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Tanks, and Buns, and Boobs, Oh My!
Jun 18, 2018 23:56:31 #
Had a great time shooting at a military museum today though we were woefully ill prepared. After a week long heat wave and a high today of 97, the inside of the museum which is neither heated nor cooled stayed about 90 degrees the entire day. My wife's makeup and hair gave up the ghost in about 30 minutes.
We knew going in we couldn't use any strobes or flashes but the continuous lighting we brought, considering the size of the light sucking objects we were dealing with barely made a dent. As a result, I stayed on a tripod for most of the day while my friend valiantly tried to shoot without. I stayed at about a 1600 ISO to keep the shutter speeds above 1/15 and my model, who's used to me shooting at 1/200th most of the time had a hard time adjusting. Still, we got some decent, but noisy shots.
The folks running this place, which I promised not to directly name, were fantastic. Considering where I'm from it should be pretty easy to research. We have to go back and give this another shot when everything is cooler.
We knew going in we couldn't use any strobes or flashes but the continuous lighting we brought, considering the size of the light sucking objects we were dealing with barely made a dent. As a result, I stayed on a tripod for most of the day while my friend valiantly tried to shoot without. I stayed at about a 1600 ISO to keep the shutter speeds above 1/15 and my model, who's used to me shooting at 1/200th most of the time had a hard time adjusting. Still, we got some decent, but noisy shots.
The folks running this place, which I promised not to directly name, were fantastic. Considering where I'm from it should be pretty easy to research. We have to go back and give this another shot when everything is cooler.
Jun 19, 2018 00:01:00 #
Jun 19, 2018 06:26:04 #
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Jun 19, 2018 07:04:04 #
Beautifully done, the camouflage outfits were perfect. Thanks for sharing them.
Jun 19, 2018 08:00:23 #
Ha! I know where that is (no worries, no disclosure)... Did you get permission? Or, was this because you could without issues? 👍😎👍
Jun 19, 2018 08:29:14 #
Gitchigumi wrote:
Ha! I know where that is (no worries, no disclosure)... Did you get permission? Or, was this because you could without issues? 👍😎👍
We had permission of course. Over the years we have toured there several times, both by ourselves and with Boy Scout groups. I am a bit of a tank nut (my father was an instructor at Camp Hood in tank destroyers during WWII) and I thought it would be a wonderful place to shoot pin-pups.
We reached out to the owners over a year ago about doing this. They're only open on the weekends so on a Monday we had the place to ourselves. They have had other photographers in there over the years, but yesterday was the first time they've had anyone shooting nudes. In a few instances we needed their help getting up on vehicles and I think they got comfortable with us after the novelty wore off. I was going to send them a thank you note today and make sure we'll be welcome again. We negotiated a fee to shoot there but it was very reasonable.
Jun 19, 2018 08:33:44 #
InfiniteISO wrote:
I thought that might be the case.... Good job...We had permission of course.
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Jun 19, 2018 09:36:07 #
Jun 19, 2018 11:33:13 #
Great concept, ideal outfits on the model, and she was brave to straddle such a large gun. (grinning) I like the first two best with the leaning giving a more torpedo shape to the breast. Wait, I am mixing up my military branches!
Jun 19, 2018 11:45:44 #
InfiniteISO wrote:
Had a great time shooting at a military museum tod... (show quote)
Unique set. BTW, was that the ordnance museum in Aberdeen, Maryland? Glad they allowed the shoot. If any younger hoggers are thinking of joining the Marines, never make the mistake of calling your rifle a "gun", which is slang for something else. If you do, you will have to walk around the base with the rifle, and to everyone you pass, you say "this is my rifle, this is my gun. This one's for shooting, and this one's for fun.
Jun 19, 2018 12:43:02 #
Shutterbugsailer wrote:
Unique set. BTW, was that the ordnance museum in ... (show quote)
Yes, Rifle - Gun, I think we've all heard that tired joke. The tracked vehicle pictured is a variant of the M55 self propelled howitzer and everyone calls them SPGs (self propelled guns). If the guys that run them call them guns, I think we can too. The important weapons pictured don't have any rifling so we can call them guns as well.
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Jun 19, 2018 12:44:24 #
Jwshelton
Loc: Denver,CO
Thanks for sharing.
Thinking outside the usual backgrounds.
Kudos to your wife and model.
Extreme temps take a toll.
Nice work.
Thinking outside the usual backgrounds.
Kudos to your wife and model.
Extreme temps take a toll.
Nice work.
Jun 19, 2018 13:18:27 #
InfiniteISO wrote:
Yes, Rifle - Gun, I think we've all heard that tired joke. The tracked vehicle pictured is a variant of the M55 self propelled howitzer and everyone calls them SPGs (self propelled guns). If the guys that run them call them guns, I think we can too. The important weapons pictured don't have any rifling so we can call them guns as well.
Thanks for pointing that out. I had assumed that all artillery pieces from the 20th century onward had rifled barrels. I didn't realize that some artillery pieces had smooth bores, in which you trade off the accuracy and range of a rifled barrel for greater initial velocity, as well as being cheaper to produce. Designers did lengthen the shell and add fins to partially compensate for the lack of rifling
Jun 19, 2018 13:20:46 #
Jun 19, 2018 13:49:51 #
Shutterbugsailer wrote:
Thanks for pointing that out. I had assumed that all artillery pieces from the 20th century onward had rifled barrels. I didn't realize that some artillery pieces had smooth bores, in which you trade off the accuracy and range of a rifled barrel for greater initial velocity, as well as being cheaper to produce. Designers did lengthen the shell and add fins to partially compensate for the lack of rifling
I think many of them do have rifling especially the older howitzers, I was referring to the 38Gs, not the M55.
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