You can’t beat the outdoors, and the legitimate look it gives to photos. Yes, this bolt-action rifle eye candy looks like the background was blown in, but I battled off mosquitoes to pull it off.
It was popular on social media, although most assumed I’d taken that forest image and composited it onto the canvas. In reality I exposed for the dark surroundings and adjusted the strobes on the rifle until things turned out.
In Print
One of the many magazines I write/photograph for, in this case Predator Xtreme, was apparently pleased with it, too. It ran as a two-page color spread.
It’s fun when you get things right, even is the bugs are hungry. If you’re a technophobe, the camera was a Canon 5D MkIV, Canon tilt-shift 45 mm and 580EXIIs for strobes. The rifle’s a Bergara B14 in .22-250 Rem.
Bolt-Action Rifle Eye Candy
Let me know how you think this bolt-action rifle eye candy ranks. There’s a lot of awesome gun photography out there….so I don’t expect it to be the best you’ve seen, but constructive criticism is always welcome.
And thank you for stopping by my small website. I hope you enjoyed the image and have a glorious rest of your day.
If you happen to be a southpaw, you might want to take a look at the Bergara B-14R Trainer Rifle for lefties.