have an interesting picture. Here's one of my Browning T-Bolt.
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Angle of the shot makes a big difference and gives a whole different feel to the same picture. This picture is basically the same pose but different angles. The first is nice but the second...well it's probably one of my favorites I've taken so far.
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You can also see on the second one how the colors of the holster leather, box graphics and hollow points flow with the orange mat board. Even the silver bullet cases reflect the orange causing everything to blend together nicely. Yet you still get that "pop" even from a rather busy composition.
I still have much to learn but have improved greatly over the past year. I owe a lot of gratitude to PBP and his pics for guiding me. Try different things, experiment with effects, angles and backdrops and who knows what you'll discover.
Sorry for the hijack. We now return you back to your regularly scheduled thread.
If I'm just doing a gun alone, I like for it to "pop" at the viewer. If I'm doing more of a composition, I like things to blend and flow yet still have that subtle "pop". This probably comes from the taxidermy and doing habitat bases, dioramas, etc. For example, here's a pic of my Silver Hunter with a guncase in almost identical poses. The orange makes it "pop" but the green makes it flow with a subtle "pop". I prefer the green.
Of course, you can use anything you want for a backdrop or setting. The deer hide and antlers tie in nicely with the Ruger but look out of place with my Kimber. Some of the pictures I used my leather coat. I've seen ones with denim coats that also looked nice. If using a coat or fabric, bunch it up some to give it depth and "character". On my coat, I was trying to hide any seams so as not to be distracting from the subject. Don't be afraid to experiment with backdrops as you never know what you'll stumble upon.
I get a lot of my ideas from forums like these and seeing various poster's photos. Like everyone else, I read a lot of gun rags, visit their websites and get their catalogs. Much of their photography is outstanding and gives you a good foundation on what your looking for.
Also, don't be afraid to try "effects". The one M&P photo is with the lights off and a flashlight held above it. The other M&P photo is me blowing cigarette smoke on it and then snapping a picture. I think that one turned out pretty cool. Some pictures I've seen just involved parts of the guns, hence the Ruger emblem/frame and the muzzle/bullet pics. It's different but it seems to work well. You don't always need the whole gun to have an interesting picture. Here's one of my Browning T-Bolt.
Angle of the shot makes a big difference and gives a whole different feel to the same picture. This picture is basically the same pose but different angles. The first is nice but the second...well it's probably one of my favorites I've taken so far.
You can also see on the second one how the colors of the holster leather, box graphics and hollow points flow with the orange mat board. Even the silver bullet cases reflect the orange causing everything to blend together nicely. Yet you still get that "pop" even from a rather busy composition.
I still have much to learn but have improved greatly over the past year. I owe a lot of gratitude to PBP and his pics for guiding me. Try different things, experiment with effects, angles and backdrops and who knows what you'll discover.
Sorry for the hijack. We now return you back to your regularly scheduled thread.
Dreadnought
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Laserlips:
No, I'm barely old enough to have graduated uni, LOL.
No, I'm barely old enough to have graduated uni, LOL.
ccoorreeyy
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A few more to look at
I'll add a few more to the pot
Can you tell I Love the Rohrbaughs? Next up is a rare folding 32.
And a cool NAA black widow.
few more
I'll add a few more to the pot
Can you tell I Love the Rohrbaughs? Next up is a rare folding 32.
And a cool NAA black widow.
few more
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