Just a Girl and Her Canon... And a Boy with His Glock

[K24Photography]

Holy crap, did no one decide to ask you if you visually and physically unloaded the magazine as well as visually and physically checked the chamber and barrel. If you did, then absolutely nothing is irresponsible. The finger is ridiculous in the trigger well if you're trained only because it is pushed much too far through instead of using the tip. But then again, if someone was just going to shoot another dead out of anger which is what I visualize when I see this picture, I'm pretty sure they aren't trained well and just want to get the job done. So a win on the picture.
Now, if you didn't check the magazine or chamber and barrel, you're an idiot. As a photographer you can for sure bet that I will never trust another word that it is clear. Give me a Navy SEAL or Army SF who's whole job in life is to take guns and make others fall and I'll still make him show me and physically touch it myself. I want to be sure when I'm on the other end that I'm not getting shot.
I think you should re-shoot this picture again and again until you get exactly the shot you want. Retouch it until it's perfect and makes you happy. But every single time you take your eyes off the gun, recheck it's not loaded. It'll suck if you get shot in the head, and whoever is on the other end will have to live with the fact they just probably killed you.
Final thought, a gun can't magically kill anyone. It needs a bullet, it needs to be chambered, and it needs a pull of the trigger. Make sure there's no bullet, every time, and if you do you can ignore the ignorant and politically correct, and focus on your shot...With the camera.

 

[molested_cow]

Didnt a seal team member shoot himself in the head while trying to impress a girl he met in a bar recently? yeah you cant be careful enough.

http://www.military.com/video/forces/seal-teams/navy-seal-shoots-self-in-head/1381260420001/

 

[Natalie]

No happy ending for that guy either. Quite sad...

Navy SEAL dies in San Diego after accidentally shooting himself while playing with gun - The Washington Post

 

[2WheelPhoto]

I'd have liked the shot better if there was barely visible bullet lit in the chamber. May have added drama to the pic and really stirred up the paranoid folks =)

Doesn't have to be a live round.




For the record, I like my Glocks almost as much as my cameras.

 

[jowensphoto]

If I were taking that picture, I would personally inspect the gun to make sure it was unloaded and there wasn't any ammo nearby though.

Exactly what I did

 

[DCMoney]

1. Treat all weapons as if they are loaded.
2. Never point a gun at anything you are not willing to destroy.
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target.
4. Be aware of your targets foreground and background.

The boy and his glock need to get some training.

 

[jowensphoto]

blah blah blah.

I didn't sign up for gun safety, I signed up for a photography forum.

 

[iresq]

^^^ no kidding. I wonder if you could put like a small incense stick into the barrel enough that it would not be visible. Then you could get smoke coming out of the end of the barrel without actually firing a round. I also like the bullet idea but you will have to dissemble one to make it work.

 

[TMBPhotography]

I like the incense idea. cool.

 

[DiskoJoe]

Photos are fine but I agree that guns arent toys. Dont treat them as such. I had a friend that got shot in the leg cause her and her boyfriend were messing around like this.

 

[jowensphoto]

Then your friend is a dumbass who didn't see for herself that it wasn't loaded.

 

[Granddad]

The camera one doesn't really do anything for me, and I don't understand why there's no lens on the camera, lol... Flash is too harsh.

The Glock one - I like. I think it could use just a little more DOF though, just enough to get the front sight in focus.

As far as safety - I'll give you the benefit of doubt. And as far as finger placement - it doesn't go bang unless you pull the trigger. If you were going for "I'm about to shoot you", that would be hard to pull off with the finger outside of the trigger guard... For all we can tell, there might not even be a magazine in it. Even if we could see the bottom of the gun, an empty mag well could easily be covered by a supporting hand. If I were taking that picture, I would personally inspect the gun to make sure it was unloaded and there wasn't any ammo nearby though. Just saying - don't take the other guy's word for it, check yourself. Then double check.

I used to have a bunch of similar pictures, but they're long gone...

All of the above safety points with stress on YOU checking for yourself and then use the remote too. I'm not anti-gun (I carried one as a police officer for years) just a gun safety freak. Gun accidents can be very final. :salute:

 

[TMBPhotography]

why are people continuing to harp on the gun safety thing. She already said she checked it, ok? got it? theres nothing wrong with an empty gun. Move on to critiquing the photo....

 

[jowensphoto]

why are people continuing to harp on the gun safety thing. She already said she checked it, ok? got it? theres nothing wrong with an empty gun. Move on to critiquing the photo....

Thanks

 

[jowensphoto]

I think you should re-shoot this picture again and again until you get exactly the shot you want. Retouch it until it's perfect and makes you happy. But every single time you take your eyes off the gun, recheck it's not loaded. It'll suck if you get shot in the head, and whoever is on the other end will have to live with the fact they just probably killed you.
Final thought, a gun can't magically kill anyone. It needs a bullet, it needs to be chambered, and it needs a pull of the trigger. Make sure there's no bullet, every time, and if you do you can ignore the ignorant and politically correct, and focus on your shot...With the camera.

He has a few different guns, I'd like to reshoot this one and get it just right and then try out the revolver! We are talking about getting an AK, so that could be fun too!