http://s717.photobucket.com/albums/ww177/Tactical_Resp/?action=view¤t=MVI_1778.flv :eek:
Even I, the token redneck… I am amazed att hat one. I would ASSume, I mean… I would really and honestly just expect that there is some sort of remote control camera that could have easily been set up to handle that job? And to think, I got shit for saying I drink 2 or 3 beers while carrying… I’m a frickin safety nazzi compared to these assclowns! WOW!
Wow, he must have really wanted that shot (photo, that is.) 
Even combat photographers don’t typically stand right in front of the guys shooting, at least not on purpose.
I think he’s trying to win a Darwin award…
I’ve done some training with live humans downrange but the gun handling skills were much better than I saw in this video.
That was just plain stupid on his part. What range would allow that idiotic behavior?
Holy Shit! Make’s me ponder the question of “How incredibly stupid can a person be?” Darwin award for sure.
Insane!!! Nikon makes a wireless remote for their SLR. Tripod, wireless remote, preset the focus etc and your GTG
I would like to know what range / class, as safety is obviously not a concern. I would avoid such a class.
Jesus Christ…
The video is labeled Tactical_Resp. You can see the shooters doing some classic TR moves when they are done with their string.
After about 10 seconds I was kinda hoping that he’d get shot, now some of those idiots might think that’s a good idea and go try it at home. “Dude don’t worry, I did this at the advanced tactical combat cqb pistol super ultra professional bad guy shooter course.” Even if this guy didn’t get a Darwin award yet he just trained a whole class to go after that prestigious award back home. Pure Genius:D
good lord !! i have never seen such stupidity displayed as this in all my life !! by both photographer and shooters, in that short clip i saw shooters sweeping the line, what would we see in a 5 minute clip ? if that was a training session, they who run this range should be shut down till the administrators have been trained in safe gun handling :eek:
I’d like to know the story behind the video. I can’t help but wonder if someone taped it because they too thought it was stupid.
You shouldn’t be so hard on the lad…he has the perfect hollywood TR…you can see his face and his gun in the same shot.
Stupid shit like that harms all of us in our community. What I saw in that video is beyond reckless. Some people just don’t get it.
Wisdom there. ^^^^^^
I’ve taken plenty of photos from downrange, but only when dealing with folks who:
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[/li][li] I know have experience operating in a 360-degree environment, and
[/li][li] who I trust enough to enter a building with if circumstances became so dire that it was necessary.[/ul]
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Even under those circumstances, I stay off the line of fire. This is especially true if I’m behind the camera, because it creates total tunnel vision and slows down the ability to react & move if something goes wrong.
Plus I’d kill someone if he shot my camera.
Being slightly downrange can give you some outstanding shots, but again there’s a huge difference between doing this with someone who’s extensively trained to deal with people forward of the muzzle and who has demonstrated first hand that his training “clicked.”
no, it’s not loaded 
No offense as I think your shots are good but none of your shots are Pulitzer prize winning shots; sorry, but none of your shots are worth risk to anyone. Setting up a remote system would be easy and give you a lot more options without risk of injury or death.
Plus I’d kill someone if he shot my camera.
As long as your head was not behind it! :rolleyes:
P.S. I did note that you don’t seem to be in the same position as the photographer in the video. Your shots seem to be taken from a safer angle.
Most of Todd’s photos could be done many yards off to the side and use a telephoto lense to make it appear that he is setting 1-2 foot to the side and a few feet in front. I’m not sure if that was natural or tele, but I would bet he moved out and down and used a lense to suck the subject back up close.
2 were at close proximity and one of those 2 was directly in the LOF. He knelt directly under his pal for the one shot, and he had his other buddy point the AR at the camera.
Really, a staged AR that both have cleared to be empty could be as safe as any other magazine/movie shoot… so that one does not even count.
The camera man setting between the targets that are nearly touching his shoulders while pure chaos erupts around him… insanity. No comparison at all to Todd’s pics.
I dunno Larry, that picture gives me the hebee jebees. If you don’t intend on shooting something, you shouldn’t be pointing the weapon at that something…
I can’t get over just how asinine this video is. :eek:
If this is TR, I’m very disappointed that they would allow something like this AND post it on the Internet for all to see!! WTF ere they thinking? :rolleyes: