Edward Piercy

Noir Brooke

Sunday, 30. November 2008, 22:17:25

detective fiction, Photography, Pat Maginess

(Photo by Clause Visby.
And also here.)

I was on my old photography site today, Photosig, when I accidentally
came across the above photo by Claus Visby.

The photo amazed me, inasmuch as it could very well be a photo of my
character Brooke Pirelli, who appears in Dusk Until Dawn and several
of the short stories. She looks so much like her in the face, her hair,
and also the style of dress. The only real difference is that she is
carrying a big revolver instead of the .32 automatic that you might say
was Brooke's "murder weapon of choice."

There's one thing about the photograph. The revolver is cocked all the
way back, in the double action mode. Most shooters would have the hammer
clicked one stop back in single action mode. With double action you have
to keep pulling the hammer back every single shot, like revolvers in the
Old West, which were double action. With single action you just pull the
hammer back one click and then you can shoot until the cylinder is empty.
(You actually don't have to pull the hammer back at all, but it makes it
more difficult/slower to pull the trigger.)

In any case, the photo would make one hell of a great cover for my novel
-- if I already didn't have one, that is.

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Comments

I_ArtMan # 1. December 2008, 02:31

yes it would make a dynamite cover.

gdare # 1. December 2008, 05:37

I wonder if she could aim successfully with this gun. Looks too big for her hands

edwardpiercy # 1. December 2008, 05:57

@ Scott.

You betcha! Of course, I might have to interview the model first...

@ Darko.

Well Darko, let's put it this way, the only revolver I have had difficulty holding, and I have average size hands, is the new Smith & Wesson .500. Which is very big and very heavy. I almost think I would really need a tripod to shoot the damn thing.

But in general, I've been surprised to pick up guns that I thought were too big, but getting a few minutes with them they seemed much more comfortable.

Besides, Brooke is a crazy little witch and if she were pissed I imagine she could handle even that S&W .500.

As for the revolver in the photo, it looks to me (and I'm guessing) to be some make of .44 cal with a 3" barrel. Which is a frigging cannon.

ricewood # 1. December 2008, 08:16

I think I've fallen in love....

edwardpiercy # 1. December 2008, 08:54

Well, Pat Maginess sure did.

The photographer is Danish. So perhaps she lives in your area?

I've heard that it is important for a photographer to stretch themselves every so often. I'm sure that working with a ~~totally hot babe~~ model would be a good way to do it.

I_ArtMan # 1. December 2008, 19:19

sort of a lauren bacall pouty teenager.