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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 823243" data-attributes="member: 53455"><p>One of my themed groups on Flickr once had a theme, “War Stories”. I chose to construe that theme very literally and shoot mementoes of World War I, “The Great War” as they called it before we became smart enough and began to number them. Aside from the book about that war and the burlap, everything you see is period 1914–1918, family mementoes from my grandfather’s war (the rusty helmet was his, too). The revolver and the ammo are not mine, however. You know that in Europe, we have very strict gun control laws, so I had to go to an antique dealer who owned the gun and was allowed to have it. He let me use it for the photo, but only as long as it didn’t leave his premises.</p><p></p><p>So, I had to transport all the pieces in the photo, the background burlap, plus all the shooting and lighting equipment, and set it all up in a corner of his store... Curious people passing by on the sidewalk, seeing this activity through the window, would stop to have a better look... I hope I created some interest and attracted some business for that nice antique dealer that day! And thanks for portable power packs that allowed me to use my big studio flashes and their soft, soft light, without having to make the guy spend any money on electricity for me... All the stuff was packed in a folding little red cart with sturdy wheels that acquitted itself just fine.</p><p></p><p>Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 50mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head, artificial lighting.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]409327[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 823243, member: 53455"] One of my themed groups on Flickr once had a theme, “War Stories”. I chose to construe that theme very literally and shoot mementoes of World War I, “The Great War” as they called it before we became smart enough and began to number them. Aside from the book about that war and the burlap, everything you see is period 1914–1918, family mementoes from my grandfather’s war (the rusty helmet was his, too). The revolver and the ammo are not mine, however. You know that in Europe, we have very strict gun control laws, so I had to go to an antique dealer who owned the gun and was allowed to have it. He let me use it for the photo, but only as long as it didn’t leave his premises. So, I had to transport all the pieces in the photo, the background burlap, plus all the shooting and lighting equipment, and set it all up in a corner of his store... Curious people passing by on the sidewalk, seeing this activity through the window, would stop to have a better look... I hope I created some interest and attracted some business for that nice antique dealer that day! And thanks for portable power packs that allowed me to use my big studio flashes and their soft, soft light, without having to make the guy spend any money on electricity for me... All the stuff was packed in a folding little red cart with sturdy wheels that acquitted itself just fine. Nikon Z7, Nikkor Z 50mm, ƒ/1.8 S lens. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head, artificial lighting. [ATTACH type="full"]409327[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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