I've really enjoyed shooting the calendar at the Saunders Corps of Cadets Center at A&M these past few years, but this year we shot at a local restaurant that has a big collection on the walls. Dr. Sneed came up to assist along with Jackson and we knocked off 10 shots in a short day. Location was just three miles from my house. Happy to have new guns but also a bunch of new backgrounds to work with. Borrowed a Nikon D3 to shoot and mostly used one soft box and a white card for reflector.
Just out of the frame it's clamp and tape hell.
Side-hammer guns.
Slightly different take on side-hammers.
An inset on one of the black powder guns.
Shotguns!
Dr. Sneeds dad's Airforce S&W.
Luger, Sneeds Nazi dagger and a little Mauser.
Nambu and one of my theater-made knives from WWII
Cut down Detective Special.
Old guns on a blanket I bought near Shiprock years ago.
Common pistol.
Last shot of the day. Derringers on the end of an old trunk. One light and a card, plus I had to stand on an apple box to get up with a short telephoto.
Cranked along. I started with the hardest set-ups first and worked to the easy ones by the late afternoon. The guns are currently being ID-ed. Going to add a few I already had on hand. Hope to get one more years shoot out of this location.
Glad to get this project done as it is adding up to a very busy summer.
Beautiful pics Robert, and I envy your ability to get to shoot these pieces of history!
ReplyDeleteIs there a place online where one can buy this calendar once it's ready? I'd love to have one for my office.
ReplyDeleteGreat bunch of guns.
ReplyDeleteI take gun pics from time to time.
Really need to buy, or make, a box.
TSRA site will have them by the mid-fall for 10.00. Texas State Rifle Association.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures indeed! Thanks for sharing those wonderful pieces of history. I have to say you have one great collection out there. Do you have something along the lines of the Best Hunting Knife for hunting? I have been trying to come up with my own along that vein only knives.
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