The test shoot in the studio allowed me to work on the concept. The smoke helped recreate the atmosphere you find at a rifle range when a dozen or so guns are going off in rapid succession. Since I was eager to test out my battery setup on a full day shoot, I decided to bring it along to the firing range. The typical solution for running a smoke machine on location is to use a generator but sometimes you need to use smoke in situations where a loud generator isn't possible.
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Recently we bought this cheap fog machine on clearance and we figured out how to run it off a deep cell marine battery with a cheap 400 watt power converter we got off Amazon. Since Halloween, I have been trying to figure out a simple way to bring portable smoke to a few of my shoots. When I saw the huge flag in the studio I knew it would not only make for a great backdrop but it would also gain a lot of attention at the range. As I was exploring different background options, a friend of mine suggested I use an American flag he had in his garage. My initial thought was to just set up a white roll of paper out in the field but that seemed a little boring. I also knew that in order to make a compelling photograph, I couldn't just take a photo against some trees or in the parking lot.
For these portraits, I wanted to capture people exactly as they showed up to the range. Great photography is so common these days that in order to make something stand out you really need to conceptualize your own vision before committing to a shoot. This curiosity set up what would become one of the most interesting photoshoots of my career. What I wasn't sure about was just how many people would make shooting guns a priority immediately following the holiday.
I knew that there would be all sorts of people showing up at the range. In the south we casually throw the word "reckneck" around, and with the diversity surrounding Charleston, S.C. Behind the scenes of the simple lighting setup.
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