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VolkStudio Blog "…I love that which they defend." Home About Privacy Policy ← Older posts My barber Jerry Posted on May 2, 2024 by Oleg Volk In his sixty years, Jerry has never been a fan of his portraits. The first picture I took of him illustrated his attitude towards the process quite clearly. A few minutes later, he was in a better mood for pictures. The results improved accordingly. Since he stays off the Internet, I brought him 8×10 prints. He liked them enough that I brought 20×30 prints. Not bad for a guy who generally can’t stand his own portraits. Posted in interesting people , portrait | Tagged smile | Leave a comment Emilee Posted on May 1, 2024 by Oleg Volk Posted in portrait | Tagged hat | Leave a comment (One) light stand, self-propelled, voice-directed. Posted on April 27, 2024 by Oleg Volk Including spouses or significant others in the photo shoot usually improves the results. People often relax better, and there’s always the option of asking the helpers to elicit a mood or a particular emotion from the model. Savage B22 rifle. A proper flower child. Posted in interesting people , portrait , rifle | Tagged 22LR , bolt aciton , vintage | Comments Off on (One) light stand, self-propelled, voice-directed. Summer dreams. Posted on April 27, 2024 by Oleg Volk Posted in pistol , portrait | Tagged 445 Webley , revolver , vintage | Comments Off on Summer dreams. Owls Posted on April 6, 2024 by Oleg Volk Preview thumbnails are cropped, click on the photos to see them in great detail. Posted in nature | Tagged bird , raptor | Comments Off on Owls Prague skylines. Posted on March 28, 2024 by Oleg Volk Posted in travel | Comments Off on Prague skylines. One of many friendly people I met in Slovakia Posted on March 28, 2024 by Oleg Volk Posted in interesting people , portrait | Comments Off on One of many friendly people I met in Slovakia ARAQ47 from Slovakia Posted on March 28, 2024 by Oleg Volk This is an AR10 receiver mated to a short stroke piston upper. It uses standard AK magazines. Not sure when it will become available in the US because of 1989 import restriction rules. Posted in rifle | Tagged 7.62x39 , AK47 , AR10 | Comments Off on ARAQ47 from Slovakia Neat new designs from Grand Power (Slovakia) Posted on March 28, 2024 by Oleg Volk We will likely see all of these in the US in some form or another. A .22 Stribog, a long-barreled rimfire pistol, and a tilt-barrel 9mm compatible with Glock magazines but more ergonomic. Posted in pistol , rifle | Tagged 22LR , 9x19 | Comments Off on Neat new designs from Grand Power (Slovakia) My friends felt that PTSD statement was inaccurate… Posted on January 20, 2024 by Oleg Volk …so I made a more focused version. Posted in pistol , self-defense | Comments Off on My friends felt that PTSD statement was inaccurate… Father and son, quality time Posted on January 20, 2024 by Oleg Volk Walther P22 and PD380, trainer and carry models. Practicing under instructor’s watch PD380, a slight update of the earlier PK380. Very low recoil. 17HMR for longer range interference with the lives of varmints. KR9 carbine based on Russian Vityaz’ submachine gun. Posted in interesting people , pistol , rifle | Tagged 17HMR , 22LR , 380ACP , 9x19 | Comments Off on Father and son, quality time Young lady in control of her immediate 100 yards. Posted on January 20, 2024 by Oleg Volk 1/2MOA Savage 22WMR rifle Mossberg 802 Plinkster, simple but accurate Henry 357 Big Boy revolver in a small girly hand. Another 357 Henry, this time a 20″ barreled carbine. Loading up 357Mag Steinel ammunition optimized for accuracy and expansion out of carbine. Posted in ammunition , pistol , rifle , self-defense , sound suppressor | Tagged Thunderbeast Arms | 1 Comment The motive of your enemy is not relevant to the choice of remedy. Posted on January 20, 2024 by Oleg Volk It doesn’t matter if robbery, rape, or murder is in the mind of the attacker — maybe it’s all of the above, plus cannibalism — what matters is the will and the ability to destroy the attacker. Forcible felonies are almost never one-and-done actions committed on the spur of the moment. Anybody you shoot has likely done this before and will, unless incapacitated, do this to others. Violence will be escalated, and the predatory conduct won’t cease until somebody stops them decisively. Posted in rkba , self-defense | Comments Off on The motive of your enemy is not relevant to the choice of remedy. Movies claim that good guys would feel bad about killing evil-doers… Posted on January 20, 2024 by Oleg Volk …but that’s utter BS. St.George didn’t take to drink after slaying the dragon. Neither did Bard the Bowman, the archer who slew Smaug. And I am quite sure that every man who shot down a Soviet or Russian helicopter with a Stringer or Strela feels pretty good about that. This doesn’t change if the slain dragon was humanoid: people who have successfully defended themselves or their families against terrorism or criminal violence don’t lose sleep over the foes they vanquished. I have many friends who had to stop attacks. Most did it with guns, one with a hammer (a 10 year old put a wannabe rapist in a coma). Every one of them felt fine about it. They won, the fiends lost. Posted in rkba , self-defense | Comments Off on Movies claim that good guys would feel bad about killing evil-doers… Musings on the occasion of October 7, 2023. Posted on January 20, 2024 by Oleg Volk A fate worse than dying — knowing that you failed to protect your family from harm. It didn’t help that the Israeli government has long acted in the interests of Hamas, restricting ownership of guns and ammunition to a ridiculously low level. In the end, lives were saved or lost mainly by the efforts of the victims themselves. Cops and soldiers couldn’t be everywhere at once. Posted in rkba , self-defense | Tagged Israel , terrorism | Comments Off on Musings on the occasion of October 7, 2023. Recent magazine cover photos Posted on January 4, 2024 by Oleg Volk Posted in weapon | Tagged publications , work | Comments Off on Recent magazine cover photos Practical merits of .410 aside… Posted on December 27, 2023 by Oleg Volk …small gauge shotguns are just fun. Especially bullpups with 13-shot capacity. Posted in shotgun , weapon | Tagged 410 , keltec , pump shotgun | Comments Off on Practical merits of .410 aside… The will is critical. Posted on December 27, 2023 by Oleg Volk Even a century-old gun will work adequately in trained and willing hands. Posted in rkba , self-defense , weapon | Comments Off on The will is critical. Know why” is as important as knowing how”. Posted on December 24, 2023 by Oleg Volk Incidentally, the rifle shown is the perfect configuration for left-handed shooters. Completely ambidextrous Sig M400 SDI lower is combined with the left-ejecting Pro 2A Tactical upper . The result is a tac driver that’s also sound suppressor-friendly. Posted in rifle , rkba , training | Tagged 223 , AR15 , left-hand , parenting | Comments Off on Know why” is as important as knowing how”. Life skills. Posted on December 24, 2023 by Oleg Volk Interface so simple, a 7-year-old can operate it competently. 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