Propped up pistols?

[GR0M]

I've bought and sold a few pistols here and am curious about an ongoing trend displayed in photographs of pistols. What's the appeal in propping up pistols offered for sale with pencils, screw drivers, 50bmg rounds, insert inanimate object here, etc?

Capturing firearms 'good side'? Action shot? Scale?

 

[1000yards]

sometimes it helps catch the light better to show a better example of the actual condition,
gets rid of shadow edges,
plus it decreases that amount of peoples toes we see.

 

[09outlander]

Also 99% of us don't know what the hell were doing when we take a picture, I'm part of the 99% by the way.

 

[09outlander]

sometimes it helps catch the light better to show a better example of the actual condition,
gets rid of shadow edges,
plus it decreases that amount of peoples toes we see.

We're lucky if it's just the toes

 

[loki_81]

• Smooths out flash for those without pro equipment.
• Adds depth, otherwise it looks like a 1D drawing.
• Removes straight on reflection from stainless/nickle.
• Also removes blinding flash from stainless/nickle.
• Allows for a slightly better inspection than a straight on view, perhaps showing the buyer a problem/nick in the finish without providing more pics.
• Gives you reason to ask "does it come with the .50bmg round?" .

 

[GR0M]

Well for eliminating the toes alone I guess I can get behind it haha

 

[Shooter1of38]

• Smooths out flash for those without pro equipment.
• Adds depth, otherwise it looks like a 1D drawing.
• Removes straight on reflection from stainless/nickle.
• Also removes blinding flash from stainless/nickle.
• Allows for a slightly better inspection than a straight on view, perhaps showing the buyer a problem/nick in the finish without providing more pics.
• Gives you reason to ask "does it come with the .50bmg round?" .

50 bmg round not included!

 

[mini15]

Reflects the "propped" up price.

 

[ryan]

I'd sooner see a prop than trigger lock!

 

[Tengoo]

It's very hard to photograph a gun from overhead without light glare, shadows in the wrong places, or the goofyness of toes in the pic. Having the gun propped up on an angle eliminated a lot of problems.

 

[Master-G]

It's very hard to photograph a gun from overhead without light glare, shadows in the wrong places, or the goofyness of toes in the pic. Having the gun propped up on an angle eliminated a lot of problems.

No it's not!

These were taken on my back deck on overcast days--I used a bit of old cushion floor (reversed) as the backdrop, put the camera on a tripod and that's it. (well, there's a bit of editing afterwards but nothing too tricky).

 

[graydog]

As far as I am concerned I do not care how someone does it, as long as they have good pictures.

Graydog

 

[dogzilla]

We're lucky if it's just the toes

What if we can't see our toes