I decided to give it a go - a 1 light setup for shooting a Glock


Glock: A One Light Setup by budrowilson, on Flickr

From the image description:

"I used an empty fish tank and 3 sheets of white copy paper to create this image. I put one sheet on the bottom of the tank to serve as the background for the gun. I then taped two other sheets across the top of the fish tank, leaving an opening in the middle to stick the lens through. I then suspended the fish tank between two chairs so that I could shoot a flash up through the bottom.

The light from the bottom blew out the background (of course), but it provided a nice glowing rim light to the firearm. The sheets of paper taped to the top of the fish tank bounced enough light back to open up the shadows. I fine-tuned the contrast in post."