Luger photography, Norm's way.

[Patrick Sweeney]

When you do the "flat on a white background" shots, you can eliminate the shadows around the pistol by resting it on white props. I have found that white plastic bearings, the small circular ones, or the white feet that go on the bottom of sheet metal table legs, work just fine. That way the light can "wrap around" the pistol, and viola, no shadows.