A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Firing Blanks?

Hell no!

Comments

220 responses to “Firing Blanks?”

  1. Lexci Million Avatar

    (And I left this computer and post and now my post doesn’t make sense after #36) – oh well!)

  2. Lexci Million Avatar

    (And I left this computer and post and now my post doesn’t make sense after #36) – oh well!)

  3. Arachne Avatar

    That so many people think the guy’s pointing a gun at the photographer shows what a well-taken image this is. Look at the angle on the gun. Bear in mind the photographer is very likely not standing right up close. The gun is pointing *past* the photographer – if it was pointing at them, the gun would be straight on.

  4. Arachne Avatar

    That so many people think the guy’s pointing a gun at the photographer shows what a well-taken image this is. Look at the angle on the gun. Bear in mind the photographer is very likely not standing right up close. The gun is pointing *past* the photographer – if it was pointing at them, the gun would be straight on.

  5. Arachne Avatar

    That so many people think the guy’s pointing a gun at the photographer shows what a well-taken image this is. Look at the angle on the gun. Bear in mind the photographer is very likely not standing right up close. The gun is pointing *past* the photographer – if it was pointing at them, the gun would be straight on.

  6. Arachne Avatar

    That so many people think the guy’s pointing a gun at the photographer shows what a well-taken image this is. Look at the angle on the gun. Bear in mind the photographer is very likely not standing right up close. The gun is pointing *past* the photographer – if it was pointing at them, the gun would be straight on.

  7. hawkfeather Avatar
    hawkfeather

    no worries Lexci Million- that is basically exactly what i did with my first post.

  8. hawkfeather Avatar
    hawkfeather

    no worries Lexci Million- that is basically exactly what i did with my first post.

  9. hawkfeather Avatar
    hawkfeather

    no worries Lexci Million- that is basically exactly what i did with my first post.

  10. hawkfeather Avatar
    hawkfeather

    no worries Lexci Million- that is basically exactly what i did with my first post.

  11. hawkfeather Avatar
    hawkfeather

    i wanted to add though- I am all for supporting the ‘choice’- even if I don’t personally agree with it for my body- one has the right to govern what they do to their own body- why I love this site.

    I was way wrong about the sentiment as it was for another post- but even still if you chop off your penis it affects you more than anyone else.. whereas a gun being pointed at another affects others- even if it is an emotional reaction to those who have been victim’s of violent crimes.

    Still I know we wont all love the same content- but I love that we can share our views when we don’t.. and share why.

  12. hawkfeather Avatar
    hawkfeather

    i wanted to add though- I am all for supporting the ‘choice’- even if I don’t personally agree with it for my body- one has the right to govern what they do to their own body- why I love this site.

    I was way wrong about the sentiment as it was for another post- but even still if you chop off your penis it affects you more than anyone else.. whereas a gun being pointed at another affects others- even if it is an emotional reaction to those who have been victim’s of violent crimes.

    Still I know we wont all love the same content- but I love that we can share our views when we don’t.. and share why.

  13. hawkfeather Avatar
    hawkfeather

    i wanted to add though- I am all for supporting the ‘choice’- even if I don’t personally agree with it for my body- one has the right to govern what they do to their own body- why I love this site.

    I was way wrong about the sentiment as it was for another post- but even still if you chop off your penis it affects you more than anyone else.. whereas a gun being pointed at another affects others- even if it is an emotional reaction to those who have been victim’s of violent crimes.

    Still I know we wont all love the same content- but I love that we can share our views when we don’t.. and share why.

  14. hawkfeather Avatar
    hawkfeather

    i wanted to add though- I am all for supporting the ‘choice’- even if I don’t personally agree with it for my body- one has the right to govern what they do to their own body- why I love this site.

    I was way wrong about the sentiment as it was for another post- but even still if you chop off your penis it affects you more than anyone else.. whereas a gun being pointed at another affects others- even if it is an emotional reaction to those who have been victim’s of violent crimes.

    Still I know we wont all love the same content- but I love that we can share our views when we don’t.. and share why.

  15. Human.v2.0 Avatar
    Human.v2.0

    39:”That so many people think the guy’s pointing a gun at the photographer shows what a well-taken image this is.”

    Um… not so much, personally. While I commend the blur of perspective in this shot, the only way this gun wasn’t essentially right off the camera lens was if this image was cropped from off-center on the original shot (which is possible, but I don’t personally know how you’d be able to get the blur to work just right that way) or if this was done with an exceptional optical zoon with the focus on a very tight spot.

    There really arn’t many ways to take a picture down a gun without actualy taking a picture down a gun. Then again, I’ve used guns on film sets before and was careful enough to make sure to check the clip and the chamber anytime I even had it in my pocket for too long; shooting the actress (or one of the 12+ people surriounding the set) accidentally wasn’t a possibility I felt like having.

    I personally don’t care for these shots, but then again I don’t *care* if people do them. I just dislike it when the shot involves an inherently dangerous practice.

  16. Human.v2.0 Avatar
    Human.v2.0

    39:”That so many people think the guy’s pointing a gun at the photographer shows what a well-taken image this is.”

    Um… not so much, personally. While I commend the blur of perspective in this shot, the only way this gun wasn’t essentially right off the camera lens was if this image was cropped from off-center on the original shot (which is possible, but I don’t personally know how you’d be able to get the blur to work just right that way) or if this was done with an exceptional optical zoon with the focus on a very tight spot.

    There really arn’t many ways to take a picture down a gun without actualy taking a picture down a gun. Then again, I’ve used guns on film sets before and was careful enough to make sure to check the clip and the chamber anytime I even had it in my pocket for too long; shooting the actress (or one of the 12+ people surriounding the set) accidentally wasn’t a possibility I felt like having.

    I personally don’t care for these shots, but then again I don’t *care* if people do them. I just dislike it when the shot involves an inherently dangerous practice.

  17. Human.v2.0 Avatar
    Human.v2.0

    39:”That so many people think the guy’s pointing a gun at the photographer shows what a well-taken image this is.”

    Um… not so much, personally. While I commend the blur of perspective in this shot, the only way this gun wasn’t essentially right off the camera lens was if this image was cropped from off-center on the original shot (which is possible, but I don’t personally know how you’d be able to get the blur to work just right that way) or if this was done with an exceptional optical zoon with the focus on a very tight spot.

    There really arn’t many ways to take a picture down a gun without actualy taking a picture down a gun. Then again, I’ve used guns on film sets before and was careful enough to make sure to check the clip and the chamber anytime I even had it in my pocket for too long; shooting the actress (or one of the 12+ people surriounding the set) accidentally wasn’t a possibility I felt like having.

    I personally don’t care for these shots, but then again I don’t *care* if people do them. I just dislike it when the shot involves an inherently dangerous practice.

  18. Human.v2.0 Avatar
    Human.v2.0

    39:”That so many people think the guy’s pointing a gun at the photographer shows what a well-taken image this is.”

    Um… not so much, personally. While I commend the blur of perspective in this shot, the only way this gun wasn’t essentially right off the camera lens was if this image was cropped from off-center on the original shot (which is possible, but I don’t personally know how you’d be able to get the blur to work just right that way) or if this was done with an exceptional optical zoon with the focus on a very tight spot.

    There really arn’t many ways to take a picture down a gun without actualy taking a picture down a gun. Then again, I’ve used guns on film sets before and was careful enough to make sure to check the clip and the chamber anytime I even had it in my pocket for too long; shooting the actress (or one of the 12+ people surriounding the set) accidentally wasn’t a possibility I felt like having.

    I personally don’t care for these shots, but then again I don’t *care* if people do them. I just dislike it when the shot involves an inherently dangerous practice.

  19. SEAFAR3 Avatar
    SEAFAR3

    ooo edgy

  20. SEAFAR3 Avatar
    SEAFAR3

    ooo edgy

  21. SEAFAR3 Avatar
    SEAFAR3

    ooo edgy

  22. SEAFAR3 Avatar
    SEAFAR3

    ooo edgy

  23. mule Avatar
    mule

    im sorry but i find this a pointless photo for the style of website its on. its a good photo non the less

  24. mule Avatar
    mule

    im sorry but i find this a pointless photo for the style of website its on. its a good photo non the less

  25. mule Avatar
    mule

    im sorry but i find this a pointless photo for the style of website its on. its a good photo non the less

  26. mule Avatar
    mule

    im sorry but i find this a pointless photo for the style of website its on. its a good photo non the less

  27. [iam]angelicfruitcake[/iam] Avatar

    Damn, I was hoping for an IAM page to perv on as well.

  28. [iam]angelicfruitcake[/iam] Avatar

    Damn, I was hoping for an IAM page to perv on as well.

  29. [iam]angelicfruitcake[/iam] Avatar

    Damn, I was hoping for an IAM page to perv on as well.

  30. [iam]angelicfruitcake[/iam] Avatar

    Damn, I was hoping for an IAM page to perv on as well.

  31. Lexci Million Avatar

    …there are handheld shutters too.

  32. Lexci Million Avatar

    …there are handheld shutters too.

  33. Lexci Million Avatar

    …there are handheld shutters too.

  34. Lexci Million Avatar

    …there are handheld shutters too.

  35. me Avatar
    me

    Wow, isn’t MistahG clever? It’s almost amusing to watch this emotionally retarded jerk-off try to convince himself that he’s “intellectually superior”, but it’s really just to pathetic to be funny. I shouldn’t be giving him the attention that he obviously craves, but fuck, is there anyone running the site who still gives a shit? Apparently not if that impotent prick’s obnoxious post with the malicious link isn’t being removed. Welcome to the new BME, what a refreshing new direction.

  36. me Avatar
    me

    Wow, isn’t MistahG clever? It’s almost amusing to watch this emotionally retarded jerk-off try to convince himself that he’s “intellectually superior”, but it’s really just to pathetic to be funny. I shouldn’t be giving him the attention that he obviously craves, but fuck, is there anyone running the site who still gives a shit? Apparently not if that impotent prick’s obnoxious post with the malicious link isn’t being removed. Welcome to the new BME, what a refreshing new direction.

  37. me Avatar
    me

    Wow, isn’t MistahG clever? It’s almost amusing to watch this emotionally retarded jerk-off try to convince himself that he’s “intellectually superior”, but it’s really just to pathetic to be funny. I shouldn’t be giving him the attention that he obviously craves, but fuck, is there anyone running the site who still gives a shit? Apparently not if that impotent prick’s obnoxious post with the malicious link isn’t being removed. Welcome to the new BME, what a refreshing new direction.

  38. me Avatar
    me

    Wow, isn’t MistahG clever? It’s almost amusing to watch this emotionally retarded jerk-off try to convince himself that he’s “intellectually superior”, but it’s really just to pathetic to be funny. I shouldn’t be giving him the attention that he obviously craves, but fuck, is there anyone running the site who still gives a shit? Apparently not if that impotent prick’s obnoxious post with the malicious link isn’t being removed. Welcome to the new BME, what a refreshing new direction.

  39. RustY Avatar

    Hahahahhahaha. Thank you Giles, from the bottom of my heart. Really, your last comment just made my day, week even. Considering you’ve failed at making insightful, intellectual comments on this site (and I assume that elsewhere, as well) until now, and most likely will fail in the future, you can’t SERIOUSLY refer to yourself as a ruling, intellectuacl superior. A troll, sure, maybe one that knows how to use the English language properly, but nothing more. Get back to us when you do make a comment that actually has any meaning here, and we’ll reassess, ok? lulz.

  40. RustY Avatar

    Hahahahhahaha. Thank you Giles, from the bottom of my heart. Really, your last comment just made my day, week even. Considering you’ve failed at making insightful, intellectual comments on this site (and I assume that elsewhere, as well) until now, and most likely will fail in the future, you can’t SERIOUSLY refer to yourself as a ruling, intellectuacl superior. A troll, sure, maybe one that knows how to use the English language properly, but nothing more. Get back to us when you do make a comment that actually has any meaning here, and we’ll reassess, ok? lulz.

  41. RustY Avatar

    Hahahahhahaha. Thank you Giles, from the bottom of my heart. Really, your last comment just made my day, week even. Considering you’ve failed at making insightful, intellectual comments on this site (and I assume that elsewhere, as well) until now, and most likely will fail in the future, you can’t SERIOUSLY refer to yourself as a ruling, intellectuacl superior. A troll, sure, maybe one that knows how to use the English language properly, but nothing more. Get back to us when you do make a comment that actually has any meaning here, and we’ll reassess, ok? lulz.

  42. RustY Avatar

    Hahahahhahaha. Thank you Giles, from the bottom of my heart. Really, your last comment just made my day, week even. Considering you’ve failed at making insightful, intellectual comments on this site (and I assume that elsewhere, as well) until now, and most likely will fail in the future, you can’t SERIOUSLY refer to yourself as a ruling, intellectuacl superior. A troll, sure, maybe one that knows how to use the English language properly, but nothing more. Get back to us when you do make a comment that actually has any meaning here, and we’ll reassess, ok? lulz.

  43. Tranque Avatar
    Tranque

    Just ignore Giles, already. He’s throwing a fit over the last change.

    Not many of us are happy. But we don’t make children of ourselves over it, and should try to avoid doing so over one idiot with a superiority complex.

  44. Tranque Avatar
    Tranque

    Just ignore Giles, already. He’s throwing a fit over the last change.

    Not many of us are happy. But we don’t make children of ourselves over it, and should try to avoid doing so over one idiot with a superiority complex.

  45. Tranque Avatar
    Tranque

    Just ignore Giles, already. He’s throwing a fit over the last change.

    Not many of us are happy. But we don’t make children of ourselves over it, and should try to avoid doing so over one idiot with a superiority complex.

  46. Tranque Avatar
    Tranque

    Just ignore Giles, already. He’s throwing a fit over the last change.

    Not many of us are happy. But we don’t make children of ourselves over it, and should try to avoid doing so over one idiot with a superiority complex.

  47. Arachne Avatar

    #42: The picture isn’t taken down the barrel – look at the angle. As for the way the blur is working with the gun being not right next to the camera – it’s called depth of field, and using the right lens. Something doesn’t have to be right up at the camera to be blurry. Trust me, I’m a photographer 😉

  48. Arachne Avatar

    #42: The picture isn’t taken down the barrel – look at the angle. As for the way the blur is working with the gun being not right next to the camera – it’s called depth of field, and using the right lens. Something doesn’t have to be right up at the camera to be blurry. Trust me, I’m a photographer 😉

  49. Arachne Avatar

    #42: The picture isn’t taken down the barrel – look at the angle. As for the way the blur is working with the gun being not right next to the camera – it’s called depth of field, and using the right lens. Something doesn’t have to be right up at the camera to be blurry. Trust me, I’m a photographer 😉

  50. Arachne Avatar

    #42: The picture isn’t taken down the barrel – look at the angle. As for the way the blur is working with the gun being not right next to the camera – it’s called depth of field, and using the right lens. Something doesn’t have to be right up at the camera to be blurry. Trust me, I’m a photographer 😉

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