Noob here!

[Stradawhovious]

I like the first Glock shot. It doesn't look as menacing.

Having a gun pointed in your face, by nature, is menacing regardless of star point post processing. It's not supposed to fill you full of lovie dovies and warm fuzzies...... It's a gun..... and it's in your face.

 

[jowensphoto]

I like the first Glock shot. It doesn't look as menacing.

Having a gun pointed in your face, by nature, is menacing regardless of star point post processing. It's not supposed to fill you full of lovie dovies and warm fuzzies...... It's a gun..... and it's in your face.

I like them both... it's not really my style to take darker photos like that of the glock, it was actually on a whim when my boyfriend was cleaning his gun. Perhaps I was inclined to do the edit as shown in the first photo because of my normal style. It does seem that the majority of the critiques prefer the second edit, so I plan on stepping out of my comfort zone a little more often and see what happens

I really appreciate all the comments and advice!!!

 

[o hey tyler]

Either way, your boyfriend shouldn't have had his finger on the trigger unless he's ready to fire, and if he was ready to fire, it would have been at your face.

It's just gun handling and safety 101. We are probably more concerned about your personal safety than the quality of the photo.

 

[Stradawhovious]

Either way, your boyfriend shouldn't have had his finger on the trigger unless he's ready to fire, and if he was ready to fire, it would have been at your face.

It's just gun handling and safety 101. We are probably more concerned about your personal safety than the quality of the photo.

Just the fact that he was willing to (and proceeded to) point a GUN at your FACE should make you adjust your choice in significant other.

First rule of gun safety.

1. treat every gun as if its loaded.

There's a reason for that. There's not a prayer in the world that will take back a bullet.

But people do as people do. It's your face, do with it as you wish.

 

[jowensphoto]

I completely understand and very much appreciate the concern, but the gun was empty; no clip, nothing in the chamber. He was cleaning it, it would be really dumb to clean it while loaded. Maybe not as dumb as I was for letting him point it at my face, but I saw there was nothing in it and felt no danger in snapping the shot.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

To end the controversy, just tell everyone that the camera was on a tripod and you used a remote shutter release. Yeah, thats the ticket.

 

[KmH]

I completely understand and very much appreciate the concern, but the gun was empty; no clip, nothing in the chamber. He was cleaning it, it would be really dumb to clean it while loaded. Maybe not as dumb as I was for letting him point it at my face, but I saw there was nothing in it and felt no danger in snapping the shot.

For many people these are very close to what their last words were, which is why a gun should never be pointed at a person unless it is intended to be used.

With the camera on a tripod and a remote release for the shutter, no problem pointing a gun at the camera then. The only potential is a camera gets killed, not a person.

 

[reznap]

I'd be pissed if someone shot my camera.

 

[tygr1]

I would presume the gun was inspected and seen to be empty by both parties immediately before the shoot.. If it was empty, it was empty...no harm, no foul.

 

[reznap]

I would presume the gun was inspected and seen to be empty by both parties immediately before the shoot.. If it was empty, it was empty...no harm, no foul.

As someone who's handled weapons previously I can't understand this mentality. You should treat every weapon as if it were loaded and always point the barrel in a safe direction. This is what every legitimate organization employs as rules, not to mention basic common sense.