Having shot more than a few weddings, I know you get some unusual requests from couples from time to time. I had one, too, that wanted to be memorialized with their guns. My bride and groom, however, knew how to handle their heaters and at no time directed any muzzleage in an unsafe direction. And neither did any of the rest of the wedding party, all of whom posed for a heavily armed group portrait. But if you’re just starting out in married life, a mock duel seems like a rough way to go. If these two are already pointing guns at each other, I’d set the over/under on this particular union at no more than six years. More gun fun after the jump. . .
Found this thread a little late but wanted to contribute. I am the photographer who took these pictures so I wanted to give a little back story.
This lovely couple was married in March 2010 on a cruise ship. Obviously, these are not their wedding pictures. They became good friends of mine so I went out to Arizona to visit them and do a “Trash the Dress” session (please note, in most TTD shoots the dress does not get trashed. I believe this bride later went on to resell the dress in perfect condition). The guns were her Grandmother’s and they, in fact, were not loaded nor had they been for many years. They also never did aim them at each other, in the above picture they were both aiming over the shoulder of the other. They were aimed at me, briefly, for that last image, but I was standing quite a ways back using a zoom.
There was a whole story line to this shoot, starting with a “Natural Born Killers” sort of couple who turn on each other. In the end the groom was actually shot to death (not really, of course!). It was actually one of the funnest shoots (pun intended) that I’ve done to date.
And I am proud to say these two are on their second year of marriage and have a beautiful baby boy! So far, so good.